Category Archives: 9 to 5: Reinvention or Resignation

The daily grind as seen as through me, work/career musings as seen through everyone else

Self-Security is the New Entitlement

Photo Credit: R_rose @Flickr

There’s limited resources and the illusion of limited resources. Whether or not the job market is as dire as everyone thinks, it won’t matter. Young people will stay at their jobs longer to hedge their bets by adding longevity to their job record.

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How to Tell if Your Long-Term Unemployment is Affecting Your Long-Term Relationship

I am sure that long-term anything affects a relationship. It reflects within the relationship, too. If unemployment has changed me for the worse, I assume I’ve become less courageous.

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How Firing Builds Character, Pt. 3

There is a superficial sincerity that blooms when it comes to treating coworkers well and doing a job to the best of our ability.

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How Firing Builds Character, Pt. 2

We are all in the game of wanting to feel useful and needed and wanted.

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How Firing Builds Character, Pt. 1

Fear works, if you are scaring yourself towards a personal best.

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Trust is the New Black. Maybe.

If people are so worried about trust, it’s only because they realize others are getting smarter about it.

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Attention: Your Online Presence is Needed

Now, instead of the child’s soapbox, it’s the adult water cooler.

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Do You Feel Competent?

Execution is the key to competence – and confidence.

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