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Monthly Archives: June 2010

June 16th, 2010

Obama needs Jimmy Dean’s sausage – or a bigger wiener

The Worried Worker (W2)

We’re two months into the Gulf oil pipe break disaster with no end in sight – and we’re tired of writing about it because we should be writing about jobs – how to get them, how to keep them, where they are, how to improve your skills and how to avoid bad ones.
 
But, we can’t.  [...]

June 15th, 2010

Bad Hire # 16


June 14th, 2010

It’s looking bad, Mr. President

It’s day 56 of the Gulf oil crisis.  No one really knows the details yet but the speculation is all over the place.  “It looks bad” is an understatement.
 
Does it really take this long to not get answers?  Does it take this long to figure out who’s ass you’re going to kick, but never really [...]

June 11th, 2010

Bad Hire #15


June 10th, 2010

Election Update: Elected Officials need to be able to vote

The Worried Worker (W2)

Things are heating up for the elected job market.  There are the usual players and the crats and the cans, and not the tea partiers – but there are also just the incumbents, and those who are not running again.
 
The Governator, Arnold is termed out.  But, as he voted the other day in California, he [...]

June 9th, 2010

Obama kicks his own ass

The Worried Worker (W2)

More on the Gulf and who’s “ass” is on the line.
 
Obama’s remark about wanting to “know whose ass to kick” is old news, but still seen on TV and read about.
 
It’s a silly quote, really.  Like, he’s actually going to kick someone’s ass.  Does that mean he’s going to roll up his sleeves and punch [...]

June 8th, 2010

Job Hunting – or – Big Game Hunting

The Worried Worker (W2)

If you give up your hunt, even for a minute, you may start slacking, you get a few paychecks, you buy some stuff, and ten years later, your dream job is gone and you’re stuck paying bills.
 
The hunt is simple – map out the area you think you’ll find your prey, make sure your weapon [...]

June 7th, 2010

Self Employed – aren’t we all?

Brian Tracy, sales and success guru, often writes in his books that everyone is their own CEO; that we all work for ourselves and that if we maintained that thought in our mind, that we would the right steps to ensuring that would indeed be successful.  Working for someone else, as a philosophy, reduces our [...]

June 4th, 2010

Bad Hire #14


June 3rd, 2010

Plumbers Love Their Shit

Pressley Carson

In a study of how occupation affects happiness, business owners came out on top.  Workers didn’t. 
 
By economic and soapy measures, an independent plumber should be feeling pretty shitty.  But, most are happy because they like to fix stinky problems.  Independent?  Loves it.
 
Defined as self-employed store or factory owners, plumbers and so on, “business owners” [...]