The office kitchen chronicles
“We’re an equal opportunity employer, after all. We’ve got neat freaks, chore-challenged and just about everything in between.”
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- posted at 4:10 pm
- January 31, 2012
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The world’s most overused phrases
After a particularly rough medical year for my extended family, we have been inundated with well-wishing cards, calls and social media posts. While I have no doubt that each one is sincere in heart and purpose, there are two words repeated over and over that have come to make me shudder rather than savor the sympathy. “You are in our…
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- posted at 9:18 am
- July 28, 2011
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How to blow a job interview
We recently posted online for a new position for hire, and were pleased (and shocked) to receive more than 200 applications. What’s even more shocking were the mistakes the applicants made in the job search process. Since the class of 2011 is about to embark on a major job hunt, we thought we’d add our just-learned tips from an employer’s…
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- posted at 3:06 pm
- May 19, 2011
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It’s all in how it’s packaged
With the regular mail bills moving to e-bills, paper newsletters moving to e-newsletters, newspapers becoming an extinct news source, and receiving e-cards rather than regular cards, it seems that “new” marketing is all on the internet. WRONG. I loved typing that just now, and here’s why: the other day I received this envelope. What could it be? And who from??…
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- posted at 11:16 am
- April 27, 2010
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Lessons Learned From a Layoff
Dear Boss, I can’t express the depths of my gratitude for laying my husband off. Really. I know, you’re thinking this letter must be laced with Anthrax. Relax. I’d like to buy you a beer. Because we were forced by you to cut back and pinch pennies, we have learned what’s really important. Gone are the movie channels and the bottled water. …
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- posted at 9:11 pm
- February 26, 2009
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The art of appreciation
When I was a girl, my mom had a steadfast rule about thank-you notes: Other than a short window on Christmas Day, there was no playing with our gifts until our thank-you notes had been written. It was excruciating for my brother and me to watch the neighborhood kids ride past our house on their shiny new bikes every December 26th. We instead sat…
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- posted at 1:35 pm
- January 4, 2009
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