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Free Range Mechanical Engineers Fail to Meet Expectations

When US universities began developing free range mechanical engineers in the late 2010s, expectations were high.  “This was supposed to change everything,” says William Sandler,...

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New App Helps Butt Kissers Kiss Butt Better

GetAheadNow! has introduced a new smart phone application that helps ambitious employees more effectively manage their butt-kissing strategies. The BootLicker™ app helps organize, categorize...

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Following Up On Your Interview – a Five-Point Plan to Get the Job

You’ve just just aced the interview for the job you want and think you should get - but it's how you follow up that will make or break you. From Hired! magazine, here is a five-point plan that’s guaranteed to land you the job you want: Send your interviewer a...

Like Bow-Wow, Pastry Icon to be Just “Debbie”?

Perhaps following the lead of rappers Lil’ Bow Wow and Lil’ Romeo, both of whom have dropped the Lil', it is rumored that pastry icon Little Debbie will become just “Debbie" - but not until mid-2017. “If such a thing were to happen - and I'm not saying it is...

Diners at New Eatery Must Stick to Approved Conversation Topics

Lavastoviglie – that’s Italian for “Dishwasher” – is Jim Parks' third Detroit restaurant, following Peaceful Cheese and Shove It.  It opened two weeks ago, and reservations are booked for the next five months. Parks attributes this to the restaurant's “focused conversation."  Each day a list of three topics is posted...

The Accounts Payable Song

Cubicle F staffers Maria Safi, Mike N. Kelly and Christy Edwards rehearse a new musical number on a street piano outside "The Cube" - one of the many Downtown Detroit buildings owned by Dan Gilbert, and one of three that had pianos outside while the weather was warm. This song's...

Playing it Safe is Risky Business

In today's cutting edge companies, effective managers must bring a risk-taking attitude to the table. In fact, not to take a risk is a very big risk. Because if you find yourself being perceived as tentative, afraid of change or --- worst of all --- tentatively afraid of change,...
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8 Questions You Are Not Required to Answer During a Job Interview

Whether you're interviewing for a new position in person or online, there are approximately 1.7 million questions you are not required to answer. These are the top eight of the forbidden questions.
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The VP Forms an Entourage

Personal entourages have long been a status symbol for powerful executives. Thirty four percent of American executives now use them, up from just 19 percent in 2003.

Researcher’s Career Takes Off When He Starts Asking, “What Can I Do You For?”

For 14 years, Level II Researcher Carl Mortons languished in anonymity at Cincinnati's Penrod Group, spending day after day analyzing Midwest auto mileage trends. He’d all but given up hope of being promoted to Level I. After some serious soul-searching, he decided that if he were ever going to stand...
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You Didn’t Get the Job You Wanted? Take it Anyhow!

When a staffer is passed over for a promotion she'd been expecting, she develops an alternate strategy: She simply moves into the office and takes the job.
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Career Pill May Cause Drowsiness, Inability to Step Up to the Plate

Not getting invitations to join task forces? Nobody’s sharing key initiatives? CareerTrax will jump-start your career today! The oral performance enhancement medication is available over the counter at most leading pharmacies. See the disclaimer about possible side effects.

As Habitats Shrink, Actual Headhunters Pose as Corporate Namesakes

With so much corporate recruiting being conducted online these days, over 7000 US workers have been duped by a scam in which headhunters who actually hunt heads are impersonating the people hired by companies to help fill jobs. “They remove their feathered hats and other implements when they're on Zoom,”...

Workers Fired For Unwittingly Using Banned Expressions

On  March 5, Minna Rawlins, Finance Director of New York City’s Billings/Watts, emailed a staffer thanking him for his “fastidious” attention to detail. She was dismissed an hour later, but claimed she was never informed the word “fastidious” had become offensive. In a Zoom meeting a week later, Alternatives VP...