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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Bad Tippers: Starbucks Pirates Baristas’ Booty

March 21, 2008 – 5:04 pm

Okay, I know this headline sounds very porn-ish, but I couldn’t resist. This story is just too good to pass up. Starbucks, a company that spends an inordinate amount of money to buy fair trade coffee, teach farmers in developing countries to grow coffee beans and locate stores in urban communities couldn’t see [...]

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Math We Love: Adding Jobs

March 20, 2008 – 7:16 pm

There’s a lot of news out there on companies cutting jobs, the latest being EBay, CitiGroup, Western Union and NYPD. Rather than focus on depressing subtraction, I’d rather focus on addition–the addition of jobs.
So, here’s a quick list of the companies and organizations that are adding jobs.

Officials from Northstar Battery, an 8-year-old company that [...]

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Career Question: What are you doing to find a job?

March 19, 2008 – 9:23 pm

Every other person I know is scrambling to find a job, either because they’ve been laid off or because they fear being laid off. By all accounts, it’s getting tougher and tougher. What are you doing to find your next job? What’s working?
Complete our survey and we’ll share our findings, plus the [...]

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Live From Cal State University: Emerging Trends in the Entertainment Industry

March 19, 2008 – 1:00 am

I’m logging in late because I’ve just returned from the California State University (CSU) Westfield location in San Francisco where I attended the “Emerging Trends in the Entertainment Industry”. The day-long conference brought entertainment industry folks together with CSU faculty and staff, and a few students, to engage in a dialogue about the how [...]

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New! Careersthatdontsuck.com’s “Coach-In-A-Box” Community Call

March 17, 2008 – 3:59 pm

We’re excited to announce a new feature–the Careersthatdontsuck.com “Coach-In-A-Box” Community Call. During each “Coach-In-A-Box” call, Careersthatdontsuck.com editor, D.D. Johnice, will answer all of your job search, resume and interview, startup and small business, career change and career planning questions. She’ll also talk about timely business and job market news and issues.
The goal of [...]

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America’s Most Admired Companies: Now Hiring

March 14, 2008 – 3:15 pm

Fortune magazine recently released its annual Most Admired Companies list. This year’s list featured few, if any, surprises. All of the biggies are there.
AMERICA’S TOP 20 MOST ADMIRED COMPANIES

Apple
Berkshire Hathaway
General Electric
Google
Toyota Motor
Starbucks
FedEx
Procter & Gamble
Johnson & Johnson
Goldman Sachs
Target
Southwest Airlines
American Express
BMW (tied with CostCo)
CostCo (tied with BMW)
Microsoft
UPS
Cisco Systems
3M
Nordstrom

The World’s Top 20 didn’t feature any surprises [...]

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Recession Depression: Beating the Blues When You Have No Green

March 13, 2008 – 5:34 pm

Being a career coach who works with individuals and teams, I’m hearing a lot of grumbling about the state of the job market and economy. The overwhelming majority of the clients I work with are dealing with feelings of depression–about their job prospects, job security, layoffs (their own, their friends and/or their staffs’) and [...]

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