It has been a while since I posted anything on the Young and Employed blog. Work and life have been very busy the past month, but I’ve made a resolution that I will begin posting more often. So let’s see how that goes.
The company I work for recently had a position open up in the [...]
Over the past few years the media has brought up the “war on Christmas” at the beginning of every December. The theory goes that in an attempt to be politically correct individuals and businesses have stopped wishing people a “merry Christmas” and instead use the more ambiguous “happy holidays”. Some pundits take offense to this [...]
I often feel like I am stuck between generations. I do not identify with Millennials who are motivated by excessive praise and recognition and I do not identify with Generation Xs who are motivated simply by high paychecks. Somewhere in between Generation X and Millennials lies a sub-generation and this is the generation I identify [...]
Jess is a proud follower of Penelope trunk’s blog, and Im starting to take a genuine interest in her work. I ran into this piece of unsolicited advice from her, and wanted to share it with all of you. But, of course, I needed to add one more to her list….
“Here are five [...]
My last post about the lack of stability in modern careers spurred some thoughtful comments about employee loyalty so I thought I would write about that.
Loyalty is a great quality to have as an employee. It means you are always looking out for your employers best interest and that you more than likely work hard [...]
The other day I was talking about Jobs and Careers and what is the difference between them; therefore decided to write something about it. But I realize that this is something that has been said and written thousands if not millions of times. I believe most parents tell you this when you decide to go [...]
I “professionally” recorded my first multi-track song when I was 15 years old and back in 1994
that was quite an accomplishment; these days, my 16 year old nephew has more videos on the web than I do. Media editing, once a respected and complicated profession has become the hobby of thousands of kids that make songs [...]
Reading through the one of the last posts of Money and Investment, (I seriously recommended it) where the author presents us with the need of an Exit Door for most negotiations in your life. I start thinking of where does this door come from and how do you manage to get to it.
If you are reading this [...]
No matter where you work, you will always find that one person who everyone makes fun of because he/she keeps repeating the same phrases over and over; but have you ever thought, it may be you?
Reading an article in yahoo: ” The Most Annoying, Overused Words in the Workplace“, I laughed over and over, until I ran [...]
