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Category: Fun stuffBy anthony balderrama on Jan 6, 2010 in Featured, Fun stuff | 145 Comments
I’ve written my fair share of articles about annoying co-workers. Really, I have. I admit it. Yet, I like my colleagues quite a bit, even when their interesting conversations distract me from getting work done…or maybe because of that–I don’t know. Either way, co-workers often get a bad reputation. Some specific co-workers deserve your disdain, [...]
By anthony balderrama on Dec 22, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Jobs, Pop culture | 51 Comments
Lights! Camera! Fantasy! Movies are where we go to forget how boring our lives are. Well, unless you’re into obscure independent movies that aim to capture our tortured, meaningless existence in gritty, hand-held camerawork. But on average, movies let us disappear into the celluloid world for a couple of hours and get lost in the [...]
By anthony balderrama on Dec 15, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Work | 7 Comments
(I’m going to avoid temperature puns…even though I really, really want to employ them.) Earlier this year, some of my co-workers and I moved our desks from one side of the floor to another. We moved approximately 75 feet, which seems like a negligible distance. Little did we realize we moved 75 feet closer to [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Dec 14, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Job Surveys, Video | 0 Comments
Last week, two of our posts were dedicated to holiday parties and year-end raises and bonuses … or the lack thereof this year. This morning on my daily bus ride, I found the results of yet another poll. This one came from a joint venture with 60 Minutes and Vanity Fair magazine. This monthly poll [...]
By CareerBuilder blogger on Nov 19, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Interviews, Office Etiquette | 11 Comments
We’ve all had embarrassing moments. (I’m going to keep it professional and not share mine with you here, but I assure you, it’s one for the books.) Anyway, as I was saying, we’ve all had embarrassing moments. For some people, it unfortunately happened in the worst place possible: the interview. If you’re sick of recounting [...]
By CareerBuilder blogger on Nov 12, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff | 5 Comments
Thankfully, for everyone in my office, one of my co-workers did not request to institute bikini Fridays — but someone else did. And that’s not even the weirdest thing! In a new survey by CareerBuilder, hiring managers shared the most memorable requests or recommendations they have received in the office suggestion box. We had to [...]
By CareerBuilder blogger on Oct 29, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff, Work | 12 Comments
Two days until Halloween! I got the finishing touches to my flapper costume last night; my boss got her “Dharma Initiative” suit in the mail yesterday; my co-worker got her Beddazzler to glam up her “Kim from Real Housewives of Atlanta” costume — it’s all coming together. Keeping in the Halloween spirit, CareerBuilder thought it [...]
By anthony balderrama on Oct 27, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff | 21 Comments
Halloween is only a few days away, as the terrifying Rachel pointed out yesterday. Plenty of you probably think, “And?” because you’re not big on dressing up. At least not on the job. Normally I’d be with you. When colleagues chase me around the office on St. Patrick’s Day, threatening to pinch me if I’m [...]
By Kate Lorenz on Oct 16, 2009 in Featured, Fun stuff | 4 Comments
I think “The Office’s” Michael Scott best described the role of a boss when he said: “I’m a friend first and a boss second, and probably an entertainer third.” Whatever kind of boss you have, today is National Boss Day (and annual review time is just around the corner). If you haven’t gotten the chance [...]
By CareerBuilder blogger on Oct 8, 2009 in Employment Trends, Featured, Fun stuff, Job Surveys | 16 Comments
Have you ever woken up in the morning and thought, “I don’t feel like going to work today”? I know I have. Immediately, I start to think about what excuse I could give that might allow me to stay home and just relax. More often than not, my conscience gets the best of me and [...]
