Tag: business

What to wear to a job interview (and some things not to wear)

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 11, 2011

Can I Wear My Nose Ring to the Interview?:
A Crash Course in Finding, Landing, and Keeping Your First Real Job

Not everyone knows what to wear to a job interview.

Yeah, the traditional suit should still work, but in today’s wacky world of “business casual” or “jeans Fridays”, the potential job seeker sometimes chooses the wrong outfits to appear at the potential future office with.

The good interviewer will share what the usual “around the office” dress code is, but that doesn’t mean that the applicant should show up in the same type of clothes in order to fit in. You don’t have the job yet, Bucko, so leave the flip-flops at home. Flip-flops don’t belong in the office anyway.

So what should the applicant wear? Well, you can never go wrong with a suit — unless you know ahead of time that the office is a bit more casual, in which case go with some nice slacks and dress shirt (but lose the tie).

Tags 10 Things, business, clothing, fashion, How To, jobs

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How to get a raise from your boss: just be a jerk

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 8, 2011

I Hate People!: Kick Loose from the Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work
and Get What You Want Out of Your Job

Everybody knows an office jerk.

They’re the ones who yell, scream, pound the table — and in general, make the office a bit miserable for everyone. They may be absolutely fantastic at their job, but that doesn’t mean that people have to like working with them.

Here’s another reason to hate them: they’re probably making more money than you, for doing the exact same thing you’re doing.

So why is that?

Tags business, How To, jobs, survey

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Are you super fat? You can make $90,000 a year by doing practically nothing

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 7, 2011

What one pound of fat looks like
Model replica of one-pound of fat

Being fat isn’t necessarily good for you.

But Donna Simpson made it work for her.

How? Donna Simpson was the Guinness World Record holder for “World’s Heaviest Mother” and clocked in at 600 lbs on her 5’2″ frame.

Yeah, that’s a lot of woman. And we’re sure that Web Watch readers are asking the same thing — when you weigh 600lbs, what can you do to earn a living? It certainly can’t be easy manuevering around a workplace when you’re that big.

Well, you could do what Donna did.

Tags business, diet, health, Internet, medical, money, website, World Record

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What made you choose that career path? It may be your hormones talking

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 4, 2011

The Psychology of Sex, Gender, and Jobs

Hormones can make you do/say all sorts of stuff.

But did you know that your hormones can dictate what your eventual career path would be?

Tags business, jobs, medical, Relationships, science

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What’s the most popular fast food restaurant? It’s all about who has the most friends.

Post author By web gangsta
Post date September 2, 2011

Fast Food: A History of Wendy's, Arby's, Burger King and Other Popular Fast Food Restaurants
Fast Food: A History of Wendy’s, Arby’s, Burger King
and Other Popular Fast Food Restaurants

When we see a question like the one above (“What’s the most popular fast food restaurant in the world”), the answer can be quite varied.

If you’re talking about the most popular in terms of “french fries”, you’re likely going to be talking about McDonald’s.

If you’re talking about most popular in terms of number of US outlets, then Subway has almost twice as many as the next nearest chain.

No, today we’re going to look at this in a slightly different way — using the power of social marketing and community engagement, Web Watch is going to determine the Most Popular Fast Food Chain, based on the number of Facebook Likes. (the list of Top Fifty Fast Food Restaurants provided by QSR magazine)

Tags 10 Things, business, facebook, fast food, food, Internet, mcdonalds, restaurants, survey

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Decorating the office with Post-It Notes

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 27, 2011

Post-it Notes

When non-destructive, office pranks can be fun.

Filling up somebody’s cubical or office with inflated balloons? Fun. Filling up somebody’s cubical or office with Silly String? A little bit of a mess to clean-up, and usually left to the victim to do so on their own.

Web Watch has even covered an entire office’s items in tin foil and wrapping paper. Definitely time-consuming and an absolute waste of money, but entertaining. The best one we did was sheetrocking over the boss’s office door and painting the wall so it looked like the office was never there in the first place. Oh, we’re still laughing about that one.

But sometimes it’s nice to include others in your office shenanigans.

Tags art, business, Cartoons, How To, Internet, video games

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Give Me Back My Five Bucks: a personal finance guide for young adults

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 21, 2011

From Ramen to Riches: Building Wealth in Your 20s:
Or Spending, Saving, Investing and Managing Your Money to Get Rich Slowly, but Surely

If there’s one piece of advice that Web Watch is always trying to give to our younger acquaintances, it’s that it’s always better in the long run to save as much money as you can for the future. A while back, we recommended to try to have $10000 in the bank by the time you’re 30 years old, and that’s still a good rule of thumb to live by (call it your “emergency fund”, it still represents about 3-to-6 months take home pay for the average young adult that financial experts recommend keeping available for emergency purposes).

And Krystal felt the same way when she found herself a 20-something with over $20,000 in debt that she decided she wanted to get rid of. It was an albatross keeping her from future successes.

Tags banking, business, credit cards, How To, Investments, money, Retirement, Save Money, website

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10 Things Not To Put on your Resume Cover Letter

Post author By web gangsta
Post date August 16, 2011

Career Essentials: The Cover Letter

A while back, Web Watch covered 10 WORDS NOT TO USE ON YOUR RESUME.

We figured it was time to also provide job-seekers 10 THINGS NOT TO INCLUDE ON YOUR COVER LETTER, especially after one recent interview session that Web Watch had to sit through recently.

Granted, the issue we had was with the resume itself rather than with the cover letter, but hey – it’s all in the name of a good story, isn’t it?

The candidate presented a resume that showed appropriate skills the job required – no issue there. But they decided to include a list of previous job experience that had absolutely no bearing on the job they were interviewing for.

Seriously, why would they include that they trained runway models how to model fashions if the job they were applying for had absolutely no relationship to the fashion industry? C’mon people – after you reach a certain age and success level in your career path, it’s time to exclude your GPA and college experiences from your resume. Nobody cares that the potential Vice President of Sales and Marketing spent their summer as a part-time employee at The Gap 25 years ago. Show us what you did last month, or the last five years.

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