They say that everything that you post on the Internet becomes part of the public record, and could affect you down the road if a potential employer decides to do a little social media digging to see whether you really would be a good employee or not.
Sure, some things could be attributed to a little venting in your status updates, but there’s also the possibility of trends emerging that you may not see unless you’re looking at your profile with a fresh set of eyes.
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Web Watch knows that not everyone has a standard “desk” job in an office.
You know – the one where you may be sitting in a cubical farm or an actual office (with a door), where you and your co-workers all get together to generate some sort of product for your company.
Some office managers frown upon personalizing one’s workspace, while companies like Pixar go out of their way to encourage as much creativity as possible (one Pixar employee build a speakeasy in the back of his cubicle area, complete with secret hidden entrance!).
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You know how typically “Dad” is considered the primary breadwinner in most households, while “Mom” typically manages the home and kids?
Well, what if Web Watch told you that dollar-for-dollar, Mom is worth more than Dad is?
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Getting fired is like a rite of passage.
Especially in today’s economic climate, if you haven’t been fired or laid off at least once in your professional career, you can consider yourself one of the lucky ones.
How bad is it out there for the unemployed? Web Watch knows a number of people who have had difficulty trying to find a regular full-time job in their career of choice – some of whom are going on five years of unemployment.
Five years is a long-time to sit there and wonder when the economy is going to turn around – but frankly, the issue could be just as likely that the job those job-seekers are looking for isn’t available. There are plenty of jobs to be had — the problem is whether those unemployed are willing to make an industry change, go back to school, or even move across the country if a job prospects are more available elsewhere.
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Have you ever quit your job?
Web Watch knows someone who didn’t actually quit their job – they just stopped showing up while they went to work elsewhere. The employer kept paying them and kept them on the payroll for months, before figuring out that person wasn’t going to come back. It was more of a quiet, subtle quit process.
But quitting can bring such joy to people, if they do it with passion.
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Some offices let their workers enjoy “casual Fridays”, where employees can trade in their khakis and button-down shirts for Levis and polo shirts.
Web Watch knows of one company where they require the staff to wear suits to work once a month (every other day is a “business casual” environment).
And don’t get Web Watch started on those companies we’ve visited where some women feel that flip-flops are appropriate for the office. We already know that shouldn’t be allowed, no matter what organization you’re in.
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Over the years, Web Watch has worked for both male and female bosses. And we would be the first to tell you that there are distinct differences between the managerial styles of both.
Some of them were very good at what they did; others, not quite so much. And some of that we definitely can chalk up to the individual’s personalities.
But not always.
Sometimes, the individual was more of the “in it to win it” style of management. Take no prisoners, rule with a firm, but iron-clad fist. And that was okay too.
And we’ve seen both men and women be taken down by their leadership skills (or lack thereof – again, depending on the person).
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If there’s one thing Web Watch knows, it’s that we LOVE what we do.
Always have, for the most part. Our philosophy is that you’re going to spend more time at work and with the people you work with than you will with your own friends and family.
And if you don’t enjoy doing what you’ve signed up for, then you’re just going to be miserable.
Unsatisfied.
Unfulfilled.
And you’ll probably end up not being very good at your career in the end because of it. Trust us, it’s better to do something you love doing, because being unhappy because of work drudgery isn’t anyway to go through life. THAT is something that you can directly control and change.