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You might wonder why I haven’t made any post in a few days  — that’s because I took a two-day family vacation to the beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. I would like to share a few things with you about our trip. In case you haven’t heard about 4HWW — it stands for 4-Hour Work Week [...]

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On January 23, we launched GeekMBA360.com Layoff Satisfaction Survey. The responses have been overwhelming as we heard from folks from many companies. Last week, we released the first installment of our Layoff Satisfaction Survey result: Microsoft Employees spoke up! Layoff Satisfaction Survey Result. Two days ago, we released the survey result for AT&T. Today, I [...]

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Career counselor Marty Nemko had a very interesting blog posted called "The Most Potent Strategy for Finding a Job" . He advised job applications to "send a brief but compelling email to 50 potential employers who are NOT advertising a job you’re interested in but who have the power to hire you for a position [...]

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Warning: This post might be offensive to some folks. I want to make clear that my intention is to tell another side of this controversy issue based what I know. I believe this is not a “black or white” issue, and we should try to understand the different perspectives in order to have a healthy [...]

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On January 23, we launched GeekMBA360.com Layoff Satisfaction Survey. The responses have been overwhelming as we heard from folks from many companies. Last week, we released the first installment of our Layoff Satisfaction Survey result: Microsoft Employees spoke up! Layoff Satisfaction Survey Result. Today, I would like to share some of the feedback we have [...]

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Just heard this from the radio: A woman runs a house cleaning business. In the past, she made a lot of money from cleaning houses for executives. Lately, she has been losing businesses because her executive clients were getting laid off, had to sell their houses, or even foreclosed their houses. She had cleaned a [...]

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On January 23, we launched GeekMBA360.com Layoff Satisfaction Survey. Given the timing of the survey (right after Microsoft announced layoffs), we received a good number of responses from laid-off Microsoft workers. Today, I would like to share some of the feedback we have received from former Microsoft employees. To protect confidentiality, the entire survey was [...]

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I recently reported that Pulse-LINK laid off 50-60 people and closed doors. I received a piece of good news from Pulse-LINK’s cofounder and CTO: “As Mark Twain is famous for saying when he was reported dead by a journalist before he had actually died. ‘Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated’. Pulse-LINK is still [...]

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If you watched Super Bowl last night, you would be impressed by James Harrison’s record-breaking, 100-yard interception returns. He is also NFL defensive player of the year. But, did you know that he was cut twice by the Steelers, and cut once by Baltimore Ravens? At one point, Harrison, an undersized 6-foot, 242-pounder, considered quit [...]

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