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I recently had an exit interview. I was leaving the company. As part of standard HR practice, the Human Resource Manager met with me for half an hour.
She started the conversation by saying: "Before we talked about the details such as COBRA, your last check, vacation balance, etc, we want to find out why you’re [...]

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I recently saw a job ad on Craigslist. I applied immediately because it looked really interesting and challenging to me. I didn’t hear anything back from the company.
A few days later, I saw a job ad by a head hunter on Craigslist. It was the same job description, but the employer name was hidden.
I emailed, [...]

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When I graduated from college in 1997, I had three job offers:

Job offer #1 was from Andersen Consulting (now Accenture), a large professional service firm.
Job offer #2 was from a medium sized, publicly traded enterprise software company. This company had about 600 employees, and just went public a few years earlier. It was a [...]

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Lately I have talked to several friends and acquaintances who are actively looking for jobs.
They share one thing in common: they have been laid off by their previous employers. But, instead of feeling bitter about the experience, they’re using it as a turning point to find something better and more fulfilling. To certain extent, [...]

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Jimmy had been working for the same employer for almost a decade.
His employer was a recently funded start-up when he joined the company as a contractor. He performed well, and was soon hired as a professional service consultant.
Jimmy had great customer facing skills. Customers loved his work. He won an excellent employee award [...]

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I’m going against the conventional wisdom. Job hopping is good for you if you can plan your moves strategically,
Since I’m neither a USC Trojan fan nor a Tennessee Volunteer fan, I’m fairly indifferent about Lane Kiffin’s move from Tennessee to USC. From an ethical standpoint, I didn’t like how Lane Kiffin made empty promises [...]

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I published How to Get A Job At Amazon.com premium report last July. If you search "most read, purchase only" documents in "Resume & CV" category in Scribd Store, you’ll see my document showing up among the top three in the search results.
So, I have sold many copies. I wrote the report because I [...]

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Dear GeekMBA360,
I’m 32 year old. I’m currently first-year student at a top MBA program. I got a 750 on GMAT. I’ve founded a non-profit organization.  I was promoted twice at work before I went back to school. I’m currently the president of a student club.
But, I’m really depressed.
As  you know, it’s really competitive to [...]

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Lately I keep hearing stories about how employees got screwed because start-up management were very secretive about the companies stock options.
In this economy, a lot of start-up are struggling. VC firms have the upper hand in negotiation. In a lot of cases, the deal terms are very unfavorable to existing stock holders as well [...]

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After I published How My Friend Caleb Became A Legend Among Wall Street Junior Analysts, a reader asked me what my thoughts were on management consulting firms such as McKinsey & Company since these firms also have a "reverse pyramid" organizational structure that are similar to investment banks.
Like many things in life, Management Consulting is [...]

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