Category Archives: Misery Loves Company
Epic cover letter leads to employment blacklist
This is a great lesson for one person that was trying to make it in the banking industry. Surely a lesson that will make its way into the text book of your next human resources class, as a case study. … Continue reading
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Tagged bad cover letter example, cover letter fail, epic cover letter, fail
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Interview Nightmares: Shady Co. Inc. DBA, LLC
This story is truly a nightmare in every sense of the meaning. An incompetent “owner” is only a very small part. Background: A company that purported to be a technology company that has relationships with many large companies contacted me … Continue reading
Suh in Career Purgatory
It has been a while since we have added someone to the ranks of Career Purgatory. It seems that the Detroit Lions player Ndamukong Suh is asking for it. Suh has a reputation as a dirty player and has previously … Continue reading
Interview Nightmares: The Fitness Run Around
Interview Nightmares: Tales from the un and under-employed… This is one of their stories… Background: Everyone has heard the saying: Given the run around. I’ve now experienced where that comes from. I tried to get a job at a fitness chain as a trainer. … Continue reading
Interview Nightmares: The Hiring System Is Broken
Its hard to apply for a job without having to apply online. With every resume submitted you are subjecting yourself to the corporate hiring machine. It doesn’t really matter how good your credentials are or how great your references are … Continue reading
Ex General Motors CEO’s Find Jobs
Most gear heads and business majors in college will probably remember GM’s CEO Rick Wagoner for different reasons but I’m sure most people won’t forget being ousted by President Barack Obama. It turns out that Rick Wagoner is still out … Continue reading
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Tagged displaced worker, Fritz Henderson, General Motors, GM, Rick Wagoner
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Under The Radar Celebrity in Career Purgatory
Sometimes it is hard to spot people among us in Career Purgatory because they keep popping up and putting on that happy face. This is a front put on to try and fool everyone including themselves that they are happy … Continue reading
Apple Has Sexy Tech, HP just has Sexual Harassment
Our newest fresh face in to join us in Career Purgatory is Mark Hurd now the ex-CEO of HP or Hewlett-Packard Co. for you older geeks. Apparently Mark Hurd didn’t realize that if you’re going to try and win over … Continue reading
Detroit Loves Kwame Kilpatrick
Most of the jokes about how Kwame was going to get really close to the inmates while he goes back to jail have been without merit since he’s isolated from the general population, but recently
Lindsay Lohan in Career Purgatory, I mean Career Hell
Originally I had hoped the first celebrity I would declare in Career Purgatory would actually be Lindsay Lohan, turns out Mel Gibson stole the show.
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Tagged Career Hell, Career Purgatory, Lindsey Lohan, unemployed
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