KEEP THAT JOB! With all the downsizing and layoffs in the news these days, lots of us are spending more time thinking about hanging onto our current jobs than looking for some hot new opportunity. But what's the best way to do that? Tell us what you're doing to keep your job.
LESSONS LEARNED. "Experience may or may not be the best teacher, but it's certainly the hardest -- nowhere else do you get the test first, the lesson later." So goes the old saying. On the other hand, the lessons we learn the hard way tend to stay with us. What is the BIG lesson the world of work has taught you?
ADMIN WORK. Few jobs have changed more in the last 20 years than those of administrative support specialists. But have the day-in, day-out demands of admin work really changed? Do today's admins have better career prospects than yesterday's secretaries did? If you are an admin or work with someone who is, tell us how things look from where you are.
CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM? Some of the worst things that have ever been said to some of us have been introduced as "constructive criticism." What's your view? Is there really such a thing as "constructive criticism"? -- and if so, what makes it different from plain ol' criticism? Tell us what you've learned about giving -- and taking -- it.
FREE ASSOCIATION. Well, you can see what's been on our minds lately. What's on yours? Got a question you want to raise? A statement you want to make? Help you want to ask for or offer? This is the place to do it. Get a firm grip on your cup and win one for the sipper!
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