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NOVEMBER 8, 2017

My boss is advertising my job because I got sick before some pre-approved vacation time. When I returned to work on Wednesday, I found a sent email (everyone in my office shares one email account) from my boss to our advertising partner asking to place an ad in the paper for an office admin (my job). Did I do something to cause that?”

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AUGUST 2, 2022

I used to work in the corporate world in advertising and had an amazing yet strict boss who made me work hard and I loved it! I’ve only ever had a private office before this job, so I have no idea about the norms other than not bringing smelly food. How do I tell a bunch of interviewers I’ve decided to stay at my current job?

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JULY 19, 2022

Typically if a job is advertised as full-time, it’s because they want someone for full-time work. How do I explain this when I interview? You’re not supposed to stay in a toxic workplace but then you’re not supposed to badmouth an employer during an interview. Needless to say, my mental health is suffering immensely.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

I’ve heard it’s a great place to work and they are transparent about their salaries, so I know I could be making at least $8-10K more per year if I were to interview and get the job. I got a polite automated email several weeks later saying they appreciated my interest but were not going to interview me. No big deal.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

I got through multiple rounds of interviews pretty consistently, but never got an offer. Well, thanks to your advice I got interviews consistently over the two months I was unemployed, including a bunch in other fields. So I found myself staring down an unknown period of unemployment, in a pandemic, with a tough job market.

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AUGUST 7, 2019

The hotel in question has good reviews on TripAdvisor and meets our company guidelines but does advertise itself as haunted as a touristy gimmick. The week before we were to go on vacation, my boyfriend’s coworker was sick, came to work, and was coughing in his face (and they work in food service and his coworker is a manager!)

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MAY 26, 2019

And I get annoyed when there are more than three fonts used in an advertisement or web page. My interviewer hasn’t gotten back to me — should I go to an event where she’ll be? Last month I had an interview for a job that I really, really want and am qualified for. Use the same font, people! Polite fictions can be very useful.

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MAY 15, 2016

I’m not a huge fan of sandwiches, but hey, free food and networking, so I always eat them. For the meetings that go through lunch, there really isn’t time to go get food on my own. Can you talk to whoever’s in charge of food for these meetings and just ask that they include a sandwich that you could eat?

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Unfortunately, some of my coworkers will spend almost every cent they have on food and tip as little as 75 cents. I had a really good interview with a company that I liked but there was one strange thing about them – – they don’t have a website and they have a very small internet presence.

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JULY 11, 2018

Is it normal to advertise for a replacement before someone knows they’re being fired? It’s unfair to the people being fired, and it’s generally going to seem shady to the people applying once they realize the entire interview process has to be kept under wraps. I have a question about the act of firing someone.

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AUGUST 14, 2019

I recently had an interview at a -. In my initial interactions with the start-up, I was able to avoid answering their initial questions about desired compensation and former salary, and the interview went ahead and went well. My old manager told a reference checker what my salary was.

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DECEMBER 1, 2015

Brook continuously left our bathroom messy, cooked and left food and dirty dishes out overnight, and left her clothes and personal items everywhere. Well, I mention that all my documentation (job offer letter signed by HR, correspondence, even the job advertisement) says “senior teamaker.” Do I end up burning bridges if I push?

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

That’s been the question posed to me in 2023 by interviewers such as Nick Fortino on “ Psychology Is ” and Mollie Adler on “Back from the Borderline. ” psychiatrists to serve as their consultants, advisers, and speakers, or to provide free food, beverages and lodging to those attending promotional events.” By 2019, Big Pharma’s $6.6

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Mad in America

JUNE 22, 2024

One recent college graduate who, like others interviewed for this story, prefers to remain anonymous, notices a lack of necessary boundaries. “If Mental health advertising is all over social media— Armstrong gets ads for symptom management apps “probably every day,” while Leo sees ads for actual medications.

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Eat Your Career

JULY 7, 2010

Workbooks Stress Management Workbook Time Management Magic Reinvent Your Career Workbook More Tasty Goodness Career Management Consulting Job Interview Coaching Resume Revision Group Training & Public Speaking Eat My WHAT?! 3. Advertise It Share this limiting belief with others. “Food for thought.&#

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Work Life

DECEMBER 17, 2023

We saw an old-fashioned run on Silicon Valley Bank, a boardroom drama at OpenAI, and a showdown between advertisers and X owner Elon Musk. Serwer chalks it up to conducting the interview in person at Frank’s home in Maine. Business journalists around the world, including my colleagues at Inc.

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APRIL 28, 2021

This post, interview with an employee at an employee assistance program (EAP) , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. I’m also going to say that I’m talking for one provider only, but honestly, we all do pretty much the same basic stuff (like fast-food restaurants; a cheeseburger is a cheeseburger).

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MAY 23, 2023

Normal stadiums are plastered with advertisements, so Grayson Stadium has zero. At Grayson Stadium , food and drink comes with your $25 open-seating ticket. I get asked that question in probably every interview,” he says. “My At normal ballparks, tickets and concessions are separate purchases. My mind doesn’t work like that.

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SnackNation

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Before long they were eating food off each other’s plates and engaging in daily wrestling matches. In one experiment, researchers put together 12 groups of four and tasked each with developing a 15-second advertisement for a made up product. Favorite Food : “She’s definitely become a snacker. First thought this morning: “Food.

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OCTOBER 19, 2016

My abusive ex works at the company where I’m interviewing. an in-person interview.) I was very clear with him and with the clinic he interviewed at about the documentation issues, and that they needed to be on top of it. I’ve interviewed for correlating positions elsewhere, but I want to remain in this city.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

On Demand Interviews as a screening tool. Are on demand video interviews (where the applicant recounted themselves answering questions in some kind of portal) a good initial screening tool? I had several of these in my last search where I was sent an email to interview this way. bathroom emergencies during an interview.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Was this an interview faux pas. At the end of a series of interviews, to show how excited and interested in the job and company, I said if I was offered the job I’d definitely accept the offer. I had a phone interview with a company I’d be really excited to work for. Frequent interview-ending answers.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

It’s about friendship and food and the space you take up, and it’s dark and smart and funny and moving and I loved it. A while back I did an interview with commenter Oryx about her time working as a prison librarian , and this is her book — with far more details about the experience. Supper Club , by Lara Williams.

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Listen to the audio of the interview here. It is designed to help you, to motivate you to go out and find food so you can solve the starvation problem. If you’ve ever seen an antidepressant commercial in a country where direct-to-consumer advertising is allowed, like the U.S.,

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Mad in America

JANUARY 9, 2024

FDA approves Food and Drugs—on the basis of assays. Scientific experiments, like clinical trials, may have standards to avoid mistakes but they don’t operate to a standard any more than a clinical interview has. Standardizing clinical interviews risks disaster. What’s an Assay? Science explores, bureaucracy tests.

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Mad in America

MARCH 26, 2025

Before we begin, I’d like to take a few moments and explain the context of this interview. Listen to the audio of the interview here. Whitaker: There are those two funding sources, open access where people have to pay, or journals where they’re basically funded by pharmaceutical advertisements.

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MARCH 22, 2025

” Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics operated under a subscription model, its revenues coming from subscribers, rather than advertisements, Fava noted. Its like if we go to a restaurant, we bring our own food, we go to the kitchen, we cook the food, we bring it to our table, we eat it, and we pay the bill.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

I recently had an informal informational interview with a young man who was referred to me by a colleague. The interview was a very pleasant hour, I liked the young man, and as we were wrapping up I offered to connect him with a few potential contacts/opportunities. Withdrawing from an interview process after getting promoted.

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Success

MARCH 4, 2024

To learn more, he interviewed high-profile achievers who had survived public defeat, including athletes, entertainers, politicians and executives. According to Shaw, Pixar uses constant feedback, whereas Whole Foods fosters super-autonomous teams. Extreme Teams shows you how.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Listen to the audio of the interview here. We diagnose individuals with anorexia because they restrict their food intake to the point of physical harm, sometimes leading to death. This ideal is embedded in media, advertising, fashion, and everyday social expectations. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity.

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