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Informational Interview |
| Message Name: |
P.S. |
| Date Posted: |
02/10/2006 |
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Your enthusiasm for a multinational corporate organization is certainly appreciated, but take a step back and reassess this situation. Take a deep breath. Exhale slowly.
My late colleague T. Herman Zweibel might say something like this: Perhaps you remember to your middle school days when you got infatuated with a cute blonde in one of your classes. (Substitute "guy" if that's your pleasure.) You wrote her secret love notes, gave her presents, memorized her class schedule, and took a liking for everything she liked. You wished to move 10,000 miles if you could be with her. Then you got to know her and realized she was just an ordinary person. And today, she's probably ugly.
I think you're a bit infatuated with this whole job thing. Even thinking about moving 10,000 miles and abandoning friends, family, etc. for a corporation indicates a need to reassess the purpose of your life. If not, you'll get burned out before you even find the office's bathrooms.
The link below has been posted frequently on this board. Rule #1 is important:
http://davidmaister.com/pdf/MaistersLawsoftheJobSearch20359.pdf |
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I doubt T. Herman Zweibel would say that. His reply would probably degenerate into some rant about dating practices in colonial America, yellow journalism, and William Jennings Bryan and the gold standard.
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