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Interview Tips for Club Members

June 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Finding a job, War stories

Insiders’ Interview Tips

Going for an interview? Then “True Confessions of a Recruiter,” by Connie Thanasoulis-Cerrachio is a must-read. Connie, a former Fortune 500 recruiter, confesses how she weeds out candidates starting the first second she sees them.
No Debby Downers
As a Dead Company Club member you have unique experiences that can be booby traps in an [...]

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Lehman Leadership Vindicated?

March 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Company profiles, War stories

Former Lehman Brothers employees keep getting a pitchfork in the butt. The latest round of abuse comes from Dick Fuld, Lehman’s former CEO, in response to a bankruptcy examiner’s report released March 11, 2010.
Ex-employees were understandably pissed by the 2,200 page report. A March 13th Wall Street Journal article titled “Lehman Report Confirms Former Employees’ [...]

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You Are Not Alone

August 11th, 2009 · No Comments · Company profiles, War stories

“You are not alone.”                                                                                                                                         [...]

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Fairy Tale Bosses

August 4th, 2009 · No Comments · Humor, Losing a job, War stories

“Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell?”                                                                                                   – Snow White

Have you ever worked for a moron? Thief? Leech? Welcome to the club. If your company is dead there was a stinker somewhere, maybe even a full-blown level 5 toxic environment. Here’s the Seven Dwarfs Standard, developed when I had [...]

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What Could Possibly Close Next?

July 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Losing a job, New members, War stories

YIKES. This was the prescient license plate of a former investment broker who can’t afford the car anymore. It’s my G-rated exclamation when I read about the growing stacks of worthless stock certificates, old employee IDs and the latest additions to the club.
American pastimes closed indefinitely
Closings have gone way beyond what you read in the [...]

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