With its 500 US stores the company is second to Bed Bath & Beyond in terms of housewares chains, and according to the New York Times Linen's 'n Things plans to close 120 stores. The fate of your gift cards is up in the air, as federal law says Linens 'n Things isn't obligated to honor the cards since filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
During last night's episode of The Office, we witnessed Stanley talking back to Michael during a waste-of-time brainstorming meeting about how to "energize" the company. Michael decides to "fake fire" Stanley in order to teach him a lesson, but when he does it's Michael who gets a piece of Stanley's mind. It's obvious that Stanley has been holding in his remarks for years and isn't holding anything back. My favorite line? When he calls Michael a "professional idiot." He's probably had most of this speech prepared as part of his "I quit" fantasy that we've all had in one painful job or another. Would your exit speech be something like Stanley's, or would you take a different approach? Watch the interaction below and then check out BuzzSugar's full recap of last night's hilarious episode.
TeamSugar user yoruhana posted her "Entry-Levelness Resume" in my Résumé Remedy group — she's a year out of college and looking for something new because the company where she held her first job is undergoing financial troubles. Her current resume implies that she's a highly-desirable candidate — she has a good education and made the most of her time during college with various internships — yet she's having trouble getting an employer to bite at her applications. She'd like some help making her bulletpoints pop, but I'm going to give my two cents from top to bottom — résumés can be fun! Or maybe it's just me, but let's get started!
Remove the objective, forever! That goes for every résumé, in my opinion. Your objective is something that should be made clear in your cover letter. Maybe there are some recruiters out there who would disagree with me, but I find the whole objective minisection to be old-fashioned. It's something that just fills space and doesn't give an employer any key information about an applicant.
Skills shouldn't appear at the top. Move the skills section to the bottom. Your experience is what matters and makes you unique, while your skills are technical qualifications that generally don't make you stand out. If you choose to include Microsoft Office in your skills, which I don't think is particularly necessary in your case, I recommend stating it last.
Find out how else I would remedy this résumé when you read more
Maybe playing tricks on our co-workers is too much trouble for most of us, but some people are just pranksters by nature. They like to liven up the workplace with their commotion causing antics and likely get a kick out of themselves, and once in a while the pranks are good enough to get everyone laughing. Oddee named the ten greatest office pranks and the majority of them would be pretty time consuming on both the set-up and clean-up ends. Giving credit where credit is due, I think the trickiest of them all is the foil-covered cubicle — the prankster even covered the jacket on the back of the victim's chair! Check out all ten pranks in the gallery — Jello, tacks, and rats, oh my!
Dear Poll: Does Your Work Life Interfere With Your Personal Life? In the past when DearSugar had a terrible day at work, she ended up having an equally terrible night at home. Somehow her bad mood leaves her irritable and short with her loved ones no matter how hard she tries to leave her work baggage at the office. Does this happen to you too?
A survey of gas prices collected the numbers from gas pumps in 155 countries and placed the US as number 111, meaning prices are 45th cheapest out of the countries surveyed. The reason prices in the US have been comparably low is that taxes on gas have been kept to a relative minimum when measured to international standards. Some experts say that Americans are extra sensitive to hikes in gas prices because we've been spoiled by cheap gas in the past, and feel any increases more acutely than countries who are used to being taxed more. The cheapest gas is found in fuel-producing countries.
The research firm that ran the survey didn't account for different exchange rates or other factors like varied salaries among different countries, and because oil is priced in dollars those with stronger currencies aren't feeling as much pain at the pump. To see what drivers in the most expensive places to buy gas are paying to fill up just read more
Mama Mia, the Italian government is dealing with some livid Italians right now. They brought the fury on themselves, however, when they posted every citizen's taxable income on their website for everyone to see and did so without warning. Friends, enemies, and everyone in between have this in common, and it's part of the government's attempt to put the kibosh on tax evasion.
Granted, the site was only live for a few hours before Italy's privacy watchdog required its suspension. Tax minister Vincenzo Visco said, "It's all about transparency and democracy. I don't see the problem," while a consumer group said the site is "a danger for an increase in crime and violence as the data are an irresistible source for criminals." And Italian daily news provider Corriere della Sera said the site was "a delicious opportunity to find out with a click how much your neighbour or colleague or, for gossip fans, celebrities earn."
How would you feel as an Italian citizen whose income was exposed to be viewed by everyone with Internet access?