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We overestimate the gap between nonprofit and for-profit jobs.

Penelope Trunk

He rarely got health insurance. At one point, we were completely stressed out about not being insured, and he asked his boss what everyone else was doing, and she said, “Can’t you get insurance from your spouse? It's really dangerous to think there are vastly different motivators in the non-profit world.

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Two Things Leaders Need to Know Now with Gregory Offner

Crestcom

As my dad would say, this is, this is not specific to the insurance or financial services industry. That same feeling of accomplishment. If money is how you’re judging your self worth and your accomplishment. So this, this is industry-agnostic. Where I come from, this can, this can be applied anywhere. I mean, Zig Ziglar.

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How to manage a college education | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

Most people get jobs from their network, not from a career center. And social media is the fastest, most effective way for you to build a network. As a Gen-Y who stopped going to college I found that real life experiences, networks and self education were more important and vital than a college education for my career track.

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Befriend the intern to fire up your career | Penelope Trunk's.

Penelope Trunk

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog Befriend the intern to fire up your career Posted to: Networking | Promoting Yourself July 30th, 2010 Del.icio.us Think of quitting as a networking event. I'd imagine all these apply, especially the network bit, but would you add anything?

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Employee Happiness: Why You Need to Take Notice Right Now

Vantage Circle

Happy employees amount to better productivity, better motivation and a better corporate culture. Offer health insurance and paid leaves. Especially, try to instill a sense of accomplishment within them. Maybe, conduct motivational seminars. Above all, it promotes a strong emotional support network.

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Asperger's at work: Why I need a sick day to register my car.

Penelope Trunk

I have found, in adult life, that bureaucracy only gets deeper and deeper, and for someone like me, with Asperger Syndrome, the rules, numbers and conversations that bureaucracy entails is completely overwhelming: IRS, health insurance, 401Ks, I actually have no idea how people cope with this stuff. There could be body language index cards!

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Frugality is a career tool | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

I needed the motivation! Posted by kelley on February 2, 2010 at 4:11 pm | permalink | Reply It's all about the network, real or perceived. I encourage the spending debate for entrepreneurs (internally and externally) to be about why to spend, what it accomplishes, how it simplifies, what's the return, etc.

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