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Announcing: Brazen Careerist Top 50 Places to Work | Penelope.

Penelope Trunk

To me, the most interesting thing about Top 50 lists like this is the assumptions behind them. In most polls, if you ask Gen Y what they care about when choosing a place to work, the top three things will be, in varying orders: flexibility, interesting work, and likable co-workers. Social entrepreneurship is stupid.

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

Penelope Trunk

Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Tweet This Facebook My ex-husband worked in the nonprofit sector for a while. 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? Luckily, the non-profit world is changing.

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List of things I hate #3 | Penelope Trunk's Brazen Careerist

Penelope Trunk

So today's post is merely my most recent list. In that vein, life is the process of expanding our love and our knowledge, and I suppose, our hate. Getting bids If something is so important to you that you are spending enough time on it to collect bids, then you shouldn’t get bids. The timing is off.

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

Penelope Trunk

About this blog | About my company, Brazen Careerist | Penelopes guide to starting a blog How to manage a college education Posted to: College students January 21st, 2010 Del.icio.us Ben Casnocha has one of the most thorough, self-examined discussions about the value of college on his blog. Here are some good links on Ben's blog.)

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