Work: The Ultimate Cosplay?

Those of you heading to Halloween shindigs or who had enough chutzpah to wear your costumes to the office might have costumes on the brain today  (that is, if you invested any time or creative effort into your outfit. I have yet to see what kind of costume my random closet raid will yield). SAG cards or not, most of us like wearing costumes because they allow us feel like we are someone else for a little while.

A former professor shared a story during class once: as her father was leaving for work one morning in a dapper, corporate-looking suit, the little girl next door saw him and shouted “I like your costume!”

The little girl unknowingly made a spot-on observation about what it means to get up, get dressed and go to work every day. In her eyes, her neighbor looked like he was playing a part, like he was trying to be someone else (or going to a Halloween party dressed as a character from ‘Mad Men’).

Without spinning off on those  ‘all fashion is a costume’ and ‘we are always playing a part’ tangents, it’s safe to say that a lot of people like us in the workforce have our ‘work selves’ and who we are outside of work. If the gap between the two is wider than that ginormous tv you’ve had your eye on, you might consider whether or not you are in the right career (Journalism Jobs, Database Administrator Jobs, Operations Jobs) .

Of course we may have a work persona–professionalism and restraint aren’t bad— but if you feel like you have to be a completely different person while you’re at work, are you being true to yourself? You still may have to dress up and play a role to an extent, but your job should be a (metaphorical) cosplay that works for YOU. So when people see your liederhosen and unicorn mask ensemble and you get that ever-popular question, “What exactly ARE you supposed to be?”  You’ll be able to tell them.

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Getting Over the Hump: Answering the Big Question

In honor of ‘Hump Day’, each Wednesday we’re going to single out a ‘hump’ you might have to roll over on your way to sweet career success. The answers aren’t always simple and easy, but hopefully we’ll give you something to marinate on.

So, do you guys remember the “When I Grow Up” segments from Saturday morning cartoons? These were fun little stories that helped kids know what the heck they were saying when they answered The Big Question: ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ They always featured a cute little ginger who seemed 100% certain that he wanted to be a veterinarian.

If you’re one of those people who’ve known your career path since you were eight years old (yes, Mr. Redheaded Animal Doctor, I’m talking to you), then congrats. If not, you’re not alone. Lots of people still don’t know what they want they want to be. Or do. Sometimes the best way to figure things out is to learn as much as you can about the industries that interest you. You’re probably a wee bit past the guidance counselor days–so be your own guidance counselor and figure out where you want to go.

At EmploymentCrossing.com, there are over 90 industry-specific websites that allow you to explore all types of jobs. Some of these jobs aren’t really the ‘cool’ jobs that you may have rattled off when answering The Big Question–no one says they want to be an actuary (ActuarialCrossing.com) or a class action attorney (LawCrossing.com) unless they’re Alex P. Keaton. (‘Family Ties’ not ‘Family Guy’). But one of them might be the perfect job for you.

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Okay, we started off with a big hump for our Hump Day posts. But if you work really hard to refine your answer to The Big Question, a lot of the other career challenges will be a little less daunting.

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Need More Green??

To get this blog post rollin’, here’s our starter–a sweet little tidbit from Mr. Quirky himself, famed film director Woody Allen: “Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons.” Well, duh.

Most certainly a little money is better than no money and a lot is better than a little, and in the current economic tornado, dough is def muy importante. You don’t want to lose any of those fantastic material goods (not to make too light of the situation, you obviously wouldn’t want to be kicked to the curb of your own neighborhood street because your home was foreclosed, either) you’ve acquired in your twenties because you gotta sell them for ramen noodles, do you?

Well, ladies and gentlemen, EmploymentCrossing can help you snag a bigger paycheck! We have this really awesome method of scouring the interwebs and rounding up THOUSANDS of jobs and magically organizing them so you can find what ya want in a snap. Whipya!…that’s my snap noise, btw.

So if you’d like to purchase brand-name TP, instead of the stuff that chafes your naughty bits, you better get a move on with our free trial. Better paying jobs await

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Employment Crossroads: Isn’t That Kind of Where You Are?

If you’re here, you either got misdirected from some site called Enjoyment Crossroad that you probably shouldn’t have been looking at anyway OR you need a new job. We can help you with the second one.

Our goal is simple. We help people like you find jobs. We don’t charge employers to post their jobs with us, we find them for you. We have 500 of the geekiest and most dedicated researchers in the country who do nothing else but find and post jobs on our website at EmploymentCrossing.com. And sure, since we have to charge somebody, we charge you. But somebody has to pay for our researchers. We’ve fixed a broken model here, and it’s only about 30 bucks a month.

Get going with this free trial. If you’re as good as you think you are, you may even find a job before it’s over. Go ahead, we dare you…Let’s get to work!

Regardless of Your Immediate Goal, We Can Probably Help

…If you’re smart. And we don’t mean rocket scientist smart (unless you’re looking for a job as a rocket scientist). What we mean is basically WISING UP that employment websites that only feature job listings paid for by employers aren’t smart. Think about it.

We’re already confident that you’re smart(ish). You’re reading this.

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