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Monday, May 21, 2018

😈 5 Smart Job Interview Questions To Dodge Bad Bosses

Use good interview questions to avoid bad bosses.

5 Smart Job Interview Questions To Dodge Bad Bosses

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This is a guest post by Andrew Rondeau.

You have been invited to attend an interview. You've been waiting a long time for this one.

This could be the perfect job.

The company has a great employment brand and future, and the vacancy sounds great as well. Good pay, great prospects, great perks.

This is THE job to die for. Your dream job.

You can see yourself in the job.

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The big day arrives

You're prepared and have all the answers ready with all the examples, your work portfolio is in hand, you look great, are well-groomed and your clothes are sharp (that recent shopping trip will be worth it).

You're feeling confident and fully prepared.

But are you?

The relationship between managers and direct reports is a critical factor in morale, productivity and retention of high performers.

One thing which causes high stress in individuals at work is the bad management style of their boss. You get used to the pay, perks and prospects, but they become insignificant when your boss is a bad manager.

You do not get used to bad managers, especially very bad ones. Studies show that bad bosses are the number one reason people leave their jobs.

How do you define a bad manager?

We all have different definitions for the term “bad”.

Some may say their managers are bad because “I never get any praise,” others may say it's “because you never see them and they don't communicate” or because “he is so arrogant, always believing he is right and everyone else is wrong.”

Much has been written about the habits or traits of bad managers, but how do you tell if your prospective boss will be a bad one?

You are just about to be interviewed for the job of your life, but how do you know whether you'll want to work for the individual (assuming they will be your boss)?

Remember that interviews are a two-way process, as much for the potential employee's benefit as for the employer.

The job interview begins

The time for the interview has arrived.

The the prospective manager meets you in the glamorous reception 30 minutes late, their handshake is weak and clammy, and no apology is forthcoming for them being late.

In silence, they lead you to the interview room which is a few minutes walk from the reception. There is no offer of a drink.

Their smartphone goes off. It is a friend, or at least, you assume it is because they have a five-minute conversation about last night's TV, with quite a lot of swearing going on throughout.

You're thinking, “this is a test, isn't it? They're wondering how I'm going to react.” Except that it's not a test, this is how they are.

The interview starts late. Standard questions are fired at you, with no eye contact taking place. They don't even look at you when you're talking, just looking down whilst taking a few notes.

Your gut is telling you: this is not the job for you. However, you decide to give them the benefit of the doubt, as they might just be having a bad day and this isn't how they really are.

Now it is your turn to ask questions. How are you going to know if they are a great, or at least a good manager?

Here are some important questions you need to ask to get warning signs of a toxic boss.

5 interview questions to test your next boss

1) What is your management style?

Are they silent? Do they have to think about it?

Are they vague?

Do they mention words like “supportive, approachable or decision maker”?

2) Have you ever asked for feedback on your management style, and what were the results?

A good manager will always be looking to improve their performance and style and one of the best ways to do this, is to ask their staff for feedback.

If they have asked for this feedback, follow up by asking how have they used it to improve their style?

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3) When was the last time you took forward an employee suggestion or idea?

Bad managers don't follow up on employee ideas.

Are they struggling in their answer?

Is the example they give worthy of a great manager?

If they do provide a worthy answer, it shows they are supportive, approachable and they listen. A great manager removes all obstacles to help their staff do the best job possible.

4) When was the last time you praised an employee or team member, and why?

If they haven't ever done this, or the examples given are weak, be wary.

Bad managers withhold praise. One of the biggest staff motivators is praise from their manager.

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5) What is your opinion on employee development and training?

Have you ever been denied a professional development opportunity, because your own manager said that it would take too much time away from work? Is that why you are thinking of moving roles?

Bad managers ignore professional growth needs, whilst great managers support their staff's ongoing development.

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Bonus question to ask

6) How do you delegate tasks?

Do they delegate? Do they micro-manage?

Great managers build trust in their staff. A quick and easy way to do this is to delegate pieces of work, which uses and exploits individuals' strengths, all with the right level of control.

Overall, just remember the interview is two-way. You are interviewing your manager and the company, as well as them interviewing you.

You can ask any questions you want and if you ask the right ones, you won't end up working for an incompetent, bad manager who will make you miserable and your career won't suffer.

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Sunday, May 6, 2018

🌦 40+ Worst Summer Jobs People Like You Have Had

Everyone's had a worst summer job, but some are definitely worse than others.

40+ Worst Summer Jobs People Like You Have Had

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Growing up, I had almost a dozen summer jobs.

Most of them were pretty standard: working in a factory shipping department, taking shifts in a restaurant, conducting phone surveys, and so on. Nothing too memorable, they just happened to take place during the summer.

But there was one summer job that was just… out there.

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By far, the worst summer job I had was as a frozen seafood door-to-door salesman.

I hadn't even known that seafood was something people sold door to door, and truth be told, I haven't come across it since.

The adventure began when a friend and I responded to a classified ad in a local newspaper.


We were invited to an “interview”, which turned out to be an ultra-slick sales presentation for us and 20 other people on how to sell shrimp and lobster to unsuspecting homeowners.

I started getting skeptical when told that we needed to buy our seafood sales quota from the company before we actually sold any, and I straight up quit after shadowing an “experienced” salesman make only 2 sales in a full day's work.

Thankfully, that was also the shortest job I've ever had.

Not everyone is so lucky.

Here are some of the hilariously bad summer jobs people have had.

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From the Chive

  1. Porta Potty reservoir cleaner
  2. Recreational Vehicule (RV) reservoir cleaner at a campground: “a shitty job”
  3. Cow pen cleaner
  4. Crime scene clean up crew
  5. Carnival booth operator running “rip off” games that are impossible to win at
  6. Package delivery driver with a truck that doesn't have air conditioning
  7. Tying knots in fiberglass strands at a factory
  8. Hotdog cart guy
  9. Scraps collecting at a meat packing plant
  10. Painting oil tanks, by hand, outside in the Texas heat
  11. Sanding department worker at a chair factory
  12. Selling organic, free range meat door to door (so this does still happen!)
  13. Lobsterman deckhand
  14. Summer camp athletic trainer for 6-10 year old kids
  15. Rickshaw runner

From Uproxx

  1. Golf caddy: “The money was fine… but it didn’t make up for the (multiple) golf clubs thrown at me”
  2. Restaurant stove duct cleaner
  3. Telemarketer
  4. Customer support for a money transfer service for people in prison
  5. Highway department worker: “Some of my tasks included discarding dead roadkill… spraying weeds with poison, and re-paving roads in 100-degree heat”

From The Motley Fool

  1. Diaper changer
  2. Camp counselor
  3. Truck Loader

From Business Insider

  1. Sales associate in a kids clothing store
  2. Gas station attendant
  3. Flour mill worker
  4. Ice cream scooper at a state fair, with overtime for helping melt a giant butter cow
  5. Kitchen duty at a summer camp
  6. Credit card debt collections agent: “I was horrible because I could never collect and spent a lot of time life coaching or just listening to people's problems”
  7. Selling yard weedkiller door to door

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From Slate

  1. Pounding steaks with 128-ounce cans of diced tomatoes
  2. Outdoor concert usher
  3. Data entry at a temp agency run by a criminal: “It turned out that Bill’s carpeting business wasn’t a business. It was a front within a front.”

From Vice Canada

  1. Working in a garbage truck that services parks: “You know what's in park garbage cans? … Diapers and dog shit.”
  2. Stock car racing bouncer
  3. Chicken slaughterhouse “kill room” cleaner
  4. Lawn aerator
  5. Front desk manager at a seedy motel with a racist, scumbag owner

From The Morning Call

  1. Parking lot attendant at a golf course
  2. Collecting broken landscaping and riding mowers for a repair business
  3. Elementary school janitor

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