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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Hello!! |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2012, 1:52 pm
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Replies: 10
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Do I belong here? |
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Posted: 10 Jan 2012, 1:46 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 954
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| For me, the problem has never been that friends do something unpleasant or nasty. It's that I end up feeling like I'm not important to them. I try to stay in touch with people once we no longer have daily contact, such as those I knew in college or former coworkers, but it rarely happens. Contact on... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: I'm staring at my shoes, but I'm happy to meet you! |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 6:51 pm
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Replies: 6
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Your subject line reminds of a joke a friend of mine in the insurance industry told me:
Q: How can you tell which actuary is the extrovert?
A: They're the one staring at *your* shoes. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Greetlings and Salutatorians |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 6:38 pm
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Replies: 2
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| I'm a 43-year old unemployed accountant. I was diagnosed with Asperger's about 18 months ago. I have three cats who are convinced that it is feeding time; they are wrong. My interest are: sports, particularly ice hockey and baseball, with a growing interest in cricket; music, most intensely prog roc... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Ohi. I'm new! |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 6:30 pm
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Replies: 10
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| I'm curious as to how others have came to the epiphany of 'I probably have Asperger Syndrome!'. While working on my depression and anxiety issues with my therapist over the summer of 2010, it became clear that I can't read body language. She said that that's a common symptom of people with Asperger... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Rather nervous to be here... But Hi, I'm new |
| JMN |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 6:23 pm
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Replies: 9
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tazzlez60 wrote: I'm not even sure if I spelt introductory right.
Indeed you did, and you did fine. |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: What's your passion/hobby? |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 6:20 pm
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Replies: 28
Views: 3,606
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| I've always had obsessive interest, but they have changed over the years. I don't usually just drop the old ones, but they aren't as gripping. As a kid, it was World War II. When I was about eight, my mother got worried about it and wanted to make sure I knew about the Holocaust and all of the downs... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: What's your passion/hobby? |
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Posted: 09 Jan 2012, 6:12 pm
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Replies: 28
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Lost_in_Reverie wrote: My major fields of interest are changing. Does that happen?
Yes, it does. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Public Accounting |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2012, 2:52 pm
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Replies: 61
Views: 27,579
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| Do you have any recommendation for PhD programs that aren't as numbers heavy? My research interest is really about the process by which information is put to use in a company. In particular, it's on situations in which managers think they know more than they really do. This comes about because many ... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Can you list all the jobs you've had? |
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Posted: 06 Jan 2012, 12:50 am
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Replies: 75
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| Shoveled sidewalks, raked leaves and mowed lawns in elementary school Delivered newspapers in junior high During high school, I worked successively at: Burger King; Taco Bell (back when their food was good); dishwasher at the PanTree; dishwasher at the Heidelberg (I worked an actual Nazi); back at T... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: 11 Things You Should Never Put on Your Resume |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 10:27 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,733
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| So how do I explain a six year gap when the truth is that I left my last job after a complete nervous breakdown from job stress? Never mind that that job was so vastly more stressful than anything I'm applying for now that it doesn't mean much. I've gone back to school, and fortunately I'd never fil... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: 11 Things You Should Never Put on Your Resume |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 10:24 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 6,733
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| Once, I had plenty of time. Now, I'm getting old. It's pretty much hopeless. Sorry, have I missed something here? You're getting old ... at 33? Welcome to the world of trying to get a job. Depending upon context 33 might not be that old, but if you're 33 with no job history, it's the kiss of death,... |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: So how long have you been looking? |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 10:18 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,143
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| I've been looking for five years. |
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Forum: Work and finding a Job Topic: Public Accounting |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 10:13 pm
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Replies: 61
Views: 27,579
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| I'm in the same boat. I'm 43, have a master's in accountancy, and am new to the field. I've been unemployed for six years. My last job was as an options trader, making markets, and had to quit because of a complete nervous breakdown from job stress. I went back to school, got my master's and . . . n... |
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Forum: Getting to know each other Topic: Questions about you |
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Posted: 05 Jan 2012, 8:59 pm
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Replies: 5,816
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| What is your first name? J. That's my entire legal first name. I go by Michael Age: 43 Location: Minneapolis Hobbies and Interests: Sports, particularly baseball and ice hockey; role-playing; reading, particularly science fiction and history; music; my three cats Why are you here? I'm looking for a ... |
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