The JobOkPlease Blog

You know what is a sure way to ensure you never get too many good jobs in the future?

Disappearing after a job interview, good or bad, and never getting back to the employer.

Last week we had a couple of very eager applications from people wanting to work with JAM in various capacities. We liked both of them, well to a reasonable extent, and then told the pair to start working for us on an immediate basis.

They seemed pleased and went away. We've never heard from them again.

Never do that. If you don't want the offer always inform the person involved. Even if you begged to get the job in the first place. Don't leave employers in the lurch and vaporize away in a cloud of smoke.

And if you can't handle the inconvenient phone call then at least drop an email.

You never know who you will run into when you go for the next job change a few years down the line!

ALWAYS close correspondence after an interview. Eitherways. Don't burn bridges. It is a smaller world than you think.

Labels: interview, jobs

Worried about what career to choose? Well then Fortune magazine has just the article for you.

Health care, education and financial services--if you're looking for work in the coming decades, these are the fields to get into.

What to avoid? The usual suspects.

An interesting read with a slideshow that talks about what jobs NOT to get into in the years ahead. Bad news for economists, programmers, radio announcers and such like.

And not so good for newsreporters and writers either. Gulp.

Read here -> The Worst Jobs For The 21st Century

Labels: jobs, work and study, writing

Neelkantan on interim thoughts writes a brilliant piece on the job v/s my passion conundrum that most people face.He believes that there are only three types of people in the world.

The first category comprises of people who don't enjoy their job but yet choose to do it because it earns them their livelihood. They pursue their passions outside their jobs or probably just give up on them completely.

The second category consists of people who genuinely love their job and are extremely passionate about it. Success at work gives them an immense sense of achievement.

People who go out of the way and quit their jobs to chase their passion belong to the third category. For them the mundane things at work are too much to bear and so they resign to convert their passions into work.

So which category do you belong to? You can read the complete post here.

Labels: jobs, passion