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tôi nhớ...
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The best HR joke in the world!

There aren’t that many HR jokes around, but this one not only takes the biscuit, but raises a number of issues about attracting candidates!

An HR manager was knocked down (tragically) by a bus and was killed. Her soul arrived at the Pearly Gates, where St.Peter welcomed her. “Before you get settled in” he said, “We have a little problem…you see, we’ve never had a HR manager make it this far before and we’re not really sure what to do with you.”

“Oh, I see,” said the woman, “can’t you just let me in?”

“Well, I’d like to,” said St Peter, “But I have higher orders. We’re instructed to let you have a day in hell and a day in heaven, and then you are to choose where you’d like to go for all eternity.”

“Actually, I think I’d prefer heaven”, said the woman. “Sorry, we have rules…” at which St. Peter put the HR manager into the downward bound elevator.

As the doors opened in Hell she stepped out onto a beautiful golf course. In the distance was a country club; around her were many friends, past fellow executives, all smartly dressed, happy, and cheering for her. They ran up and kissed her on both cheeks, and they talked about old times.

They played a perfect round of golf and afterwards went to the country club where she enjoyed a superb steak and lobster dinner. She met the Devil (who was actually rather nice) and she had a wonderful night telling jokes and dancing.

Before she knew it, it was time to leave. Everyone shook her hand and waved goodbye as she stepped into the elevator. The elevator went back up to heaven where St. Peter was waiting for her. “Now it’s time to spend a day in heaven,” he said.

So she spent the next 24 hours lounging around on clouds, playing the harp and singing; which was almost as enjoyable as her day in Hell. At the day’s end St. Peter returned. “So,” he said, “You’ve spent a day in hell and you’ve spent a day in heaven”. “You must choose between the two.”

The woman thought for a second and replied: “Well, heaven is certainly lovely, but I actually had a better time in hell. I choose Hell.”

Accordingly, St. Peter took her to the elevator again and she went back down to hell. When the doors of the elevator opened she found herself standing in a desolate wasteland covered in garbage and filth. She saw her friends dressed in rags, picking up rubbish and putting it in old sacks. The Devil approached and put his arm around her.

“I don’t understand,” stuttered the HR manager, “The other day I was here, and there was a golf course, and a country club. We ate lobster, and we danced and had a wonderful happy time. Now all there is, is just dirty wasteland of garbage and all my friends look miserable.”

The Devil simply looked at her and smiled, “Yesterday we were recruiting you, today you’re staff.” ;-)

Source: B Thomas

Why do people chat so much?

While you chat on text format you have following advantages which are not there when you are face to face.

1. You get that extra time to frame your answers and further questions without the scrutiny of a keen pair of eyes.
2. Your appearances does not matter.
3. Your presence of mind does not matter as much. You have time to be funny or witty.
4. Your facial expression do not matter and you can easily fake an expression.
5. It's easier to lie.
6. It's easier to say the truth.
7. It's gives us a blanket of no direct onslaught.

Basically, you are a better version of yourself.

When it comes to a face to face rendezvous:

1. A slight uninterest in the face of the person who is listening to your well formulated crap puts you off. And the person gives it away till he/she can feign any interest.
2. You take a little more time than spontaneity to frame you witty one liners.
3. A uncombed stand of hair or unshaven beard or a pimple or poorly ironed shirt has already depleted half of your confidence.
4. And so on.

Source: https://www.quora.com/Why-do-people-chat-so-much

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Five things your salary history says about you

Dear Liz,

I generally love your advice but I strongly disagree with your take on salary history. You say that a person's salary history is private. Why should it be private? It's part of your professional persona. Should your work history also be private? Of course not.

As a hiring manager I need to know what other managers paid you in the past. Don't I deserve to know what level of experience and quality I'm getting in a new hire?

A candidate's salary history tells me a lot about them. It tells me when and how much they grew over their career. I want that information and I'm dismayed that you keep telling candidates to keep that information away from me (and other hiring managers).

Where's the flaw in my argument?

Thanks Liz,

Noah

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Dear Noah,

There is no flaw in your argument, because there is no argument. People who say, "I want it -- give it to me!" are generally either three years old, or considered immature by other people.

You want someone's salary history and therefore you should get it -- that's your argument?

People in Hell want ice water, so they say.

Let's flip the roles and see if your "argument" holds up. Job candidates would love to know what you and your fellow managers are getting paid. They would love to know how much money your company made last year, and how much of that money went into the pockets of the company's executives.

They would love to know how much your personal compensation is affected by your ability to manage a budget, including your willingness to pay employees below-market wages.

None of that information, of course, is available to job applicants or to employees. It is unreasonable to ask for and expect information from the candidate while sharing nothing whatsoever with that candidate regarding your company's financial situation, its executive comp plans or even information about how your current employees stack up relative to the local labor market. It's heavy-handed. It's unfair.

Only weak and inexperienced recruiters and managers need to know someone's salary history in order to evaluate that person's market price tag. I am confident talking to anyone for ten minutes and then telling them what I think they can command in the job market. You can cultivate the same skill if you want to!

Here are five things a person's salary history says (and doesn't say) about them:

1. A person's salary history tells you how much they got paid at each job they've held.

2. A person's salary history doesn't convey their worth to a new employer in a new role. There are many reasons people take jobs below their capability (and market value). Every assignment is different, and the level of pain also differs from organization to organization.

3. A person's salary history doesn't tell us how good they are at their job.

4. A person's salary history doesn't convey their passion, enthusiasm or teamwork.

5. Salary history is useless as a gauge of a person's talent. There are overpaid and underpaid people everywhere.

I used to hire engineers and IT folks from all over the world. Many of them had no idea what they were worth in the U.S. labor market. We had to pay them fairly.

We hired brilliant folks coming out of school. They had no useful salary history. So what? We still had to pay them a fair market wage for their contribution.

When you hire career-changers, people returning to the paid workforce, returning military service members, new grads, former consultants and any other type of non-cookie-cutter candidate, you are going to have to assign a market value without being able to apply their salary history even if you know it.

It's a good skill to learn!

Step out of fear and into your leadership power. The air is much clearer up here. Try it and you will see!

All the best,

Liz

Source: forbes.com

Should I tell my boss I'm leaving -- unless I get a raise?

Dear Liz,

I've been in my job for 18 months.

When I took the job, I badly needed employment.

I took the job for a ridiculously low salary. If I hadn't been so desperate, I would have turned it down.

I spent a year revamping our marketing program from the ground up. I know my hard work made a difference.

This company's marketing program was a disaster when I started the job, and now it rocks.

I was very glad to get the experience and the resume fodder as you call it, but I also need to get paid fairly.

For the entire first year my boss told me, "I know you're underpaid. Don't worry, I'll take care of you when your annual review comes around."

My review came around at my one-year anniversary.

I designed a Power Point presentation to show my boss and his boss what I had accomplished.

My boss said, "This is great information. I'm going to get you a big raise."

I got a $4000 annual increase. It was a bigger pay increase than my company usually gives out, but it still didn't get me up to the market rate for my job. It's not even close.

The good news is that headhunters constantly reach out to me to tell me about other jobs that pay at least $10K more than I'm earning now.

I don't tell them my current salary. If I did, they would assume I'm not qualified to move up.

I know I could get a better-paying job but I like my job.

I like my boss. He knows I'm drastically underpaid even after getting that $4000 increase. He says, "The problem is that you just got a $4000 raise six months ago and my boss will have a hard time understanding why you need another raise so soon."

Should I tell my boss that he's going to lose me if I don't get at least another $4000 pay increase?

If I play that card and give my boss an ultimatum, then I have to follow through with it. If he doesn't give me a big raise, I have to keep my word and leave.

If I tell my boss I'm going to quit unless I get another raise, he might feel resentful. He might start to see me as an enemy. Right now, he sees me as his right hand.

I don't know what to do.

Help!

Thanks Liz -

Yours,

Shawn

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Dear Shawn,

When you see your life as a path you are walking, you will see that other people's paths can intersect with yours.

Sometimes we walk alongside someone for a short time. Sometimes we walk alongside them for years before our paths and theirs go in different directions. It's not fair to expect someone to continue to walk alongside you if their path doesn't lead that way.

Your boss hired you when you needed a job. He gave you the opportunity to do some wonderful and valuable things that grew your flame and helped your company succeed. He went to bat for you and got you a raise. That raise didn't get you to the market level for the job you do, but it was the best your boss could do.

Your boss was honest. He told you how far he can step. He can't step far enough to keep you. That doesn't make him a bad guy. It just means that you and your boss are on different paths. Why ask your boss to try and be someone he isn't?

Your boss doesn't have the juice to go back to his boss and argue for another pay increase. You are pushing on a rope, as the expression goes.

You are hoping against hope that your boss suddenly becomes your fearless champion. He's not going to do that. He works for a company that underpays people. He's probably underpaid himself. He hired you at a galley-slave wage, so he knows the company is frugal to the point of self-destructiveness but he still keeps his job.

Don't threaten to quit or give your boss an ultimatum. That won't help. If he gave you a raise just to keep you on board for a while, he would resent being pushed into a corner. Just start a stealth job search and move on.

It is hard to let go. It is hard to say, "I got what I came to this job to get, and now it's time to get back on my path." It's hard to do, but it's essential.

Don't say another word to your boss about your below-market pay. Just start taking calls from headhunters and take a job that feels like the next, best move for you. When you've accepted the offer, let your boss know that you appreciate everything he's done for you and that you will be leaving the company.

We only frustrate ourselves when we expect people around us to be more than they can be at any given moment. Your boss is who he is. Accept that and accept the fact that your flame is still growing. You will leave this job and team up with people whose flames are bigger than your boss's flame is right now.

Don't judge your boss or anyone else who disappoints you.

They are not doing the things they do and saying the things they say to hurt you. They are only trying to protect themselves -- something we all do, and something that fearful people do more than most.

One day you will look back and be grateful that your boss nudged you back on your path -- exactly where you need to be!

All the best,

Liz

Source: forbes.com

A letter from J.P Morgans CEO to Gold Diggers

What does the modern day woman aspire to be in the 21st Century? … A Gold Digger perhaps?
According to the urban dictionary, a "Gold Digger" is defined as a woman who forms relationships with men purely to obtain gifts and money from them. As gold diggers realize that crime no longer pays, and 65% of athletes go bankrupt within two years after retiring, the Middle class working man remains top of their hit list. Seeing them as them as the perfect long term investment, providing great growth opportunities i.e pay rises and bonuses plus stable steady returns i.e. £4k a month minimum for the next 30 years.

But what do middle/upper class men, or those aspiring to be, think of these gold diggers? Take a look at this conversation I came across between a modern day gold digger and JP Morgan CEO, Jaime Dimon...

This was  posted by a young lady who currently still remains anonymous and the title was What should I do to marry a rich guy?

I’m going to be honest of what I’m going to say here. I’m 25 this year. I’m very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above.

You might say that I’m greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York. My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I’ve dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden(?), $250k annual income is not enough.

I’m here humbly to ask a few questions:

1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches are only average-looking? I’ve met a few girls who don’t have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys.
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)

Ms. Pretty

A philosophical reply from CEO of J.P. Morgan:

Dear Ms. Pretty,

I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I’m not wasting time here. From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain.

Put the details aside, what you’re trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money" : Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there’s a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can’t be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It’s not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation.

If that is your only asset, your value will be much worse 10 years later. By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position". If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term – same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased".

Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income.This has better chance than finding a rich fool.

Hope this reply helps.

Signed,
James Dimon. J.P. Morgan CEO

Source: thenoviceinvestor82

EM MUỐN 1 NGƯỜI CHỒNG LƯƠNG 500.000$ 1 NĂM.

Đây là một lá thư của một cô gái đăng trên mạng, và được một CEO của một công ty trả lời.

Những gì tôi viết sau đây đều thật lòng cả:
Tôi 25 tuổi. Tôi rất đẹp, tôi có phong cách và khiếu thẩm mỹ cao, tôi muốn cưới một anh chàng có thu nhập từ 500,000 đô mỗi năm trở lên. Bạn có thể nói tôi là người tham lam nhưng với thu nhập mỗi năm 1 triệu đô thì chỉ được coi là tầng lớp trung bình ở New york.
Yêu cầu của tôi không cao. Có ai trong forum này có thu nhập hàng năm là 500 nghìn đô không? Trong số các bạn có ai lập gia đình chưa? Tôi muốn hỏi: "tôi phải làm gì để lấy một ông chồng giàu như các bạn?"
Trong số những anh chàng tôi hẹn hò, anh giàu nhất thu nhập chỉ là 250 nghìn đô mỗi năm, đối với tôi mức lương này là quá ít. Nếu như ai đó có ý định chuyển đến 1 căn hộ ở phía tây New york Garden thì mức lương này không đủ để chi tiêu.
Tôi có vài câu hỏi cho các bạn:
1) Những anh chàng giàu có thường lui tới những địa điểm nào? (làm ơn liệt kê ra tên và địa chỉ các quán bar, nhà hàng, phòng tập thể dục...)
2) Tôi nên nhắm những độ tuổi nào
3) Tại sao mấy bà vợ của các đại gia chỉ có nhan sắc trung bình? tôi từng tiếp xúc với vài người trong số họ, họ chẳng xinh đẹp và chẳng thú vị gì cả, nhưng tại sao họ cưới được những ông chồng giàu có
4) Các bạn dựa vào những tiêu chuẩn nào để chọn vợ, và những người nào chỉ có thể là bạn gái của các bạn thôi? (Mục tiêu của tôi bây giờ là lấy chồng)

Ms. Pretty.

Sau đây là câu trả lời thẳng thắn của CEO thuộc tập đoàn J.P.Morgans:

Dear Ms.Pretty

Tôi đã đọc bài viết của bạn và cảm thấy rất thích thú. Tôi đoán có rất nhiều cô gái cũng có những câu hỏi như bạn. Xin cho phép tôi được phân tích tình huống của bạn với tư cách của một nhà đầu tư chuyên nghiệp.

1) Trước hết, mức thu nhập của tôi là hơn 500 nghìn đô một năm, đáp ứng được yêu cầu của bạn, vì thế hy vọng mọi người không nghĩ rằng tôi đang phí thời gian ở đây.

2) Đứng dưới góc độ là một doanh nhân, tôi nghĩ cưới bạn quả là một quyết định thiếu sáng suốt. Câu trả lời rất đơn giản, hãy để tôi giải thích cho bạn hiểu, gạt qua những chi tiết linh tinh khác thì:

Rõ ràng bạn đang cố gắng trao đổi "nhan sắc" lấy "tiền ", có nghĩa là: A có nhan sắc và B có tiền để mua nó, công bằng và sòng phẳng.

Tuy nhiên,vấn đề mấu chốt ở đây là nhan sắc có thể phai tàn theo năm tháng nhưng tiền đầu tư thì không như vậy.

Thực tế phủ phàng là thu nhập của tôi tăng dần qua năm tháng, còn bạn thì không thể ngày một đẹp hơn lên. Vì thế nếu xét dưới góc độ kinh tế mà nói, tôi là một tài sản luôn luôn tạo ra giá trị gia tăng, còn bạn chỉ là một tài sản hao mòn.

Hơn nữa không phải hao mòn bình thường mà là hao mòn theo cấp số nhân. Nếu đó là tài sản duy nhất mà bạn có, thì giá trị của nó sẽ bị giảm rất nhiều sau 10 năm nữa.

Nếu so sánh với các phiên giao dịch trên phố Wall thì việc tôi hẹn hò với bạn cũng như một phiên giao dịch vậy. Nếu giao dịch bị giảm giá thì chúng tôi sẽ bán, chẳng ai ngốc giữ nó trong một thời gian dài - cũng như việc kết hôn vậy.

Có thể bạn nghĩ tôi thật dã man khi nói ra điều này, nhưng một tài sản mà tieu hao lớn như vậy, thì tốt nhất là nên bán nó đi hoặc cho thuê.

Bạn cần phải hiểu rằng bất kỳ một gã đàn ông nào có mức thu nhập 500,000 đô mỗi năm đều không phải là những gã ngu.

Chúng tôi chỉ hẹn hò với bạn nhưng chúng tôi sẽ không cưới bạn.
Tôi khuyên bạn hãy quên chuyện tìm cách lấy chồng giàu đi.

Thay vào đó hãy tự kiếm cho mình khoản thu nhập 500,000 đô mỗi năm để trở thành đại gia. Việc này có nhiều cơ hội thành công hơn so với việc tìm một thằng giàu mà ngu đấy.

Thân ái !

Sumit Kishanpuria -Tổng giám đốc ngân hàng JP Morgan.

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Bạn già

Sau này dù có thế nào thì chúng ta vẫn sẽ là anh em. Giàu thì chơi với nhau kiểu giàu, nghèo thì chơi kiểu nghèo, xin đừng quên nhau là được. Chơi được với nhau đã khó, giữ được tình cảm dài lâu còn khó hơn.
Đừng vì đồng tiền mà quên đi mình đã từng là bạn, đồng cam cộng khổ bên nhau.

Signs of maturity

1. Small talks no longer excite you.
2. Sleep is better than a Friday night out.
3. You forgive more.
4. You become more open-minded.
5. You respect differences.
6. You don't force love.
7. You accept heartaches.
8. You don't judge easily.
9. You sometimes prefer to be silent than to engage in a nonsense fight.
10. Your happiness doesn't depend on people but on your inner self.

Source: ThinkingHumanity