I KNEW that I wanted to be a chemist by the time I was 8. Both of my parents were chemists.
JOHN C. MARTIN
Chief executive, Gilead Sciences, Foster City, Calif.
AGE 58
BIRTHPLACE Easton, Pa.
FAVORITE SPORTS Football and basketball
When I was 2, my father took a job at Mead Johnson in Evansville,
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MY life has been punctuated by points where I followed my heart rather than my head. I grew up in Ann Arbor, Mich., and went to the alternative high school there. It was called Community High — Commie High for short — and it had an unstructured format. I spent
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Q. You were just passed over for a promotion that you believe you deserved. You are shocked but don’t want to mishandle the situation. What should you do?
Chris Reed
A. First, calm down. You may feel as if you’ve just sustained a body blow, but you need time to put
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Work stress is extremely common. Striving to do your best, competing for promotions, and struggling to separate work and home can all add to workplace stress. However, all these are normal. The last thing any employee should have to deal with; though, is inappropriate advances from their
boss.
A boss should be
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You may find that what they think is a technical problem can be solved by a
little bit of common sense. But it is possible that you’ll discover that the
technology does not live up to their expectations and it is time to pull the
plug on
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Every job interview is difficult, and every question asked, presents a challenge. However, there are certain questions that are considered to be more dangerous than others. One of them in particular is the most dangerous of all: ” What did you dislike in your previous job”? can also be asked
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IN high school I took the train from my home in Briarcliff Manor, north of New York, into Manhattan to take dance lessons with Syvilla Fort in a studio over a bar on 44th Street.
KAREN PETROU
Managing partner of Federal Financial Analytics
AGE 56
NAME OF HER SEEING EYE DOG Ori – “my
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Hold your head high, with dignity and grace. Know you’ve done your level best. Tell co-workers what you have learned from all of them. Let them know you will miss them, and ask them to stay in touch. This helps the leaving process feel better.
Write a card of appreciation to
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I GREW up with four siblings who were 12 to 17 years older, so I was exposed early to the fields they were interested in — science, art and business — and the ersity influenced me. When I was a preteen, I programmed an Apple II computer to manage
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In today’s recession there are quite a few people who are unhappy with their jobs. There are not many opportunities to find something better. Many of the “working wounded” go through the week lifeless, just waiting for the weekend. I,
unfortunately, have to count myself within this population.
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