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By Melissa Woodson If you've ever changed careers, you know what a challenge it can be to settle in to a new position. But what if you've been in the workforce for several years and suddenly find ...
A dead-end job is a job where there is little or no chance of career development and advancement into a better position. If an individual requires further education to progress within their firm that is difficult to obtain for any reason, this can result in the occupation being classified as a dead-end position. [1]
An aptronym, aptonym, or euonym is a personal name aptly or peculiarly suited to its owner (e.g. their occupation). [1]Gene Weingarten of The Washington Post coined the word inaptonym as an antonym for "aptonym".
The author interviewed on the premise of the book, June 2018. The productivity benefits of automation have not led to a 15-hour workweek, as predicted by economist John Maynard Keynes in 1930, but instead to "bullshit jobs": "a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence even though, as part of the ...
America remains one of the wealthiest countries in the world, but the quality of our jobs are in decline. In a reversal of centuries of growth and opportunity, the U.S. has become a Crappy Job Nation.
The job search website Monster has released its 2024 “New Year, New Career” report, and based on a survey from earlier this month of more than 600 U.S. workers across industries, 95% said they ...
Believed to be a variation of another word such as "jeez", "Jesus", or "shit". First used in 1955 as a word to express "disappointment, annoyance or surprise". [31] [137] [138] shook To be shocked, surprised, or bothered. Became prominent in hip-hop starting in the 1990s, when it began to be used as a standalone adjective for uncontrollable ...
Bullshit (also bullshite or bullcrap) is a common English expletive which may be shortened to the euphemism bull or the initialism B.S. In British English, "bollocks" is a comparable expletive.