| How will you respond when you're asked the | | | | against you.This is how you should |
| following two questions?1.What type of boss | | | | respond:1.What type of boss do you prefer to |
| do you like to work for?2.What are the pros | | | | work for?"I am adaptable and easygoing so I |
| and cons about your present employer?-March | | | | can work for any type of employer."2.What are |
| 2003You scan the career section. Then you see | | | | the pros and cons about your present |
| it; your dream job. Your resume is sent, | | | | employer?Name his/her positive traits. It'll |
| calls made; an interview set up. Now you're | | | | be hard but do it. Do not mention his/her bad |
| in the hot seat.How will you respond when | | | | points. Try to move on saying something |
| you're asked the following two | | | | positive such as, "He/She taught me many |
| questions?1.What type of boss do you like to | | | | valuable things about the industry and |
| work for?2.What are the pros and cons about | | | | myself."When the words, "I hate my Boss" were |
| your present employer?You're leaving your | | | | placed on Google's search engine, the results |
| present position because you can't stand your | | | | tallied 255, 000. There is even a site where |
| boss. He/She drives you insane, makes your | | | | you can place a picture of your hated boss |
| skin crawl and shatters your nerves. | | | | and shoot at will. The book "I Hate My Boss: |
| Put-downs and sarcasm are the norm, along | | | | How to Survive and Get Ahead When Your Boss |
| with a snobbish, condescending attitude. Most | | | | is a Tyrant, Control Freak, or Just Plain |
| of what they say sounds downright ridiculous | | | | Crazy" by Bob Weinstein, published by |
| and lacks common sense. Nothing is their | | | | McGraw-Hill, promises some laughs and serious |
| fault. You are a team player, but cleaning up | | | | advice on how to deal with this sensitive |
| a rat's cage, watching the kids, emptying | | | | situation.What now? You've finished the |
| humidifiers, unloading 40 lb boxes up and | | | | interview confidently and landed the job. Now |
| down five flights of stairs, shoveling their | | | | it's time for the resignation letter. But |
| driveway is beyond any job description. They | | | | that's a whole other article.(1) These are |
| listen to all your phone calls and screen | | | | the findings of an Ipsos-Reid poll conducted |
| everyone (including clients) like it's the | | | | on behalf of BBC Canada and Alliance Atlantis |
| Spanish Inquisition.Seconds have lapsed and | | | | Communications between February 25th and |
| now you need to answer. The interviewer is | | | | February 27th, 2003. The poll is based on a |
| waiting patiently with pen in hand. What will | | | | randomly selected sample of 468 employed |
| you say? Or better yet, what won't you say?Is | | | | adult Canadians. With a sample of this size, |
| this you?Ispos-Reid reported in a recent | | | | the results are considered accurate to within |
| poll, that nine in ten (88%) Canadian | | | | ± 4.5 percentage points, 19 times out of |
| employees agree they are happy with their | | | | 20, of what they would have been had the |
| current jobs, but one in ten (10%) agree they | | | | entire employed adult Canadian population |
| secretly hate their boss, and 11% agree they | | | | been polled. The margin of error will be |
| dread going to work each day because of their | | | | larger within regions and for other |
| boss. Interestingly, working Canadians in | | | | sub-groupings of the survey population. These |
| lower income households (22%) are three times | | | | data were statistically weighted to ensure |
| as likely as those in upper income households | | | | the sample's regional and age/sex composition |
| (7%) to say they secretly hate their | | | | reflects that of the actual Canadian |
| boss.(1)Everyone will answer differently. You | | | | population according to the 2001 Census |
| don't want be regarded as a difficult | | | | data.Source: Ispos-ReidCopyright © |
| employee. Even if your objections are valid, | | | | 1998-2003 All rights reserved. |
| any type of negative response will work | | | | |