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#100 We’re Going to Have a Meeting About the Meeting

Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow
#100 We’re Going to Have a Meeting About the Meeting
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Malcolm from Sydney, Australia, gives us some tips on how to reinvent ourselves when starting over in a new country. Also, why do Swedes need so many meetings?

Stakeholders

Every time I read a job ad that includes any mention of “stakeholders,” I just think of an angry mob...

Available jobs in Stockholm

I work two part-time extra time jobs here in Stockholm, so sometimes I check to see if there might be...

87.5 and not one minute more!

Sweden is great because sometimes you can get 50% jobs as well as 75% jobs.  It works out well especially...

Deciphering job ads

I’m looking for something part-time to supplement my translating work.  I like the ads that are straight and to the...

Advantages of working from home

Hugh Hefner has it right.  It’s great working from home because you can wear a bathrobe all day. Now where’s...

VD

Even after all my years here, it’s still hard to remember when I am reading job ads that VD means...

Sausage Man

An ad is out now looking for a “sausage man.”  Man who sells sausages or man MADE OF SAUSAGES?!!??!

Salesman of the Future

An ad today is looking for a “salesman of the future.”  I fully plan to apply dressed in tin foil...

English vs. Italian

I’ve been looking through the job bank at opportunities for one of my Italian friends looking for a new job. ...

Jobs

Looking through job ads today.  I was very intrigued by the ad for someone to organize umbrellas.  What a great...

Plan B

My co-worker received a phone call last week from a customer who could not get the product she wanted because...