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	<title>Desert Pond &#187; Work Life Quality Archives  &#8211; Desert Pond</title>
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		<title>Goodbye Corporate Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EricaStone</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Work Life Quality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[job change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[quit job]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I'm saying goodbye to the corporate life. Maybe it will turn out to be a mistake. Maybe not. I really hope not, anyway. No matter what, though, I believe my work life quality is about to change.

I quit my job - a very nice, corporate job at a well-recognized and ages old organization with benefits and a corner office.]]></description>
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		<title>Informal Mentoring</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:51:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[employee potential]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many companies have formal mentoring programs today. The best and the brightest are selected and paired with a more senior, experienced employee in order to help the junior employee grow within the organization. My feeling is that this is exactly where companies miss a huge opportunity to add to their bottom line. In focusing only <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/work-life-quality/informal-mentoring/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Meetings and Why I Hate Them</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:38:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erica</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bad meetings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hate meetings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[make meetings effective]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to work. It&#8217;s not working that I don&#8217;t like and the biggest reason why I sometimes question the quality of my work life is meetings. Yes. Hate them. Most of them, anyway. I participate in a LOT of meetings &#8211; in person, by phone, all day meetings, staff meetings, project meetings &#8211; you <a href="http://www.desertpond.com/work-life-quality/meetings-and-why-i-hate-them/" class="more-link">More &#62;</a>]]></description>
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