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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:03 AM Original message |
Do employers ever really want someone who "thinks outside the box?" |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. sort of. Most of the time, not really |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
2. From my experiences, |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. And yet Microsoft defends itself, claiming they need the "freedom to innovate" |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. I heard that. |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
3. They want you to think outside the box just long enough to come up with some |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:17 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Yep. The last time I did that in a small meeting, the boss repeated |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Whenever that happens, I always have the urge to look into some unseen camera |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. And god help you if your outside-the-box idea is a dud |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. So true. And they love to rub your nose in it. |
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petronius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I think they're few and far between, unfortunately |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. What happens is as you get older you see the same routines over and over again. |
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Rambis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
6. only if they think themselves out of work |
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greendog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, I think they do! |
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Jade Fox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
8. As long as they don't mind if.... |
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Ellen Forradalom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Not any more than they want a gator in the kitchen. |
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electron_blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. They want you to do all the status quo work and then hand them |
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grace0418 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. There are quite a few like mind in this thread. It would make me laugh if it |
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malta blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. that has been the mantra of our new CEO |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Employers want results. If thinking outside the box gets them that |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
17. depends on the box |
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Mountainman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
21. When I've gotten hired in the past I always was told that they would like me to solve certain |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. Absolutely. Not usually at the middle-management level, |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. not very many do. |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
24. It depends on the extent of the area out-of-the-box... |
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crim son (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-25-08 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
25. Oh, I think as long as the employer/boss gets credit for a good idea |
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