It's true that businessman and financial planner always carry their job everywhere, even when they're on vacation. This one is a joke about American tourist, who also happens to be a businessman, which having a dialogue with local fisherman:
A boat docked in a tiny Mexican village. An American tourist approached the local fisherman to ask some travel tips. Seeing the man working, the traveler complimented the Mexican fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took him to catch them.
"Not very long," answered the Mexican. "But then, why didn't you stay out longer and catch more?" asked the tourist. The Mexican explained that his small catch was sufficient to meet his needs and those of his family.
The tourist asked, "So what do you do with the rest of your time?"
"I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, spend time with my wife... In the evenings I go into the village to see my friends, have a few drinks, play the guitar, chase the senoritas, and sing a few songs. I have a full life."
The tourist said, "I have a M.B.A. from Stanford and I can help you. You should start by fishing longer every day. You can then sell the extra fish you catch. With the extra revenue , you can buy a bigger boat. With the extra money the larger boat will bring, you can buy a second one and a third one and so on until you have an entire fleet of trawlers. Instead of selling your fish to a middle man, you can negotiate directly with the processing plants and maybe even open your own plant. You can then leave this little village and move to Mexico City, Los Angeles, or even New Jersey! From there you can direct your huge enterprise."
"How long would that take?" asked the Mexican. "Twenty, perhaps twenty-five years," replied the tourist."
And after that?" asked the Mexican. "Afterwards? That's when it gets really interesting," answered the tourist, laughing. "When your business gets really big, you can start selling stocks and make millions!" "Millions? Really?" asked the Mexican. "And after that?"
The tourist replied, "After that you'll be able to retire, live in a tiny village near the coast, sleep late, play with your children, catch a few fish, spend time with your wife, and spend your evenings drinking and playing the guitar with your friends!"
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American Tourist and Fisherman
Riddles and Impossible Question in Job Interview
During a job interview, did you ever encounter some of these riddles and weird questions: "How many gas stations are there in United States?", "How can you divide evenly 5 apples to 6 people without dividing any apple to 1/6, 1/8, etc?", or "How would you determine the weight of a Boeing 747?".
Those kind of questions seem like impossible to instantly answered and will caught the job-seeker off guard. People usually noted these kind of brain teasers as "Microsoft Job Interview 2.0" or "Google Interview Questions", as those two companies used it more than a decade ago. Now, much more companies apply those riddles since they think that everything Microsoft or Google done, it must be good right?
One thing to note, when asking those puzzles, interviewers don't expect the right answer, they prefer to see how someone will react and give "out-of-the-box" thinking. However, that doesn't mean that it's okay to give ridiculous and pointless solutions, instead employee need to give a logical answers, even though there's no "right" answers for the questions.
Take the How many gas stations are in the United States? question for example. The most common reaction by job-seeker is to come up with any numbers that they think is logic. A smarter person will give answer like "Well, the population of U.S. is about 250 million; half of them has at least one car, and one gas station should cover......". This probably won't bring you even closer to the actual number than if you're just guessing, but even the interviewer won't know the solution, he just want to know how you solving problems.
Then there's also this common bulb riddles: There is an enclosed room with 3 light bulbs. Outside that room are 3 switches. You need to find out which switch turns on which light bulb, but you can only enter the room once (there are no windows). How would you do it?
There will be some silly solutions occurred, such as turn the switch and watch the light from the keyhole. The others will answer with turn one switch on, one switch off, and one switch at half (assuming the light will dim), or even radically turn one switch on-off until the light is broken. How about if someone answer turn one switch for 10 minutes, one switch on, and one switch off (there you'll get one light on, one light off, and one light warm)? Will you hire him?
The point is, someone who only expect to get the "Why do you want this job?" and "Where do you see yourself in five years?" for job interview questions will found him/herself in hard time if the interviewer prefer the brain teaser type of questions.
The creative and "out-of-the-box" mind is a talent for some person, but not to the others. However, it's something that we can practice. That's why there are lots of puzzle, brain teaser, and hard riddles sites on the web, to help train people to open their mind.
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Weird Job: AV Idol
Weird and unique job section is about unusual works that people do for a living, and in this first post we'd like to talk about Japanese AV Idol. Adult video idol is a Japanese actress that work in pornography business. It doesn't mean that we try to inspire you to become a porn star, it's just that this is a very unique industry in Japan, and we'd like to give you a description of it.
Pornography in Japan
First, let's talk about how AV is a massive business in Japan. Did you know that the estimate number of population in Japan is over 120 million people? Meanwhile, U.S. population is almost three times of Japan. U.S. porn videos, who're known and watched worldwide, only release about 2500 titles a year. Amazingly, Japan release about 14000 titles in a year! The AV market was estimated to make up about 30 percent of Japan's video rentals.
Surprisingly, those numbers came up even though Japan have a very strict censorship law. To show the genital area of male and female is illegal there, thus the legal video has to apply a mosaic/blur in the "private" area of its actors and actresses. However, many producers still release the uncensored video, which is difficult to prosecuted as it's spread via internet.
but also worldwide.
Becoming AV Idol
Because of those facts above, no wonder that many young girls attempt to be an AV idol, because they know that they will be well-paid. Many women in many countries will be hesitated to appear nude and do sex scene with stranger in front of the camera for public consumption, no matter how high the salary is. This not apply for Japanese girls, as AV idol is a respectable profession there.
AV is often becoming a stepping stone for a girl who wants to be a mainstream actress. Many Japanese women who started their career as AV idols finally landed became a model or television soap opera actress. Uniquely, this also applies vice versa. In other words, being a porn star is not a bad resume that gonna hamper someone's chance to landed in other jobs.
Typically, young women start their AV career in their late teen, and only last for few years. Usually they made debut in their 18-20 and retired after two or three years. In this short career's span, an AV idol made around ¥200,000 - 4 million per video (around $US 2000 - 50,000). In an English language interview in 2011, AV idol Azusa Maki estimated that as many as 10,000 girls attempt to get into the Japanese AV industry each year.
Most of AV idols choose to "play by the rule", by appear only in legal videos. However, some of them choose the underground way, and playing in uncensored version. They usually the ones that struggle in the official business, or the ones who already in their retire time and decide to comeback. However, there are the rare few that decided to appear uncensored, even when they still on top of their career. Probably because of the fans request or higher contract offers. Among these are the infamous Maria "Miyabi" Ozawa and the cute Rinka Aiuchi.
She played in Indonesian movie once.
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Office Chair Can Make You Bear The Office
Some worker underestimated the effects of environment and surrounding furniture for the comfort of their office hours. I mean, how can you stand 8-9 working hours a day if you sit on a rock-hard seat? That's why choosing the right office furniture also an important part to increasing employees' productivity.
Here are important features you will want to make sure the office chair you are about to purchase has: an adjustable seat height, a movable backrest, lumbar support, adequate width and depth of the seat, comfortable padding and material, armrests, control for adjustments, and easy mobility.
Having the best quality office chairs in the workplace is a major concern for many people who want the best in comfort and ease when completing various tasks in the workplace. Choosing one requires a certain amount of scrutiny so you get the best one for you. Here is what you should look for when making your selection:
Adjustable seat height
Movable backrest
It is necessary that the backrest of your chair can be positioned in a manner that fits your job tasks. It should be capable of moving either forward or backward, too. Make sure it has a good locking device that grips the backrest in place so that it will not suddenly tilt towards the back.Lumbar support
A curved backrest will provide you with the comfort you need while in the office. Choose one that has a contour that perfectly fit your innate spine shape. Good lumbar support is very important to you because it will minimize any compression or strain on your spine, specifically on the lumbar discs in your lower back.Adequate width and depth of seat
This is an essential requirement when buying a chair for the workplace. Adequate width and depth of the seat will enable you to sit comfortably on your chair for longer periods of time. If you are tall, go for a chair that has a deep seat. But, if you are not too tall, you can have a chair with a shallow seat.Comfortable padding and material
Choose a chair that has material and padding that allows your body to breathe. One good option is to pick a chair that is made of fabric.Armrest
Armrests can contribute to the reduced strain off of your neck and shoulders. The armrests should have an adjustable feature to enables you to position them in a way that will allow you to sit with ease and keep you from slouching.Control for adjustments
The adjustment control of your chair should be reachable even when you are in a seated position. It should allow you to tilt and move your chair lower or higher. Most of all, you should be able to turn the chair around while in a seated position.Easy mobility
Easy mobility is one great feature to consider because it will allow you to efficiently move to different areas of your office. Casters make it possible for office chairs to provide you with maximum and easy mobility.Read More ...
Funny Work Signs
Another office jokes, these time about some funny working signs that you won't find in real world. Keep your spirit for better job in the future!
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