Comments on: are you up for the challenge? BP’s careers tagline says it all

By: fran

fran — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 13:48:32 +0000

fair enough. i do think there’s a pretty big difference between what most of us uncover about a company and the breakdown between image and reality that i’m talking about here. plus, i found it pretty surprising that they didn’t update their careers section to recognize this PR/environmental disaster.

By: washington dc jobs

washington dc jobs — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 03:15:24 +0000

Virtually every single job looks hugely different from the outside than it does on the inside. You may fancy the life of a vet, tending to sick puppies, whilst in reality vets might spend far more of their time with their hand up a cow’s bottom. Talk to at least three men and women who already do the job you are after to get the lowdown on what it’s certainly like. Ask them what are the issues they wish they’d known when they got started.

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By: fran

fran — Wed, 26 May 2010 13:59:01 +0000

true enough!

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 25 May 2010 17:12:13 +0000

Wow, what a terrific blog entry. The “message not matching actions” lessons being learned by BP applies to each of us in every part of our lives. Well said!