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Influence the attitudes, ideas of others
|     | 11 | 35.48% | |
Gather info through direct contact with poeple
|    | 11 | 35.48% | |
Understand poeple and study their behaviour
|    | 12 | 38.71% | |
Help poeple with personal problems
|    | 7 | 22.58% | |
Entertain or perform for enjoyment
|    | 7 | 22.58% | |
Provide service to others
|    | 13 | 41.94% | |
Investigate people by gathering info about them
| | 8 | 25.81% | |
Consult or advise others
| | 10 | 32.26% | |
Supervise and be responsible for work of others
| | 9 | 29.03% | |
Mediate between conflicting parties
| | 7 | 22.58% | 
02-23-2005, 02:26 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2004
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| Working with people
When asked what kinda job they wanna do, so many answer:"I want to work with people".
What kinda "people's job" would be your ideal?
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02-23-2005, 03:05 PM
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#2 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: MA
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| I don't want to work with people. I want to work by myself and get paid for it.
Therefore, your poll has a fundamental flaw.  | |
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02-23-2005, 03:20 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
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| "I want to work with people" -- what a lame meaningless phrase. As if there is any job where you have no interaction with others. When someone says that, it means they haven't really thought about what they actually want to do.
What you should say is, "I want to [insert achievement here]." I want to build a bridge. I want to increase career opportunities for the mentally disabled. I want to sell the best dam hamburgers in the world. I want to create a better toothbrush. I want to fix cars.
I personally want to take a nap. I wonder if there's any money in that?
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02-23-2005, 04:34 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
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| I do work with people. It can be very rewarding but sometimes it can be EXTREMELY taxing on a mental level.
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02-23-2005, 05:21 PM
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#5 | | Senior Member
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| Well I voted entertain people - I am in charge of entertainment when I go anywhere | |
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02-23-2005, 05:22 PM
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#6 | | Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Elemental I do work with people. |
?? Who doesn't?
Not that many recluse hermits around these days.
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02-23-2005, 05:53 PM
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#7 | | Senior Member
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| I like the way you break out that poll. Few people put that much thought into the dynamics of interpersonal interaction and how it impacts employment satisfaction.
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02-23-2005, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Have At You ?? Who doesn't?
Not that many recluse hermits around these days. | Sorry...
Let me rephrase; I work with the public.
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02-23-2005, 06:24 PM
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#9 | | Scavenger
Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,656
| I teach middle school English, so I checked everything.
(I love my job).
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02-23-2005, 07:59 PM
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#10 | | No, your mom's a lemur
Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: None of your Damn buisiness! Or California.
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| I play music. And lie around a lot. And say jokes which hopefully bring laughter to those who hear it. And spend way too much time in Bars and clubs. The weird thing about good musicians is that they become cool, and in so doing attract weird people like drug dealers who always like to hang out with the cool people. Not always a good thing. Sometimes it is though. You get in some interesting situations...  | |
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02-24-2005, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Have At You Not that many recluse hermits around these days. | That's my idea of a perfect job... | |
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02-24-2005, 12:09 AM
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#12 | | Din Älskling
Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somewhere inside your head. Or am I?
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| I worked in food service for quite a while. You learn coping behaviors or you go insane. I enjoy working with people. I also enjoy my long sojourns away from people 
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02-24-2005, 11:04 AM
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| I'd like to please attractive young women in intimate ways.
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02-24-2005, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Epee_Pox I personally want to take a nap. I wonder if there's any money in that? | Ah, professional napping! We should start a league. I know ESPN would cover it! They'll cover anything that's not a real sport! | |
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02-24-2005, 11:27 AM
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Originally Posted by kalivor Ah, professional napping! We should start a league. I know ESPN would cover it! They'll cover anything | Except fencing.
Not that we're bitter or anything | |
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02-24-2005, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by mrbiggs Except fencing.
Not that we're bitter or anything | Fencing is a real sport though ... can't have that! Then the people sitting on the couch watching TV might be inspired to some sort of activity and stop watching!! Egads!  | |
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02-24-2005, 01:54 PM
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#17 | | Senior Member
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| I DON'T want to work with people, I want to work with animals so it's pretty pointless for me to enter the poll.
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02-24-2005, 08:04 PM
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#18 | | Curmudgeon-in-Chief
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| Indeed. As Nietsche said, "Hell is---other people." | |
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02-26-2005, 11:35 AM
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#19 | | Feline Groovy
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| Hell yeah! | 
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02-26-2005, 01:22 PM
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#20 | | moose rules!
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Switzerland
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| interesting to see the outcome and who well balanced it turns out .....seems we'd all run one successful company together. 
well, maybe not..... ahem.......
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