Career Path Explorer Gifts

'This is the age of specialisation - you can't be a hunter AND a gatherer.'

"Use your head, follow your heart and go with your gut."

'Then after 'A' Levels I did an NVQ in Cleansing and Hygiene.'

The Hive, Inc. You mean I'll always be a worker, with no chance of advancement?

'I like the part of your resume where you didn't ask for a raise for 10 years.'

'With these qualifications, the only thing I can suggest is a career as a Big Issue seller.'

'I'm a hunter with gatherer tendencies...'

"I wasn't smart enough for college. So instead of a diploma and a quarter million of debt all I've got is a growing plumbing business and a steady income."

"Well, I'm not a doctor but..."

'I don't like heights...maybe that's why I've had so many low points in my life.'

'So Kyle - have you considered the challenges of van driving?'

'A depressing thought just came over me. Now we'll have to go out and get a job!'

'I find my job interesting because even after 27 years, I still don't know exactly what I'm doing here!'

'Why do you want a career in the bank?'

"It's been hell since you went into animation."

"It's translated from French, so where it says 'Harvard Business School' it may mean 'jail.'"

'You call it diversified work experience.. I call it can't hold a job.'

Ace headhunters.

Planned service changes

"Oh yes, we expect to replace you very soon. After all, the qualifications for the job aren't much."

'So, what do you want to be when you grow up: rebel scum or loyal servant of the supreme android republic?'

"This is one of those great jobs you'd be willing to do for free. Will you do it for free?"

"So, do you see yourself as a car valet who writes screenplays or a screen writer who parks cars?"

'I feel like I'm in a rut, too!'

'He spoke his first words today Serge - 'ello. . . ello. . . ello'!'

Become a Cosmetic Surgeon - Raise a Few Eyebrows!

"Very impressive resume, however you didn't explain why you were tagged and released from your last job."

'Mom, Dad. I've made up my mind. I'm going to skip college, hire an agent, and pin all my hopes on a professional bass fishing careers.'

'Worker or Soldier: Is that all you can suggest? Not much of a choice is there!...'

"I don't get it. I got a job at a fulfillment center and yet I'm still miserable!"

Multi-Species Employment Agency. Did you hire the octopus for that job opening? Yeah, but I did interview other applicants. The frog was a strong candidate ... I'm flexible on location -- I'm an amphibian! The whale seemed to be hiding something. The gap in my resume? Uh ... I was beached for a while. And the pig wasn't smart. I see "USDA Approved" on your resume --- I don't think you understand what that means. The octopus got the job because he was a great multitasker!

"Baldo, I don't care what you are...as long as you're good at it."

'Please don't be hurt, Dad, but I've decided to go into gathering instead of hunting.'

'From now on, Bob, you'll have to fetch your own newspaper and slippers. I'm ready for a career change.'

"At the moment I'm torn between the emotionally rewarding but poorly resourced role of a social worker or a more intellectualy rigorous career in quantum physics."