Skill-set Enthusiast Gifts

"Where would you see yourself in five years' time?"

'And this year's 'Inquisitive Learner Award' goes to...'

'It could have been worse...she might have chosen banking.'

"Todd was glad he had a support animal."

'Every child is an artist but it appears your Candice is a plumber.'

'Going back to work now that the kids are grown is one thing, Martha. Mounting a hostile takeover bid of my company is another!'

'Nice work, kid. Looks like you might be ready to sit up at the big boys' table.'

'Get out there and keep your job!'

'I need to learn a trade... so I know what kind of work I'm out of.'

'Miss, I think I've learnt all I can too.'

'hard work and more hard work got me where I am today...Not my hard work of course.'

"Excuse me, Mr Newton, but some of the employees think that your promotion has gone to your head."

"And someday, when you're a little further up the corporate ladder, maybe we'll let you meet J.R. himself!"

''Et cetera' implies that you know much more than you really do. . .'

'Introducing one of our top salesmen despite his old age. . .'

'Of course you can make a great career here! Look at me - when I started working, I was just called 'dude'. Now, only 25 years later, they call me 'MISTER dude'!'

'We only have a few rules around here, but we really enforce them.'

"You're wise, but you lack tree smarts."

"You like to take credit for other people's successes, and blame others for your mistakes. Woodly, you have management potential!"

Heavy Workload

'Having done the mentoring skills questionnaire I think I need a mentor to mentor me in improving my mentoring.'

You are more than your job description.

'You don't have much of a work history, do you, Mr. Laren?'

"I'm late to a leadership class I'm teaching, so I went ahead and forged your name on our corporate code of ethics agreement."

Swiss Army garden tool

'You're not quite what we had in mind.'

"...this one has even a little emergency phone to ring the hospital if you cut yourself."

Trade School. Going to trade school after our real estate business collapsed was a good idea! These days it's all about "vocation, vocation, vocation"!

'What training do I get?'

Whatever became of auto repair and bookkeeping?

Swiss firm solves problems of getting mobile devices to interact

"I love my job!"

'You call that ambition?'

"Well, besides 'being famous for being famous'... what life goals do you have?"

"We're looking for someone with a diverse skill set accompanied by an advanced sense of passive resignation."