Career Stories

“I’m going to set you up with a mentor.” Bodie was disappointed. He was feeling strangely refreshed and alert at the end of his session with Dr. Samenschlag, although he noticed his knees were a little sore and there was a strange taste in his mouth. But this news was not what he had wanted to hear. He had hoped Dr. Sammenschlag would clear him to be considered for a senior management position at work, but after exhaustiv...

The project manager pushed her apartment door shut, the sound reverberating through the empty space. Ensuing quiet was punctuated only by the subtle hum of the refrigerator and muffled cacophony of traffic twenty stories below. "Another day of endless meetings and forced smiles," she muttered, feeling tension knotting her shoulders. Thoughts raced with the day's events: strained laughter at her boss's poor jokes, furtive...

After finishing my workout at the gym, I wait for my coffee at the Grind'in Coffee shop. That's when Eve and I first noticed each other. The shop is extremely busy with no place to sit and little standing space. I place my order just before Eve, and after she places her order and looks around, I shift and ask, "Would you like to wait here by me?" Smiling, she says, "I'd love to, thanks." She's wearing exercise clothing, s...

I met this older man, about fifty or so, on an oil company recruiting field trip for graduate students. He was a recruiter and I was a prospective hire. I thought that he was cute…not exactly hot, just cute. He had the most amazing eyes, a dark blue-green; I had never seen eyes quite like them before. He was about six feet tall, medium-build, with dark hair, black-framed rectangular glasses; slightly nerdy, but oh so cute...