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erc_web_logo2.gif (2137 bytes)Top 10 Signs you’ve had too
much of today’s business world!

 

10. Your idea of being organized is multiple colored post-it notes.

 

9. You get all excited when it’s Saturday and you can wear sweats to work.

 

8. You refer to the tomatoes grown in your garden as "deliverables."

 

7. You find you really need PowerPoint to explain what you do for a living.

 

6. You consider 2nd day air delivery painfully slow.

 

5. You think that "progressing an action plan" and "calendarizing a project" are acceptable English phases.

 

4. You actually understand the airline fare structure.

 

3. You ask your friends to "think our of the box" when making Friday night plans.

 

2. You think a "half-day" means leaving at 5 o’clock.

 

And the number 1 sign you’ve had too much of the 90's . . .

1.  You hear most of your jokes via e-mail instead of in person.

H. Cris Collie, CAE has been guiding the Employee Relocation Council (ERC) since his arrival in 1972. ERC is a membership association dedicated to facilitating global mobility, and in his role as Executive Vice President, Cris wears many hats. In addition to directing the planning and implementation of ERC's programs, publications, and services, he serves as the relocation industry spokesman to the media, Congress, and governmental agencies. In an unofficial capacity, Cris is an avid runner, golfer and skier who has been known to finish no less than four marathons and scale the peaks of one of the highest mountains in the United States. Cris can be reached at the ERC at 202-857-0857 or www.erg.org.

 

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