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On this week's Side Episode, WIM discusses what it's like to visit Miami on the wrong side of 30 after a decade of visits on the early side of 20. Nothing Was The Same! Speaking of visits, Rich visits Texas and has an experience that can literally only happen in Texas. Everything is bigger in Texas, including the big CR. In Feedback and Follow-up, we answer listener questions on how best to use LinkedIn when you have a day-job and a side-job hustle you want to treat equal but keep separate; and what expectations you should have for raises and promotions when you have to take on a supervisor role without supervisor pay.

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We're back! After a week off, TGOS is back discussing WIM's job search announcement and how the tips we've discussed on the show helped him land a new gig. For our listeners, we discuss how you can use your current job to build your resume and prepare for your next role, even if you're not sure what the next step in your career will be, yet. Topics include using networking to your advantage, job interview techniques, a question you can use to close out your next interview and much more.

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After receiving feedback from our listeners, we briefly discuss a new way for you to support the show by sharing your account. We promise not to spam you and keep our social media usage PG-13. The topic Twitter loves to discuss goes viral again, $200 dates and an enterprising woman estimates (unsuccessfully?) how much men spend "trying to get laid." In this week's listener Feedback & Follow-up we answer how to introduce yourself and begin a new networking opportunity; and another listener uses some of our Podcast tips to navigate a new job promotion.

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Are you on LinkedIn? Have you filed your claim? We briefly discuss the implications of LinkedIn's class action settlement and how you might be impacted. Settlement aside, we both still plan to use the site. Business as usual. WIM revisits 5 debt free tips you should keep in mind and how even small changes in lifestyle can add up to high annual expenses. Using a simple formula, we describe how additions like a new apartment, cable, and other small bills can cost you thousands over the course of the year. Lastly, Rich discusses if you're going to tailor your resume to each job application (a good thing), you still shouldn't be generic in your approach (a bad thing).

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A loss in the family causes WIM to remember the importance of friends, family, and keeping your legal documents updated and in order. TGOS provides advice through their own shared experiences and those they've witnessed. In Feedback and Follow-up, we answer listener questions covering "overtime or salary, which is better?"; when does a man learn to stop cheating and why; and how to make manager money without becoming a manager. Lastly, we provide some thoughts on how best to prepare for the transition into the job market as a soon-to-be graduate.

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This week, TGOS discusses outdated job hunting advice that people still give but you shouldn't follow from an article written by Alison Green of AskAManager.org. We also quickly visit some of the biggest mistakes recent college graduates make in their job interviews, and why researching the company beforehand is important to the success of both your job application and interview process.

Rich's Article on Writing a Professional Summary

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This week, we answer listener questions, The WIMRant makes a triumphant return, and along the way WIM stumbles on a patent-pending formula for deciding which job will make you the happiest. Please do not steal it. We will sue you and like it.

Which career should you choose?

Step 1: The Formula: Career Happiness Score = #1. pay; rank pay offered on a scale of 1-10 x (estimate how "valuable" pay/income is in your life on a scale of 0-1 with 0 being "not important at all" and 1 being "extremely important" aka ".20") + 2. work life balance x (.20) + 3. management role/career advancement x (.20) + 4. career benefits i.e. personal/health insurance, etc x (.20) + 5. personal happiness and fulfillment x (.20)

Step 2: On a scale of 1-10 score each of the 5 categories listed above on a scale of 1-10 with 1 being "horrible" and 10 being "great" based on your career or job offer. On a scale of 1-10, where does your career/job offer rank in these categories?

• Category 1: Pay/Income (1-10?)
• Category 2: Work Life Balance (1-10?)
• Category 3: Management Roles/Career Advancement Opportunities (1-10?)
• Category 4: Benefits (1-10?)
• Category 5: Personal Happiness and Fulfillment (1-10?)

Step 3: If applicable, adjust the scale to most accurately reflect the "percentage of happiness" you guestimate each category will bring to your life in parenthesis. One a scale of 0-1, how valuable are the following to you?

• Pay/Income? (0-100%?)
• Work Life Balance (0-100%?)
• Management Roles/Career Advancement Opportunities (0-100%)
• Benefits (0-100%?)
• My Job Provides Me Personal Happiness and Fulfillment (0-100%)

Step 4: Solve for your 'Career Happiness Score'

Step 5: The Career Choice with the highest 'Career Happiness Score' will, in theory, make you the happiest. Choose wisely!

Career #1: Jane Doe currently makes $100,000. Jane isn't motivated by money but she knows money matters. While money is important, Jane would prefer to have a better work life balance in a career that gives her more personal fulfillment. Her current job doesn't offer her any personal fulfillment and the work life balance is terrible. When she started, she was warned that in the beginning she would have to travel a lot and work long hours away from her family and friends nationally and internationally. The travel was exciting for awhile but now it's getting old. Plus, the company originally assured her there was an opportunity for career advancement in the near future (2-3 years). Jane has been with her job for 5 years already and it looks like the only constant is change. However, based on her research and conversations with friends, her current job does offer great health benefits.

To better understand her options, Jane updated her LinkedIn using some helpful tips from TGOS podcasts for creating a winning LinkedIn profile--a great show she's been faithfully listening to, leaving five star reviews for, and telling her friends about any chance she gets! She immediately hears from a recruiter.

Job Offer #1: Jane has a pending job offer of $50,000. The potential company offers a great work life balance (flex scheduling, work from home, and is rated consistently rated by employees as one of the the "top 100" companies to work for. She will never have to travel but there is minimal opportunity within the company for advancement in this specific career track. However, Jane already works in an "in demand" field and she believes that transferring or promoting with another company in the future wouldn't be a problem. The new job's benefits are practically non-existent and the out of pocket premiums are much higher.

Using the BRILLIANT patent-pending 'Career Happiness Formula' she heard about on TGOSPodcast Episode 085, Jane decides to see which job might potentially make her the happiest by objectively quantifying what appears to be subjective information. She comes up with the following:

Offer #1 - Career Happiness Score: 6.7

The Formula: #1. pay = 10 (.20) + 2. work life balance = 1(.50) + 3. management role/career advancement = 7(.20) + 4. career benefits i.e. personal/health insurance, etc = 10(.20) + 5. personal happiness and fulfillment = 1(.80)

[To copy and paste this formula directly into Excel use: "=10*(0.2)+1*(0.5)+7*(0.2)+10*(0.2)+1*(0.8)"]

Offer #2 - Career Happiness Score: 13.7

The Formula: #1. pay = 5(.20) + 2. work life balance = 9(.50) + 3. management role/career advancement 0(.20) + 4. career benefits i.e. personal/health insurance, etc = 5(.20) + 5. personal happiness and fulfillment 9(.80)

[To copy and paste this formula directly into Excel use: "=5*(0.2)+9*(0.5)+0*(0.2)+5*(0.2)+9*(0.8)"]

If you were Jane Doe, which job would you take? What adjustments to the formula would you make? Leave your responses in the comment section below, Tweet your responses using the official #TGOS hashtag on Twitter, or @ us directly with your thoughts @TGOSPodcast.

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Are You Ready To Be A Manger? On this week's show we have a good back and forth discussion about the pros and cons of hustling your way up the corporate ladder. With help from an article on Mashable, How to Know If Becoming a Manager Is Right for You, we work our way through 5 questions you should answer before kicking, clawing, and scratching your way into the *comfortable world of middle management:

1. Do you love meetings?
2. Do you like to teach or coach?
3. How are your feedback skills?
4. Does conflict make you cringe?
5. Are you the good cop or bad cop?

Along the way, WIM stumbles on a patent-pending formula for deciding which job will make you the happiest. Please do not steal, we will sue you. We look forward to it!

The TGOS Career Happiness Formula (Beta Testing): Which career should you choose?

Step 1: Know The Formula: Career Happiness Score = #1. pay; rank pay offered on a scale of 1-10 x (estimate how "valuable" pay/income is in your life on a scale of 0-1 with 0 being "not important at all" and 1 being "extremely important" aka ".20") + 2. work life balance x (.20) + 3. management role/career advancement x (.20) + 4. career benefits i.e. personal/health insurance, etc x (.20) + 5. personal happiness and fulfillment x (.20)

Step 2: On a scale of 1-10 score each of the 5 categories listed above on a scale of 1-10 with 1 being "horrible" and 10 being "great" based on your career or job offer. On a scale of 1-10, where does your career/job offer rank in these categories?

• Category 1: Pay/Income (1-10?)
• Category 2: Work Life Balance (1-10?)
• Category 3: Management Roles/Career Advancement Opportunities (1-10?)
• Category 4: Benefits (1-10?)
• Category 5: Personal Happiness and Fulfillment (1-10?)

Step 3: If applicable, adjust the scale to most accurately reflect the "percentage of happiness" you guestimate each category will bring to your life in parenthesis. One a scale of 0-1, how valuable are the following to you?

• Pay/Income? (0-100%?)
• Work Life Balance (0-100%?)
• Management Roles/Career Advancement Opportunities (0-100%)
• Benefits (0-100%?)
• My Job Provides Me Personal Happiness and Fulfillment (0-100%)

Step 4: Solve for your own 'Career Happiness Score'

Step 5: The Career Choice with the highest 'Career Happiness Score' will, in theory, make you the most happiness.

Example Application:

Career #1: Jane Doe currently makes $100,000. Jane isn't motivated by money but she knows money matters. While important, Jane would prefer to have a higher work life balance in a career that gives her more personal fulfillment. Her current job doesn't offer her any personal fulfillment and the work life balance is horrible. When she started, she was warned that in the beginning she will have to travel a lot and work long hours away from her family and friends. Originally, the company assured her there was an opportunity for career advancement in the near future (2-3 years), but Jane has been with her job for 5 years now and it looks like nothing will change anytime soon. Lastly, based on her research and conversations with friends, her current job does offer great health benefits.

versus

Job Offer #2: Jane has a pending job offer of $50,000. The potential company offers a great work life balance (flex scheduling, work from home, and is rated consistently rated by employees as one of the the "top 100" companies to work for. She will never have to travel but there is minimal opportunity within the company for advancement in this specific career track. However, Jane already works in an "in demand" field and she believes that transferring or promoting with another company in the future wouldn't be a problem. The new job's benefits are practically non-existent and the out of pocket premiums are much higher.

Using the BRILLIANT patent-pending 'Career Happiness Formula' she heard about on TGOSPodcast Episode 085, Jane decides to guestimate which job might potentially make her the happiest by quantifying what appears to be subjective variables. She comes up with the following:

Offer #1 - Career Happiness Score: 6.7

The Formula: #1. pay = 10 (.20) + 2. work life balance = 1(.50) + 3. management role/career advancement = 7(.20) + 4. career benefits i.e. personal/health insurance, etc = 10(.20) + 5. personal happiness and fulfillment = 1(.80)

[To copy and paste this formula directly into Excel use: "=10*(0.2)+1*(0.5)+7*(0.2)+10*(0.2)+1*(0.8)"]

Offer #2 - Career Happiness Score: 13.7

The Formula: #1. pay = 5(.20) + 2. work life balance = 9(.50) + 3. management role/career advancement 0(.20) + 4. career benefits i.e. personal/health insurance, etc = 5(.20) + 5. personal happiness and fulfillment 9(.80)

[To copy and paste this formula directly into Excel use: "=5*(0.2)+9*(0.5)+0*(0.2)+5*(0.2)+9*(0.8)"]

If you were Jane Doe, which job would you take? What adjustments to the formula would you make? Leave your responses in the comment section below, Tweet your responses using the official #TGOS hashtag on Twitter, or @ us directly with your thoughts @TGOSPodcast.

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End Note: Asterick (*) denotes your specific level of comfort may vary

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Side Episodes from the unofficial TGOS Washed Chronicles Mixtape Tour continue. This week we discuss a very late and mildly spoiler-free review of 'Interstellar.' After a weekend of VH1 marathons that included The Game, WAGS, and Real Housewives of Every City in America, WIM tries to fix his life. Rich reflects on the Millennial struggle: building someone else's dream versus building your own, where does one find the time (and money)? In Feedback and Follow-up, we answer the following question from our ask.fm/TwoGuysOneShow account:

Have you ever cheated on a woman? Why? I recently found out my boyfriend has been cheating on me for the majority of time we've been together. We were talking marriage. I'm just trying to make sense of it all.

The response reminds WIM of a post he wrote, back in the day, for a listener with a similar question: Why Do Men Cheat? On the SE podcast, he updates his views on the topic.

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We’re on Soundcloud! It’s a cool new way to interact with the show at specific time markers and segments. We’ll be shouting out listeners that leave comments there.

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After a brief hiatus that was just long enough for us to forget how to do anything and everything, TGOS returns. The Struggle is real. This week we discuss why it's important not to fall off in the most difficult part of the year -- holidays, vacation, and PSA: You only have 15 Fridays left in 2015! With this in mind, we cover some tips on how to ensure you end your 2015 strong, so your New Years Resolution won't be "Fix all the mistakes I made in the final quarter of 2015, new year, new me!" We even have some advice for the college students/graduates out there. Do as we say, not as we did. Contact Us: www.twoguysoneshow.com @TGOSPodcast, @IAmRichJones www.ask.fm/twoguysoneshow tgospodcast at gmail dot com

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