Times are tough, and lots of people are just trying to hang on to jobs, if they're lucky enough to have one. One big no-no at the office: TMI. CareerBuilder put together a list of 13 things to keep to yourself at the office (and no, 25 random things didn't make the list). My personal favorite might be #11:
The Rubik's Cube that is your personal life: When Marci Diehl worked as a recruiter, she encountered a job seeker who came in to register with the staffing agency -- and she still remembers her over a decade later. The woman came in and explained that her boyfriend was waiting outside with her child because she didn't have a car and that speed was of the essence. Also, her son was not the boyfriend's child. "Somehow in this tale about the boyfriend, she told us that the boyfriend was not a happy camper, because her 6 year old slept with them every night -- and they'd only been going together for a few weeks," Diehl remembers. Naturally, the agency had a difficult time placing her because she was a risky employee who didn't know when to keep her thoughts to herself.
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