Here’s why: A college grad with NBC and BWR internships under his or her belt has a B.S. in marketing and an M.A. in mass media communications.

Their thesis won national honors and yet a job offer specified $35,000 as the starting salary.

The reader asked about a fair way to negotiate the salary. Greg Giangrande, chief HR officer at Time, Inc. pointed out, “What’s fair is what the market will bear. There are plenty of people with lots of letters after their names with honors and experience who can’t even find a job.” continued…

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Check that — you were offered a job until a company rescinded the offer after negotiations occurred. Enter screeching car tires here. continued…

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They key to working for a company which just gave you the boot is remaining above board.

According to The New York Post, Greg Giangrande, chief human resources officer at Time, Inc. wrote:

“Go home and vent your anger and frustration to the mirror, to the dog or to a sympathetic loved one. Go to the gym and do a long, hard workout. Then go in to work the next day with a smile on your face and a good attitude, and work for as long as they will have you.”

Plus, it presents you with the opportunity to display maturity and professionalism, thereby creating even more opportunities to get a favorable reference. In the piece he added, “It also leaves the door open for a possible return at some point — it happens. Regardless of how you feel about your employer, this is smart business for you.”

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According to a piece in today’s New York Post, an employee not only discovered the boss’ salary but the bigger issue looms regarding shock value. After all, it’s 10 times the reader’s amount!

Tackling the first piece of finding out confidential info, is just that: Keep it confidential. Under wraps. Hush hush. Is it really anyone else’s business? Would you want someone knowing your salary and then blabbing to others? We didn’t think so. continued…

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According to a piece in The New York Post, an intern expresses concern he’s going to be given menial tasks. Wanting to know how he can approach his employer to ask for more work, he wonders how to communicate this message without sounding like he’s whining?

“You can’t,” Greg Giangrande, executive vice-president and chief human resources officer at Time, Inc., writes in the piece. “It seems to be in your DNA, you youngsters — all you little Zuckerbergs think you should be given VC funding to reinvent the Internet before you’ve paid any dues. Which is great if you’ve got that kind of unique vision, ambition and intelligence.”

Essentially, Giangrande says interns need to start making copies just like we all did at some point in our careers. Yes, this means making coffee runs, too. He points out in the piece that attitude is everything. “If you want more responsibility, the way you’ll get it is to be masterful at what you’re told to do and do it with a great attitude.”

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But what happens when you’re on the interview itself and realize the interviewer is — how shall we say this — less than professional? According to a piece in today’s New York Post, one job seeker heard an interviewer drop the F bomb! The candidate was appalled and no longer interested in the job or company for that matter.

As for how to handle the situation in that very moment when you may be taken off guard, Gregory Giangrande, reminds job seekers to take it in stride. Yes, it’s normal to be surprised by it but don’t necessarily abandon the opportunity due to one crass-mouthed interviewer. He writes,

“Listen, the question of if, when and how to add colorful language at work depends on so many flippin’ variables, including company culture, your relationship to those within earshot and context. (As you can see, I’m particularly good at this). But salty language should never be used during a job interview (by either party!). So I think you’re right to be surprised, but I wouldn’t abandon an opportunity just because of it.”

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According to The New York Post’s “Go to Greg” column, Greg Giangrande advises, “empty suits and lazy people who don’t pull their weight” will naturally develop a poor reputation. But, what if you’re not one of those guys or gals and simply didn’t step up to the plate on one little task? After all, we all make mistakes, right?

The chief human resources officer at Dow Jones says in this case “the only thing you can do is demonstrate a new, proactive and productive work ethic that is equal to that of your peers.”

Considering you’re still new on the job, people’s thoughts of you haven’t been cemented just yet so there will be plenty of opportunities to redeem yourself with outstanding work to shed that initial impression. He adds in the piece, “Own and apologize for all of your mistakes, and chalk them up to a newbie’s anxiety — say that what they’ve seen is not the real you and tell them you’d like a fresh start.”

Buyer beware: If poor performance continues on project after project, there won’t be many opportunities to prove everyone wrong and offer up another excuse.

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