If you're still considering what to get your co-workers this holiday season, career counseling expert Leslie Juvin Tennant compiled her top ten list of what *not* to buy your beleaguered colleagues - since the last thing you want to do on New Year's eve is find a new job!

10. Office supplies - It is not original to give office supplies to your co-workers or employees. If they wanted office supplies, they'd go to the supply room and have their pick. Unless you're planning to buy your favorite colleague a Mont Blanc pen, forget about office supplies. They're boring and not in any way personal enough to say you care.

9. Anything with the company's logo - This message is to employers: Your employees do not want to be walking advertisements, so don't assume they're not smart enough to pick up on that. I've seen this happen a lot at huge corporations and I know the reason why this happens is because they've ordered too many knick-knacks for their trade shows. Save the junk for another occasion, please.

8. Chia-pets - These cute in-door garden fixtures are great for kids and those with free time, but at work - we work - and it's not a good idea to give a distracting gift to your colleagues, who may or may not have a green thumb. I've seen a terrible attempt to grow one and it just was a big, goopy mess. Don't bother.

7. Novelty gifts - The singing-Bass is one of them. These kinds of gifts may be fun over a few drinks at your annual Holiday party, but left to hang in someone's cubicle for the rest of the year is cause for headaches and ill-will for those who have to sit through the millionth play of the annoying singing-bass.

6. Self-help books - No one wants to be reminded of their demons especially during the Holiday season. Imagine giving your over-weight colleague a weight-loss book, not only will you be labeled as a jerk, but a self-righteous jerk to boot.

5. Clothes - Avoid giving clothes to people. Socks, shirts, and other items of clothing should never be given to co-workers. I've seen t-shirts with silly cartoons on them given away at parties and those same t-shirts "accidentally" dropped in the parking lot garbage can.

4. Sexual gifts - This includes naughty picture books, stockings with sexual novelty toys, coupons for sexual favors, genital shaped candies. Not only will you successfully make your colleague avoid you for the duration of next year, you will guarantee your ticket to human resources for a tongue-lashing.

3. Food gifts - Candies and cookies are great, but giving a box of sausages to your vegetarian co-worker is just down right rude. Vegetarians and vegans alike take their choice to not eat meat seriously and giving them a box of cheese and sausages doesn't say you respect their decisions or even know the person at least one bit.

2. Religious gifts that are not of your colleague's faith - Don't even think about giving a nativity scene set to your Jewish friend in hopes of converting them or giving your Christian friend a Buddhist retreat gift certificate.There's nothing wrong with expressing and sharing your faith, but gifts are supposed to show that receiver that you thought about them - not you! Respect your colleagues faith by avoiding religious gifts.

1. Fruitcake - This is the classic holiday gift no-no. Just about everyone I know who gets one of these confectionery concoctions uses it as a doorstop. I've never met a fruitcake I liked and I doubt anyone else will. Besides, if you give this awful gift, we know it's because you ran out of time and it was the only thing left on the shelves at the store.