Thought For The Day: "And we get a lot of reporting about how sad it is for older people in the workforce because those are the people getting laid off. The baby boomers love to report about how much discrimination there is against them. And they have huge pulpits to report that from. Of course, […]
081126 Stumping Google (November 26, 2008) In the office, we all use Gmail. The array of features and overlay applications make it a "must use" tool. Google is seeping into the corners of our lives. They have become our partner and we didn’t even notice. The holidays and shifting economic times make for a difficult […]
Thought For the Day: "I am going to drive down US 59 and throw all of my bank statements out the window and HOPE that my identity gets stolen." – Recruiter in Texas Dear ClaudiaI hope you start to follow this delightful set of notes for recruiters. It’s professional advice for the lovelorn. It’s closer […]
Dear Ray Ozzie (November 25, 2008) Ray Ozzie is the Chief Software Architect at Microsoft. It’s a role and title directly passed down from Bill Gates. Ozzie is a software wonder-child. The current Wired magazine features a really solid article on Ozzie’s desire to restore entrepreneurial attitudes in the mammoth company. The article is by […]
Thought For the Day: Once you begin to believe your own resume, you will not be happy with your current job or salary. Recruitment Industry Economic BailoutI nominate David Perry for "Wickedest Sense of Humor In The Recruiting Industry". Reminds me of "I’m Changing My Name To Chrysler" (Here’s the video by Arlo Guthrie) Your […]
Thought For The Day: “When I think about what’s really going on in this “lost decade” it occurs to me that we are finally witnessing the impact of the end of the industrial era and the emergence of the information era. That’s not to say every “information stock” has done well. Intel and Microsoft have […]
Some Specifics (Nov 21, 2008) Here’s the light-bulb. By assessing your organization with Population Distribution Diagrams, you can see risks, opportunities and the consequences of organizational history. The tool creates a perspective that is unavailable with other means. A good PDD analysis contains a look at history (how did we get here?), and the current […]
Thought for the Day: “Today’s trend is tomorrow’s folly” SearchWiki: Make Search Your Own From the official Google blog comes an approach to search that will eliminate the impact of SEO/SEM. In the long haul, building relationships will trump gaming the search engines. Be careful of the way you allocate your resources. Today’s trend is […]
Thought for the Day: “Recruiting leads to winners and losers” – Steve Levy Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Not a Bad Thing Imagine it’s sometime during the early 1700s. Printing presses are just becoming commonplace. Primitive versions of newspapers start to emerge. Here’s a sample headline: “New Teenage Fad, Reading, Not a Bad Thing” Here’s the story […]
I asked my good friend, Heather Bussing, to try to restate the last article. I want to be sure that I am communicating the idea clearly. Having another person reframe the same thing is a really good way to make sure that the idea is being effectively delivered. Here is her version of yesterday’s article: […]
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