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If you’ve ever made the mistake of posting your resume on Monster or Workopolis for too long, you’ll get calls from the lowest form of human life also known as recruiters....In 95% of the cases, these people have no technical knowledge whatsoever...
The sad part is that all these companies like Rogers, Telus, BMO, Royal Bank etc. place their trust in these scumbags’ hands.
Fun work is important to everyone. Sex isn't.
Job plus Sex = Happy
In terms of happiness, job satisfaction is very important but social relationships are most important. And by social relations, most researchers mean sex with one, consistent partner.
More Isn't Always Better
Going from sex once a month to sex once a week creates a big jump in happiness. And then the diminishing returns begin to set in.
Sex, Happiness and Gender
"Across so many cultures, men are more promiscuous, men want more variety, men want more women. And for women, security overrides the sexual urge. That happens because, well, the woman’s sexual urge is weaker."
Joan Sewell, I’d Rather Eat Chocolate
(The Atlantic Monthly)
Please, please, please.
1. Pick a site that will find your content interesting
2. Highlight your content that benefits its users most.
3. Keep your message short.
4. Resend the email if you don’t hear back from them. Most of these emails are not opened the first time.
5. Do not offer a link in return. Who needs a link from a punk like you?
Reference: Stone Temple
Real leaders are backing away from bombast.
People are too willing to assign the descriptor "industry leader" to those in the staffing space who have a platform. I've heard people describe me that way a time or two and it made me uncomfortable.-- Micro Ma'am. Read more about poseurs here.
Barry Diller also finds bombastic titles a bore. The term "visionary" is especially awful.
The first time they said it I thought they were talking about eye charts. I don't see anything full-blown. I never have. I see what interests me.
Are you going to buck the trend and continue to use this term? If so, you got some 'splainin' to do. So give us an example and tell us why.
The Barry Diller Story, The Life and Times of America's Greatest Entertainment Mogul describes Diller as a true visionary, one who knew that cable would be the wave of the future even before the phrase "information superhighway" became fashionable.
Actually, I'm not entirely against the term. Anthony J Meaney is a visionary thought leader. My proof? He invented the Recruitosphere.
But not against Wordpress hosted.
The admin interface is always so impossibly slow (admittedly it did get better w/ release 2.1) and why can’t the software auto-update. It is so so very trying to upgrade over and over.You have to back up everything, download this, update that, etc. A blogger spends at least half his time taking care of IT stuff.
The services I am looking most closely at are Typepad, TeraPad, and Wordpress.com (WP’s hosted solution)
Barry Moltz: Too many people think that networking is sticking out your hand to shake another person's hand and simultaneously giving her your business card.
Immediately, she says who she is and what she wants. Real relationships are built over a long period of time.
You need to build trust and that takes time and effort. Don't try to trade on relationships too soon.
Always ask what you can do for that person before asking for yourself. As Tim Sanders says. "be a lovecat" by connecting people of like interests together.
1. Constantly give you the feeling that you’re getting more than you’re paying for
2. Worry about the long term quality of their service
3. Are reliable
4. Are honest with you
I’m a big believer in only working with clients who I think are a good fit. And no, a decent budget doesn’t necessarily mean they’re a good fit.I see business relationships in a similar way as other relationships - of mutual benefit. It’s a two way street and if the connection isn’t there I’d prefer to pass on the job.
Pick your clients carefully. If your instinct says a client isn’t for you then listen to it. Don’t be afraid to turn down work.
In my experience something better aways comes along. And more often than not the ones your instinct says to walk away from will be the most difficult, time consuming jobs you’ll ever have
Bull Doza worships at St Jimmy's altar.
My name is St Jimmy
Don't wear it out.
I'm the suicide commando that your momma talked about.
King of forty thieves,
I'm here to represent
The needle in the arm of the establishment
- Green Day, "St Jimmy"
Back in the spring of 2005, I noticed that whenever I posted something on Recruiting.com this guy would leave an intelligent comment. It didn't matter what the issue was. So, by June, we decided to bring him aboard.
And that's how I met St Jimmy Durbin. I've actually only spoken to him a couple of times but I feel like I know him. And I did meet him once in Toronto and he's a good talker, too. If you want to know anything else about him, Bull Doza will give you the full run-down.
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