Recruiting Animal

Dressing Up For Work

I like to work in basketball shorts and a loose t-shirt but, even so, this posting was irresistible.

Do Less To Do More

Three ways to make your workload doable.

1. Cut your schedule in half so you can focus on the important — not urgent — stuff.

2. Focus on getting your three most important projects to completion, to the exclusion of all other projects.

3. Get one important thing done. (Does this contradict 2? I think so).

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How To Archive Email Automatically

Set up your email to forward every email you send or receive to a Gmail account.

You do it in Outlook Express by creating a rule. Tools > Message Rules > Mail. If I could do it, it's easy. Or just press Help > Index and enter "rules".

Problem: All of your junk mail, and I have plenty, also gets forwarded.

Solution: Chuck sez: don't worry about your junk email going to Gmail since you'll be accessing the stuff you need using Gmail's search function which will wade through it quickly.

From: I Hate Your Job. Here's another from The Chuckster with a gimmick that makes it hilarious.

Make a Tiny URL

When you send a long URL via email, it often gets broken in two.

Most recipients aren't bright enough to paste the parts together in the Address field.

So, shorten your URL at TinyURL.com .

Hat Tip: David Perry

Telecommuting Bad For Recruiters

LOST: (1) Opportunity to learn unwritten job and company info in a face-to-face at client site. (2) Proximity to mentors. (3) All the support working in an office of pros can bring.

Gained: Opportunity to work in your underwear.

Doug Franklin. Ma'am disagrees

Kawasaki Says: Bend The Rules To Win

"I didn’t mean to slash / trip / board or knock you down.

"I didn’t mean to do all these penalty-inducing things, but people sometimes get between me and the puck, and I am a goal-oriented person.

"As Henry James [said] the only rule is, 'Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize'. Two out of three isn’t bad for me.

Inotherwords, he's a nice guy but he'll break the rules and beat the shit shitake mushrooms out of you in order to get what he wants.

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