Several years ago I joked with a friend who was the city desk editor of a newspaper that I cancelled my subscription when the parakeet died…I no longer needed paper to use as a cage liner.  A good natured jab, but I could tell that I touched a nerve. Later when I was contracted to recruit for an expansion to a digital media group, I was bombarded with applications from candidates seeking to escape from… Read More »The Death of Print Media
Someone made a comment on a Twitter chat session that recruiters are terrible resume writers. I tend to agree. It is ironic that people who are buried daily in resumes get stuck in writing their own and often need coaching to get it right. It isn’t because they are not expert in analyzing every detail to match up skills with job specifications. On the contrary it is exactly because of that reason: they are so… Read More »How to Sculpt a Job Posting
How many recruiters would ever conduct a search for candidates who bring absolutely no originality to the table? The practice is actually more common than you might think. While every person has worth and there is a niche for just about everyone, most hiring managers would prefer to interview the go-getters and hire them to ignite their teams. On the surface the choice between these two extremes would seem to be obvious, but if some… Read More »Help Wanted: Dull and Boring People
I love it when I can write with impunity because I know that a spell checker will jump to my rescue and make it look like I can actually spell. If I choose to use a syntax checker I can fix my grammar inconsistencies and make my writing more coherent. Sending text messages can be benefited greatly by auto-correction when it helps fat fingers on a tiny touchscreen turn gibberish into sensible language. On the… Read More »Life Checker
Goodbye, my old friend! I cannot remember when I did not have McAfee products on my computers, but the long time love affair is over. I know it has been longer than 15 years because that is when I realized I was on a business track instead of a personal track with my technology and wanted all of my software to be squeaky clean, registered and safe. This was not only to protect myself but… Read More »Divorcing Your Long Time Software of Choice