Merry Christmas

Christmas dinner, 1936, at the home of Earl Pauley near Smithfield, Iowa. The meal consisted of cabbage, potatoes, and pie. You can bet those kids thought that pie was the most delicious holiday treat imaginable.
May we all recognize and embrace our many blessings this holiday season.
Via BadBanana, Shorpy.

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How to Use LinkedIN

Jason Alba, who created the Jibber Jobber Career Toolset, recently wrote a book, “I’m on LinkedIN –Now What??“. Well, I just bought my copy and noticed you can get yours on Amazon… if you want.
Review pending… as soon as I consume and digest all of Jason’s delectable networking knowledge.

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RE: Unemployment Insurance - Dancing With the Devil

Jason Alba of Jibber Jobber posed a question today about Unemployment Insurance:
A long-time reader has recently lost their job after just a couple of months (and before that, a long bout with unemployment). Here’s a question from her:
I was let go (fired) because of “unsatisfactory work performance� according to the employer. I am trying to [...]

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Clock Building, Not Time-Telling

Relevant to my post last week about things to change in the Recruiting industry, I am reminded of a concept in “Good to Great” and “Built to Last” discussing how to build greatness that lasts:
Clock Building, Not Time-Telling
Of course, it sounds simple on the surface (all good philosophical phrases are) but their implications are far [...]

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Comcast Is Starting The Tiered Internet.. Whether We Like It or Not

Of course, I am not the only person who feels that Comcast Sucks, but I am fired up about them starting up the Tiered Internet whether we like it or not (DIGG article here).

There are a lot of arguments from the MBAs about why companies like Comcast need to charge different amounts for people who [...]

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Funniest One-Line Job Descriptions

Scott Adams of Dilbert asked for people to “describe your own job in one sentence, preferably in a humorously derogatory way“. There’s 50 of them listed at jobmob, and here’s the top ten:
TOP TEN

Help people hate each other: Divorce Lawyer (Scott Adams’ favorite)
Stand on a field and get yelled at for hours: Baseball Umpire
Talk [...]

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How to get hired… in Second Life

Cory Edo of Electric Sheep company tells us how an artist should go about getting hired (if they wish) full-time in Second Life, the raging virtual world becoming quickly part of our own world.
“You’re ready to make the jump. You want to work in SL full time doing what you love - building, texturing, scripting, [...]

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Finalizing Edits to Word Documents

One great feature of Microsoft Word and other word processors is the ability for multiple authors to make changes while tracking them all. In Word, this is called “Track Changes” and is turned on by clicking the command under the Tools menu.
BUT, once you’ve finished making changes, it is confusing how to make the [...]

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Ch-ch-ch-changes

Seth Godin caused quite a ruckus, apparently, when he suggested that (GASP!) retailers might actually become interested in serving their customers:
“The most fascinating takeaway for me is this: many retailers believe that they still have the power to inconvenience shoppers as a way of increasing revenue. ‘Too many stores in that mall,’ in my opinion, [...]

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Bozofication Alive and Well: Utah Companies Will Pay for Stupidity

UPDATE: Please leave comments about BOZO things you have experienced at your or other companies! Anonymous submissions OK
I hate to say it, but I am seeing some of the most foolish and downright stupid things coming from Utah companies these days. These things may not be approaching the Yee-Haw ‘Bozofication’ problems that Guy [...]

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