Where Talent Strategies + Social Media Intersect
I had the pleasure of hosting Bert DuMars in the studio on the show recently.
We had a fantastic conversation about what Bert and his team are doing at Newell Rubbermaid. They’ve made a lot of progress in a short amount of time using social media to connect with customers, and are starting to use it to provide customer service and obtain product feedback that they can act on quickly, as well.
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I just returned from a run, and as I ran down my street I noticed that everyone’s empty garbage cans were in the middle of their driveways. It’s trash day.
This is a pet peeve of mine, particularly because I live on a very busy two-lane street where people do stupid sh*t like drive a hundred miles an hour and flip their cars going around a corner, just like this braniac did Sunday night.
(He also got himself out of the car somehow and fled the scene, leaving his passenger trapped in the car, severely injured.)
So, while the trash men apparently think it’s hilarious to throw my garbage can in the middle of my driveway, I wonder how funny they’ll think it is when I am run over in the middle of the street because I have to stop traffic, get out of my car, and move my trash can when I get back home just so I can get my car in my driveway.
This is not just about responsibility or the little annoyances in life…this is about safety.
I’m sure there are plenty of people who would love to be employed right now and wouldn’t do stupid sh*t like that…who would be grateful for the paycheck and would treat their customers with respect. (Yes, I am a taxpayer, therefore I am their customer.)
Not to mention…if people didn’t do wreckless, irresponsible, and uncalled for crap like that, wouldn’t the world just be a happier place??
So, while you may be in a job that you’re not crazy about right now, and perhaps occasionally tempted to be rude to customers or do sloppy work…think again. Remember that a lot of people would gladly trade places with you right now!
As Laurie Ruettimann said when she was a guest on Dream Job Radio in December, not every job has to be a career or a passion. Sometimes it’s ok to just have a job that pays the bills and allows you to have other passions in your life.
And if it’s really that bad, FIND A NEW ONE AND QUIT.
Seriously.
Life’s too short.
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Jeff Wolfe
Desired job title: Vice President of Marketing
I’ve enjoyed a successful track record of partnering with sales and marketing teams to close the selling gap, by combining traditional and cutting-edge methods in order to create integrated marketing strategies that deliver results. I’m receptive to various industries and seek to continue my success with an organization preferably in the Atlanta area. I will travel as much as needed to stay engaged with the customer base and to achieve success.
What is the probability of breaking a stick into 3 pieces and forming a triangle?:
Statistically, there is a 50% chance. Either it happens, or it does not. However, if we don’t try then we have a 100% chance of failure.
More about Jeff:
LinkedIn Profile- http://www.linkedin.com/in/jefflwolfe
Blog – http://jefflwolfe.wordpress.com/
Twitter – http://twitter.com/wolfejeff
Google Profile – http://www.google.com/profiles/wolfeljeff
Contact Jeff Wolfe:
Mobile: 770-378-1510
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Cartoon by Hugh MacLeod
In a recent post I announced that I would start profiling job seekers as a way to help.
One of the things I ask of them for these profiles is to one of the following questions (these were taken copied borrowed from the extensive list of questions that Google has been known to ask in interviews).
Following is how I would answer these questions if asked in an interview:
What is the most efficient way to sort a million integers?
Alphabetically.
Obviously.
Imagine you have a closet full of shirts. It’s very hard to find a shirt. So what can you do to organize your shirts for easy retrieval?
Ok. This is how I organize my shirts:
Clean: On hangars in the closet.
Dirty: At the dry cleaner.
In a country in which people only want boys, every family continues to have children until they have a boy. If they have a girl, they have another child. If they have a boy, they stop. What is the proportion of boys to girls in the country?
Like a zillion to one.
In fact, I would like to move there.
Just where is this land you speak of??
Design an evacuation plan for San Francisco.
RUN.
(Fast!)
You’re the captain of a pirate ship, and your crew gets to vote on how the gold is divided up. If fewer than half of the pirates agree with you, you die. How do you recommend apportioning the gold in such a way that you get a good share of the booty, but still survive?
It depends.
If I found the gold I would just not return to the ship and therefore I would be rich and also not dead.
If someone else found the gold, I would suggest that we apportion it in the way that is least likely to result in my death.
What is the probability of breaking a stick into 3 pieces and forming a triangle?
I am going to need some sticks for this one.
Do you have any sticks?
Why are manhole covers round?
Do I look like a man to you??
I could not possibly be qualified to answer this question.
I have no idea how they think.
They are a complete and utter mystery to me.
What was the question again?
How many golf balls can fit in a school bus?
Are there kids on the bus?
Is the driver on the bus?
Is this a field trip and so there are chaperones on the bus? They take up more space, you know.
Is it music class day and so the kids have all their instruments with them?
Or is the football team on the bus with all their equipment?
I have no idea.
You might want to rethink this question.
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