From the monthly archives:

June 2009

Stop and think before broadcasting every detail of your life on Twitter.

June 9, 2009

Thanks to @TimMoore I stumbled upon this article this morning which serves as an excellent reminder that we have to be very careful about what we broadcast via social media. “Here’s either a cautionary tale or an example of social-media paranoia. An Arizona man believes that his Twitter messages about going out of town led to [...]

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The Devil really does wear Prada, Part II

June 6, 2009

In The Devil really does wear Prada I shared some of Evil Boss Lady’s awesome rules. Working for her was kind of like in the movie Psycho only more rabid and scary. Also if you are reading this then the hitman that Evil Boss Lady has surely hired by now to kill me must not have found me yet. And [...]

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The Devil really does wear Prada

June 6, 2009

A lot of people are blogging about their first jobs these days. I’m going to tell you about my worst. job. EVER. Actually, the job itself was great. I loved what I was doing and I loved my clients and co-workers. There was just one problem. And IT WAS A BIG ONE. Evil Boss Lady. I [...]

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Welcome to the Career Carnival Blogging Event!

June 5, 2009

I am honored to be hosting the third Career Carnival Blogging Event!

Founded by Ben Eubanks, this blogging event is an invitational for careers and workplace experts to come together and share their thoughts. Miriam Salpeter of Keppie Careers hosted the second Career Carnival and graciously passed the baton to me.

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Please stop poking me. It’s rude.

June 4, 2009

If I were a hacker I would do something useful with my superpowers like DISABLE ALL QUIZZES ON FACEBOOK. Better yet, I would infect them with a virus or a worm or some other crazy thing that actual hackers know how to do so that when someone took a Facebook quiz they would be spammed with other peoples’ [...]

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Why I’m not going to follow you on Twitter

June 4, 2009

This morning @katriord tweeted this: Welcome new followers. I don’t autofollow. If you want me to follow you, and I’m not yet, please message me, engage in conversation. I retweeted it because I have the very same philosophy. Want to know why I don’t autofollow? Because I don’t want to read tweets like this: now [...]

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If you needed a 3 BR house and your realtor kept showing you 10 BR houses wouldn't that make you mad?

June 1, 2009

Thanks to a friend on Twitter I stumbled upon this blog post this morning. It’s addressed “Dear Recruiter” and it is a complaint about recruiters not pursuing candidates who are “overqualified” for a job. “I recently saw your posting for a (fill in the blank) Manage position and have submitted my resume for consideration.  Unfortunately, [...]

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