A few of you have inquired about my friend who was trying to hire a marketing manager in December. I’m sorry to say, things are not going at all well for Theresa. You may recall that in this age of strategic HR departments, hiring managers are pretty much on their own when it comes to […]
Theresa’s Sucky Christmas
Back before HR became strategic and was merely useful, there were these magical creatures called Recruiters. They would lead the hiring manager through the critical process of writing the job description, posting it in just the right places to attract just the right candidates and then screening the candidates until there was a list of […]
Snow, Volcanoes and the Guy in 12D
It is snowing in Europe. It’s been snowing for days and the place is shut down tighter than an auto plant in Michigan. I’m writing this just a few days before Christmas and the news is full of teary people desperately trying to get someplace for the holidays. They are, quite naturally, blaming the airlines. […]
Evil PowerPoint Geniuses: A Field Guide
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: “Sorry, this is a bit of an eyechart”. Unless you’re at the optometrist’s chances are you are in a meeting and some idiot has just put something on the wall with ten point type and is about to insult you further by leaving it there and explaining it. After all, […]
Don’t You Have a Mall Santa You Can Bother?
Perhaps I’m naive but I have this expectation that December is a kinder, gentler part of the year: a time when things slow down, when we sneak out for a few hours to knock off some shopping. When we surrender our ritual tithes to the Productivity Prevention department, the mailroom, the Hand-wringers, and the Keebler Elves […]
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