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A Lesson Learned.
Posted on January 25, 2017 2 Comments
You can teach an old dog new tricks. Just not if that dog also has a Facebook account.
10 Things Only People Who Write Recruiting Related Content Will Understand.
Posted on July 11, 2016 3 Comments
This is seriously just a bunch of .gifs. Reading it will make you dumber. OK, we warned you.
Shit I Did in 2015.
Posted on December 29, 2015 4 Comments
Warning: massive self-indulgence ahead. It’s my blog, asshole. Last year, I looked back at 2014 and thought, at the time, I had had my annus mirabilis. I had just settled into my apartment with my fiance, my preternaturally cute Cavalon puppy, and was just starting to get a taste of what actually having people pay […]
Long Posts.
Posted on December 10, 2015 2 Comments
There are a lot of people out there who think that the blog posts I write are too long. You will like this one, because I’ll keep it brief by reminding you, you’re not the reason I do this.
Ludicrous Rollout: Swag Don’t Come Cheap In HR Tech
Posted on October 14, 2014 1 Comment
I’m not generally one to call for austerity, considering I often find myself the beneficiary of vendor largesse. But at last week’s annual HR Technology Conference, I noticed that an industry more or less emerging from macroeconomic famine might be enjoying the bull market feast just a little too much – and are recklessly spending […]
Original Content
Posted on July 3, 2014 Leave a Comment
This is the douchiest possible post, but a bunch of people have been asking me to write about writing, which makes me this sleazebag (not actor Rip Torn, whose name and jawline I continue to envy):
Memoir: A Post About Nothing
Posted on May 15, 2014 1 Comment
I have this cool app called Memoir – not sure if it’s on Android, because I value my phone data (albeit I am forced to use PRISM poster child AT&T for the service). It lets you see what you were doing one year ago, two, up until the dawn of time, or at least when […]
Once Upon A Time: A Post in 3 Acts
Posted on January 24, 2014 Leave a Comment
FADE IN: Act I: Set-Up The shaman figures prominently in many Precolumbian and aboriginal cultures, and for millennia they acted as stewards of an oral legacy stretching back to time immemorial. Around dancing fires, the people huddled and listened as the Shaman cast his spell; but his sorcery was not supernatural – it was story […]
Hiring Assessments & Astrology
Posted on October 30, 2013 2 Comments
It’s pretty obvious recruiting isn’t rocket science, but it might as well be. The goal of talent management, after all, basically involves looking for “stars” and making sure they’re ‘aligned’ with organizational needs, lest they end up in the “black hole” of the hiring process. That’s why it’s time to take a look at the […]
This Form Is To Get Your Information To Give To Our Sales Guys
Posted on July 19, 2013 Leave a Comment
Note: I’ve written a lot of landing pages in my time. And while the text may change, the subtext remains the same: Thanks for clicking that display ad. You’re in the .002% of impressions that actually convert, sucker. Not only did you use the same really obscure search term our SEO people told us we should […]
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