I’m frustrated. I just tried signing up for an online course that I’ve been wanting to take for months. I got halfway through the sign-up process, and then I clicked the wrong button, indicating that I had already paid for the course, when indeed I meant to click the button that would allow me to… Continue Reading
Remember how important it is to follow instructions? I give you Deb Ng’s post on Chicken Soup for the Soul’s latest call for writers. Check out the comments. All 20 of them. (Only a select few are following directions.) Deb, how many e-mails and applications and whatnot do you receive on a daily basis? Sheesh!… Continue Reading
What is up with the practice of flagging perfectly decent jobs on Craigslist? No, I’m not talking about the non-paying or ridiculous gigs; I’m talking about real jobs that are being flagged in order to “eliminate the competition.” Deb Ng first brought this up a few weeks ago: I hear tell are applying for jobs… Continue Reading
If you apply for jobs online, this is a must-read. (Though I know this probably — hopefully? — doesn’t apply to my readers.) Following instructions counts. Yes, it certainly does, and it isn’t that difficult, really. Not only does it waste the potential employer’s time reading careless replies, but it also wastes YOUR time, since… Continue Reading
I don’t know exactly what to make of this: Business leaders want to flip ‘McJob’ definition LONDON (AFP) – Business leaders gave their support on Thursday to a campaign by fast food giant McDonald’s to redefine the term “McJob” in the Oxford English Dictionary. The leaders, including Sir Digby Jones, the former head of the… Continue Reading