Thursday, February 14, 2008

Cool tricks, cool tricks!

In case you missed it, Yo Gabba Gabba is one magical show.

Dancing robots, one-eyed Munos... My kiddos love it (and I have a slight fondness for all things my kids appreciate.)

Some other folks seem to have taken to the show, to the tune of a hand-crafted Muno doll:


Just look at how relaxed this little guy is: (courtesy of crafster.org)


It also appears they have a wonderful collection of both adult & kid clothes for sale. Fun stuff for birthdays!

Johnny Cash + Muppets = Goodness

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

One -- Surefire -- Way Not To Get The Job

My company hires people. Most do, right? Our Marketing department acts as a kind of application gatekeeper - we manage the relationships with vendors, post jobs and funnel applicants to the correct people, basically, we're team players.

Sometimes we get loads - LOADS - of applicants for certain positions, and as a department, our policy is not to screen resumes, but to funnel as efficiently as possible.

That may soon change.

In reviewing resumes for a position within my company, my Sales Manager dropped this on my report's desk:

A little closer inspection reveals a neat little fact about this would-be job seeker:

At least this is an honest job seeker. Jim says he sides with honesty over knowledge. But in this case, I think there was a little too much of both....