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Scapegoat Wanted.

andi — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:31:11 +0000

Truth in advertising, especially employment adversiting, is rare enough that I think it should always be rewarded; and yet despite today’s still too weak economy, there are several jobs in the Seattle area which aren’t getting any takers:

Program Manager Non Tech Position – Level 3 SharePoint, PowerPoint, MS Project and Excel Skills

A Global team is currently in reactive mode, trying to prepare for the launch of this program, so things are very fast paced with quick turnaround. It is a high stress environment, but the team does it’s best job to be friendly and flexible. This program will involve 10 small projects under one major project.

Beyond the obvious spelling and gramatical errors, the ultimate punchline is not included in the fine print – which is the hourly rate to take on an obviously failing and potentially career ending project comes out to about $70,000 a year, and without compelling health or vacation benefits.

Another company in this area has struggled for months to fill several full time employee corporate recruiter roles in a market where many really good senior recruiters are desperate for work. I no longer work in staffing, but still am aware of 3 candidates who declined offers for those jobs; several friends still in recruiting think the actual number is two to three times higher.

If a job opportunity or work environment is such that even in today’s economy multiple candidates decline offers for those jobs – the only time and mental bandwidth I’ll spend pondering on those is being thankful those problems aren’t mine.

At the same time, I realize the end result is truth in employment advertising will become even more rare than now.

“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.” - Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965)

Niels Bohr’s Profound Truths

andi — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:49:12 +0000

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” – Niels Bohr

“Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.” – Niels Bohr

“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” – Niels Bohr

“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.” – Niels Bohr

“Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.” – Niels Bohr, to a young physicist

“Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.” – Niels Bohr (1885 – 1962)

“An expert is a person who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a very narrow field.” – Niels Bohr

“Never express yourself more clearly than you are able to think.” – Niels Bohr

“Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” – Niels Bohr

“The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.” – Niels Bohr

“Your theory is crazy, but it’s not crazy enough to be true.” – Niels Bohr, to a young physicist

“Anyone who is not shocked by quantum theory has not understood it.” – Niels Bohr (1885 – 1962)

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