Friday Wrap-Up

I might make this a weekly thing as I'm getting more Twitter posts and comments. To cover the cool links, epitaphs, comments, etc. I'm going to do a quick hit post.

Comments

First to MJBlogger and to Wyoksgal who commented on my post from yesterday, I agree with what you are saying about a teachable moment. I've had a very cool conversation with a college professor about something relating to this, and it needs to be it's own post. It will be a post next week.

Second to Wyoksgal and my guy Dan Johnson who commented on my post from Wednesday, I have been looking (for about a year). Before the economy tanked, I had a boatload of interviews. I turned down seconds (wrong fit for me), and got turned down. I also flamed out historical with two companies on the first question each.

One question was, "How did you prepare for this interview?" NOTE: this was a phone interview and cop was following me as a drove. My tough-guy side came out for a split-second, as I almost said, "What the f*ck kind of a question is that?" Instead I gave a BS answer that the guy hated.

The other question was, "How did you go from HR coordinator to VHRG in only one step?" My answer was, "Uh......... er........... hmmmmmmmmmm.......... duh........ well.........." And the rest of the interview was a smoldering train wreck from there.

Four Fun Links

Happy Friday... I have five perfect links for those looking to kill that hour between 4pm and 5pm. They are even slightly business/HR related!

100 Vanishing Things - Items that people who are 30 or older definitely remember. Sadly these items are going away. Very generational.

Positives of a Down Economy - from Cracked.com

Office Supplies Too Awesome to Exist - from Cracked.com

Seven (sadly) True Airline Stories - from Cracked.com (read this if you read no other link!)

Something I Had to Answer in a Post

Laurie Ruettimann (Punk Rock HR) asked the question if you sniffed out that you were getting canned what would you do. Here were the only two options, that I could come up with.

Option A

• Meekly pack up my stuff so I don't have to come back after the deed has been done.
• Prepare resume
• Do way too much LinkedIn connecting. I have over 200 contacts.
• Make sure that I have job recommendation letters from the VIP's of DeltaHouse.
• SEARCH! SEARCH! SEARCH!

Option B

• Take an Imodium A-D pill and go on a diet of cheese and bananas and potatoes for two days.
• Get a late lunch at the nearby buffet and consume Indian food... lots and lots of Indian food... and drink pungent tea.
  
• Wait until everyone leaves for the day. Take a massive poop in the floor of the office of the person who is going to fire me.
  
• Still do Option A.