Archive for November, 2006

A Recruiting No-No

Posted by Lori Dorn on November 27th, 2006

Not many days go by when I don’t get an email from a recruiter “asking” me if I know anyone who would be interested in an HR position at so-and-so company. I don’t mind these emails, particularly since they are sent privately and I don’t have to respond. To be honest, I sometimes (rarely) [...]

PB and Y

Posted by Lori Dorn on November 20th, 2006

Oh boy, first Christmas and now this:
Internal memo blasts Yahoo
Executive urges job reductions, calls company unfocused
Verne Kopytoff, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Is Yahoo suffering from a lack of focus, entrenched bureaucracy and redundancy?
It’s a theory that’s been aired for some time by investors and Internet industry executives to explain the Sunnyvale Web portal’s dimming [...]

Ad Nauseum

Posted by Lori Dorn on November 9th, 2006

Yet another public agency in this lovely state of ours is in the headlines (and in the red) due to the absolute stupidity ignorance of its employees.
(From CNN) LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — The city of Los Angeles is paying $2.7 million to settle a lawsuit from a black firefighter who claims he suffered [...]