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Author Archives: Lori Dorn
The Worst Best Recruiting Video from Twitter
The folks at Twitter put together this awful, yet wonderful, recruiting video. It’s like a car accident on the highway, you know you shouldn’t stare, but you do anyway. The funny thing is that they are actually hiring. This video … Continue reading
Breast Cancer and Me
My apologies for going silent for the past few months. It’s been an adventure of sorts. I was diagnosed with breast cancer on March 28, 2011. The tumor was in my left breast and was an invasive ductal carcinoma that … Continue reading
Sound Advice From Hiring Manager
From Brooke Hammerling, founder of Brew PR.
Resume.io – Online Resume Wizard
This is really cool! Tumblr engineer Jacob Bijani has put together a really neat online resume wizard that just lets you just plug and play. It also allows you to track when your resume is viewed. And, for those of … Continue reading
Groupon Sues Ex-Employees
In a strange turn of events, Groupon takes itself out of the defendant’s chair and goes after two former employees who joined Google, claiming that they took protected information to their new jobs. Michael Nolan, who worked for Groupon for … Continue reading
Dry Cleaner Offers Unemployed Free Cleaning of Interview Outfits
A little humanity goes a very, very long way. Just wish we knew who the dry cleaner was… [via ihatepeacocks.com] UPDATE The Dry Cleaner in question is Plaza Cleaners in Portland, OR. More info here. [Thanks Leslie]
Working With Monsters
A great stop-motion animation about adapting to one’s workplace by Mike Barker, Stephen Simon & Jake Davidson (it won first place in the Film De Monster 2006 Contest).
Hallmark Cards for Job Loss
An interesting way to capitalize on unemployment – a card expressing sympathy for a job loss. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a nice sentiment and perhaps a thoughtful way to acknowledge what a friend is going through, but I can’t … Continue reading
Protest For Me
In the wake of Occupy Wall Street, up pops a handy service that allows employees to virtually join the protests without missing a day of work. ProtestFor.Me connects supporters of Occupy Wall Street who are unable to physically participate in … Continue reading
Sex in the Air: A Skydiving No-No
In a another “going out with a bang” story, porn star and weekend skydive instructor, Alex Torres was fired by the owner of Skydive Taft when he decided to join the mile-high club in his own way. Along for the … Continue reading
