Advice from my mom about job hunting
June 3rd, 2006
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 Here's an email I got from my mom, who is an information technology manager at a Fortune 100 company: Sweetie, I was reading through a pile of resumes that human resources gave me, and there was one resume that was so good, but the guy was too high level for what I needed. Then I though to myself, he'll definitely get a job soon, and I'd like to have HIS job, so I should send my resume to his company right now. You should tell this to your readers. Love,  Comments (7)
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Good advice from your mom. It's important to think one step ahead when looking for opportunities. I'll keep this one in mind. BTW…was she really on the Jeopardy show?? My mom is a pro at scrabble and crossward puzzles. She says it helps the mind.
Posted by Pam on 06/07/2006 at 08:52am | permalink | Reply to this comment
Jeopardy. Yes. And she's great at Scrabble and crossword puzzles, too. Maybe your mom should try out for Jeopardy.
Tip for all you Scrabble players: My mom says it's all about the two-letter words.
Posted by Penelope Trunk on 06/07/2006 at 09:29am | permalink | Reply to this comment
There's some good Visible Advice over at Brazen Careerist ( http://www.brazencareerist.com/2008/11/07/watch-for-what-no-one-else-sees ) that uses Scrabble as a metaphor for making your big move in your job.
"Before you can do something flashy, you need to take time to get a handle on where the openings are. Where can you do something unexpected? Where are the spots no one is taking? The trick in Scrabble is to put in a couple of letters in a corner that make four or five short words. The trick in your job is to watch for what no one else sees, and make your big move in that space."
Posted by Mark W. on 03/07/2009 at 12:49am | permalink | Reply to this comment
Thought is missing an "t" at the end.
Posted by Matt on 03/24/2009 at 10:24am | permalink | Reply to this comment
very lovely…
Posted by Nnanna on 08/06/2009 at 05:01am | permalink | Reply to this comment
I have swedish vanilla sugar at home and I absolutely love it. I put it on my oatmeal in the mornings and would use it more often, but I don’t want to run through my smallish package so quickly. Odd how that happens, when we want to save something we really like, isn’t it?
Perhaps I’ll do my own taste test with the Swedish sugar and the homemade…
Posted by matchmaker on 01/18/2010 at 09:55pm | permalink | Reply to this comment