Fallacy

Posted on Jun 25, 2009 in account management, advertising, blog, brand, brand management, careers, commentary, laid off, opinion, project management, traffic, uncategorized, unemployment | 0 comments

You want me smarter or dumber? I’ve started thinking about the idea regarding dumbing one’s resume down. The idea behind this is for an individual to have a resume that employers wouldn’t see as being over qualified. I already have a personal pet peeve with the statement, “over qualified”. In my opinion, when I hear “over qualified” I immediately want to respond, “Then that means I am more than capable of handling the tasks of this position, so what’s the problem?” It is a poor, subjective reason to justify overlooking or deciding...

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Thank You Letter

Posted on Jun 18, 2009 in account management, action, advertising, blog, brand, brand management, careers, commentary, laid off, opinion, project management, uncategorized, unemployment | 10 comments

Handwritten or Email? After my most recent interview, I started to sit down and write a thank you letter to the interviewer on one of my “thank you” cards that I purchased a while back. After realizing that my penmanship (when writing in a very small space) has taken a hit after all these years of sending emails, messaging, texting and etc… I began to wonder if sending out a hand written thank you card even matters any more. Is it even considered more meaningful then sending exactly what you are writing as an email? By sending it as an email, it’s instantaneous and...

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Spouting 6: P90x

Posted on Jun 11, 2009 in advertising, blog, brand, careers, commentary, Google, laid off, opinion, spouting, unemployment, work out, working out, workout | 0 comments

I’ve wanted to start working out for a while now, but just couldn’t get my mind in agreement with my desire. I haven’t weighed myself, which I know you should before you start working out, but let’s face it, I didn’t need another excuse not to start. A number of years ago I was part of an outdoor boot camp program and I loved it. It was great to be outside with others who shared the same desire; to lose weight and be fit. Although the fee for the boot camp program was very fair, it was still a stretch on my budget at the time. A couple of years after the boot...

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Spouting 5: D'oh!

Posted on Jun 9, 2009 in account management, advertising, blog, brand, brand management, careers, commentary, laid off, opinion, project management, project trafficking, spouting, traffic, uncategorized, unemployment | 4 comments

Just making a minor post today. A couple of weeks ago, as many of you know and some probably didn’t know, I interviewed for a job with a local ad agency in Orlando, FL. The position was for a Client Services Manager and the interview went very well as it touched on all the major points that I was interested and/or concerned about. I felt that I represented myself very well. I was told that I would receive a call back by today. True to the owner’s word, I received that call and although I can not say that my search for my career is over, I can say that it was the most pleasant...

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Disclaimer?

Posted on Jun 4, 2009 in action, advertising, blog, brand, careers, commentary, disclaimer, Entertainment, laid off, movie, opinion, uncategorized, unemployment, violence | 0 comments

Warning: What you’re about to read has a blog disclaimer On Saturday, May 16th, 2009, I went and seen the movie Angels and Demons. Personally, I thought this movie was a much better attempt at Dan Brown’s book, then the previous Howard/Hanks movie The Da Vinci Code. This post today, however, is not about the movie, but it is about the absurdity of disclaimer statements. As the trailers for this movie began to play, one of the trailers that was shown was Public Enemies, starring Johnny Depp. Right before this movie started, there was the familiar green movie disclaimer statement...

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