Vault Post Round Up

July 24, 2007 · Filed Under For the love of HR · 1 Comment 

Here is a round up of a few of the posts I’ve made over on Vault.com this past week:

Need a job? Just get a t-shirt and a website! — I swear, if I ever look for another job, I am going to figure out the weirdest way to get a job and make a website. Look soon for Lance and the bicycle helmet cam job adventure videocast coming to an internet near you.

Don’t give your SSN out — Just don’t, at least not on the internet and not unless absolutely necessary.

Physician recruiter? Welcome to job security — And prepare to be frustrated :-)

Minimum wage is going up today — Were you prepared? Got to love mid week/mid month pay changes.

Can you work with music? — I love working to music. I listened to John Legend and The Who today.

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On selling out…

July 23, 2007 · Filed Under Recruiting in the 21st Century · Comment 

Ah, selling out feels good!

I realize I am a couple weeks late on this but I’ve been very busy. I am in the process of moving (from Walla Walla, WA to Portland, OR for anyone interested). I am also in the process of setting up my new pad with the equipment necessary to telecommute to my current job. I’ve also been busy blogging on Vault, (my own, happy “sell out” place).

Unlike some folks, I simply don’t have a problem with selling out. If you are going to pay me to do what I like to do anyway and it is a win-win situation, great. Sounds like that’s what happened with Tiffany, a win-win situation arose with a recently pseudo-abandoned domain where she could monetize that. It’s what America is all about.

Just like the advertisement that will run at the bottom of this post. You can’t sell irony though…


Checkout Austin jobs at itzbig.

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Post round up on Vault

July 16, 2007 · Filed Under For the love of HR · Comment 

Here are some of the recent articles I wrote on Vault.com:

Hurricane Workers Petition to Fire Boss

Since I wrote this, the Boss has left. Very interesting story about worker empowerment/mutiny.

Working at Home, Pain or Pleasure?

Working at home pros and cons and a great resource for those working or considering working at home.

Why do some companies require they contact your current employer?

The pitfalls of giving out this information and when it is appropriate.


Great San Francisco jobs await you at San Fran Jobs.

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