The Poojer

Good for KC, glad the Orioles got crushed,

crap! should have waited a few hours, I am sure Beerball is gonna come up with a similar reply...

Fahrvergnügen

worse...ecpi in programming or something related

my son is 23 and has been working pretty much full time at circuit city and target after that since being in high school. he never really showed any focus on a college career so i didn't push the issue. He's now been with target for 6 years, has gotten steady pay increases, nothing that will allow him to live lavishly, he gets benefits, his bosses and co-workers all recognize him for his hard work. He is finally registering for classes at the local cc simply to get some book knowledge, but I have ZERO problem with him making a career in retail and retail support and taking his time getting an education, as long as he can make ends meet. I see friends of his with 50-60K in student loan debt working at red robin. work hard, keep learning and in the end things will fall into place. not saying the way he/we are doing it is right, but it's right for him/us at this point in time. fixed it for you

i knew the answer, my point was that much like the parents pushing their kids to the 'best schools' and getting their golden parachute right out of college, the same illusion is there because of the name of the school...i don't care if it's University of Chicago or SUNY Fredonia, they both teach you that when the demand for pickles equals the supply for pickles, we meet market equilibrium, ceteris paribus(see they taught us those fancy words at Fredonia)....naturally i am way oversimplifying it, but hopefully you see the point i am trying to make as a devils advocate

why? isn't that kind of the same attitude that you and plenzmd are discussing?

i don't think i am getting played, my initial thought was that it was from an offshore call center, that was why i called the number and looked him up on linkedin, and by all indications he seems to be local to the philly area, granted his linked in profile is very vague. I get that recruiting can be a cattle call type of thing, i was just really turned off by his approach and would think the company would be horrified to know how it is being represented...or maybe they really just don't care.

next time i will give you the 4 hours to come up with a witty reply...common man....if you can't run with the big dogs, step aside so we can play :-)

you are in Dallas, they could be ebola warning lights

this cracked me up, i hope y'all enjoy it as much as i did

great minds think alike! :-)

I will test that theory....

10cc

its a retail/e-commerce business/data analyst position...maybe he wants to see a pivot table or a sql query...i don't know....

what about submitting 'additional writings', i honestly feel at this stage of the game, my resume is all i am willing to send, i am not going to invest extra time and effort when i am still in the first stages of the process...maybe if i get to the hiring manager.

here's one for you. Got several calls and emails from a recruiter about a local job. We finally connected yesterday via phone. All of his messages and emails indicate a very weak grasp of the english language in both conversation and in writing. No biggie, i can look past all that, but more on that in a little bit. We discuss the position, I express interest, he says he will pass it along to the hiring manager. Few minutes pass, I get an email asking to forward my resume and salary requirements, I respond quickly. Phone rings this morning at 7:48AM and he starts talking to me calling me by my last name, in all correspondence I have used my first and last name in the salutation, but he constantly calls me McCarthy and also does so in our email communications. So despite being a bit annoyed that he called before 8AM, I listen and he asks me to submit some 'writings' about the position and how I relate to the position. I ask him if my resume didn't already include all of that information, he says no, he needs 'writings'. I tell him that I will do my best to address it but that I do have a job I need to do, so hopefully I will have some 'writings' to him later today. I get to work and call his number which is local just to see if it is a legit number(i already looked into the recruiting firm he represents) it eventually goes to his voicemail so it seems ok, I look him up on linkedin and it indicates he is local to the philly area, so no issues there. The job is appealing to me, but I am not thrilled about how this person is handling the process, not sure if I should call the agency and express my displeasure in being called before 8AM, being called by my last name, the additional requests for 'writings'. I figure if I complain, my name gets immediately pulled from the candidate pull and while I am not 'actively' looking right now, i like to keep my options open if i see something interesting..... What say you?

SHARON!!!

the tattoo sleeve turned this up to 11 for me

i don't see a problem with that....

i still bet kim kardashian owns that title

That's why!

I'm an EJ supporter and I agree 100%!

I said he was no better and no worse. I didn't mean to imply EJ would have had the same outcome. I meant that this game was won by defense and a much better kicker, and they won without regard to who was behind center . I brought up Ej because I don't want to hear fans say that Orton is the answer.