musings
What’s the deal with job interviews?
I’ve realized that yet another great thing about working freelance is that I don’t have to go through the job interview process. Because the way it’s performed today is ridiculous.
First of all, the answer to 75 per cent of the questions they ask are in the cover letter and resume I’d assume they’ve read. After [...]
I HATE WORD PROCESSORS!!
Seriously, Word, Wordperfect, even OpenOffice…they can all die in a fire!
All I want to do is writing something, it should be simple, but no! If I say, try to make an ordered list like:
1. This is the first thing
2. This is the second thing -
Well, doesn’t the fancy-pants word processor decide to be helpful and [...]
Employers: Trust your employees!
So I’m probably in for a talking to at my night job…
Yesterday the Ottawa Citizen ran a piece on call centres (I’m quoted in it about the horrid nature of the work) but more interesting was this companion piece on employee turn-over.
The article cites a study that claims turn-over rates at companies are directly linked [...]
Wow, I need to write more
One of the rules of blog writing is to never write posts apologizing for not posting more often…therefore…I make no apologies.
However, since I’ve recently scored myself a regular gig writing about blogging, I suppose I should make an effort to do some myself. As they say, “write what you know.”
How Canada Can Save the Middle-East
Yet again, conflict in the middle-east has exploded, like last summer. Coincidence? I think not.
However, I am here to propose a solution that Canada can very much take part in!
Problem: People blowing each other up in the middle-east
Possible Cause: Note that things always seem to get bad during the summer months. This leads me [...]
Hidden Camera Investigation of OC Transpo Drivers
Somehow I missed this…back in April, someone put up a post on the Ottawa Craigslist looking for folks who’ve been “racially discriminated by OC Transpo bus drivers.”
The author claims he’s doing a hidden camera investigation to show harassment and maltreatment by bus drivers.
Have I been missing something on my daily commute? Are black riders being [...]
Watch What You Post on the Internet; srsly
I work part-time in a call centre and recently we were all called into a large meeting.
The topic of discussion: Facebook, that gleefully addicting social networking site.
It seemed there were some issues with people posting about work. It wasn’t that they were complaining about their job, it was that in doing so, they’d violated the [...]
No more excuses
My name is Rob and I procrastinate.
It can take me weeks to perform simple five minute tasks. I was supposed to take a pile blazers to the dry cleaners (across the street) three weeks ago. They’re still sitting in the laundry pile.
This is my attempt at telling myself: “No more.”
I keep saying I need to [...]
