Famous incorrect responses

January 22, 2008

Have you ever believed in something so much that someone doubts your intentions and endeavors? Even the “brightest” and those labeled as  “experts” can be proven wrong. Read the quotes below to see what I mean:

Taken from www.silliness.org 

“Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons.”
Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949

“I think there is a world market for may be five computers.”
Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943

“I have travelled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people,
and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won’t last out the year.”
The editor in charge of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957

“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.”
Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp.,1977

“This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of
communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.”
Western Union internal memo, 1876

“The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent
to nobody in particular?”
David Sarnoff’s associates in response to his urgings for investment in radio in the 1920s.

“The concept is interesting and well-formed, but in order to earn better than a ‘C,’
the idea must be feasible.”
A Yale University management professor in response to Fred Smith’s paper proposing reliable
overnight delivery service. (Smith went on to found Federal Express Corp.)

“Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?”
H.M. Warner, Warner Brothers, 1927.

“I’m just glad it’ll be Clark Gable who’s falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.”
Gary Cooper on his decision not to take the leading role in Gone With The Wind.

“A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes
crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make.”
Response to Debbi Fields’ idea of starting Mrs. Fields’ Cookies.

“We don’t like their sound, and guitar music is on the way out.”
Decca Recording Co. rejecting the Beatles, 1962.

“Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.”
Lord Kelvin, president, Royal Society, 1895.

“So we went to Atari and said, ‘Hey, we’ve got this amazing thing, even built with
some of your parts, and what do you think about funding us? Or we’ll give it to you.
We just want to do it. Pay our salary, we’ll come work for you.’ And they said, ‘No.’
So then we went to Hewlett-Packard, and they said, ‘Hey, we don’t need you. You haven’t
got through college yet.’”
Apple Computer, Inc. founder Steve Jobs on attempts to get Atari and H-P interested
in his and Steve Wozniak’s personal computer.

“Stocks have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.”
Irving Fisher, Professor of Economics, Yale University, 1929.

“Everything that can be invented has been invented.”
Charles H. Duell, Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899.

“640K ought to be enough for anybody.”
Bill Gates, 1981

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Tips to make your resume better

October 19, 2007

FormerSlacker.com has put together a list of 9 resume tips. The following tips may seem like obvious and conscious tips when writing your resume, but many times, these tips are over looked.

It’s always a good idea to double check your resume before you send it out.  Read the tips below for more assitance:

1. Proofread your resume. This is the most basic rule I can imagine, and yet it has been violated so many times that it’s threatening to press charges. I’ve gotten applications for the Administratvie Assistant position from people living in Memhpis. Spellcheck, and fix your grammar. I’m not interested in your “too years of experience”. And proofread your cover letter and/or email, too. Misspelling the name of our company is not helping your cause.


2. Remember to attach your resume. This one really hurts. Don’t send a wonderful email and forget to attach your resume. I know, I know, people make mistakes. People who make mistakes during the application process don’t get hired. Remember, this is your first (and probably only, if you don’t attach your resume) chance to impress a prospective employer.


3. Don’t dump your resume into an email. I don’t know what fool has been giving out resume advice lately (aside from myself), but apparently, lots of people apparently think I’d prefer a resume dumped in an email to a nicely formatted PDF or DOC file. Trust me, I don’t. Unless your prospective employer specifically asks for this, don’t do it. Your resume looks horrible and sloppy when you do this. I did have one industrious applicant who actually submitted her application as an email, but took great care to format it with lots of HTML and tables. Unfortunately, when I printed it, the right side of her resume was cut off. It ended up in the “no interest” pile, along with the rest of the email-as-resume group.


4. Microsoft Works is not your friend. I know, you’ve got Works already and Microsoft Office is expensive. I don’t care. Someone you know has a copy of Microsoft Word. Put your resume together on their computer. Why? Because I use Linux at work and OpenOffice has no idea what to do with a Works file. Even my laptop with Microsoft Office couldn’t open those files without installing a new plugin. Rich Text Format files are likewise not your friend, but a PDF will get you bonus points. (OpenOffice files would have been fine for us, too, but probably not for most employers.)


5. Follow standard resume guidelines. Your resume doesn’t make you look different or clever, and it’s not supposed to. Your resume should make you look professional. That is your primary goal. Your “special” colors are not helping. That cute divider you used is not impressing me. Your resume cannot, and should not attempt to, convey your personality. You can show us your personality when you come in for an interview, after we select you based on your professional resume.


6. Don’t use an embarassing account on a lame email provider. I know hotmail and yahoo are free, but your cutegurl56xx username just isn’t cool. I’m also not interested in trying out the new game advertised on the bottom of your hotmail account. If you must use a free provider, make sure that they aren’t tacking ads on the bottom of your emails. And please, get a better username.


7. Don’t have a resume objective. This goes contrary to a great deal of resume advice out there, but it needs to be said. Raise your hand if you know what the “objective” on a resume is for. If your hand is up, put it down. You’re lying. About eighty percent of the resumes we received for this latest position listed an objective. Out of those, zero percent had an objective that said anything good. Every single one was either generic (”To obtain a job in which my skills will be useful”), irrelevant (”To join a fast-growing company”), or flat out wrong (”To obtain a graphic design position”). At best, an objective wastes space on your resume. At worst, it shows you as boring, lazy, or misinformed. I’d rather read that you were in 4-H than read your objective.


8. Don’t put friends as references. This one was kind of fun. We actually had some applicants naming each other as references. Did they think we just wouldn’t notice? You should never list as a reference a person who would list you as a reference. You should list bosses, professors, etc. If you can’t fill your references without listing friends, you need to figure out why that is, and make some changes.


9. Include a cover letter. There’s some disagreement about this one, but I think a cover letter is a definite plus. I’d prefer a nicely formatted document as the cover letter, but I will settle for a well-written email. What I will not settle for is a one-line email with no cover letter attached. “Please see attached resume.” Okay, please see trash folder. I want something other than just the resume. The letter (or email) is somewhere that you can actually speak to me. If you can’t manage that, I’m not interested.

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Redneckjobs.com-Where Rednecks Go To Work

October 10, 2007

If you are looking for construction job, auto mechanic work or any blue-collar type of job, Redneckjobs.com is the place for you.

From the site:

One day, we were looking at Monster.com and a few job sites in Tampa, Florida and were amazed at how expensive job postings were on these sites. We thought, “what can small companies like ours do when they have “regular” jobs to fill and can’t spend $1000 to advertise them? We couldn’t find a good answer – so we started thinking – Hey, let’s just do it ourselves!

So this is our site for redneck men and women to find jobs and redneck bosses to find hard working rednecks. We hope you enjoy it here and we hope you find the job, or the redneck, you’re looking for!
I found the site to be very easy to use and the jobs listed fit the blue collar type job.

If you are not finding skill type jobs on sites like Monster.com and Careerbuilder.com, be sure to check out Redneckjobs.com.

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Site Review: Earn My Degree

September 26, 2007

I’ve been asked to give a review on www.earnmydegree.com .

Earnmydegree.com feature hundreds of degree programs across numerous accredited online colleges and traditional schools. If you have a family or if you are looking to get back in school but you do not have the time, obtaining your degree online may be a great solution for you.

Earnmydegree.com helps you find an online degree program that fits your schedule, career path and degree interests. You can search by degree programs, degree level or campus location.

There is also a learning center which has a lot of valuable information to aid you in your decision. One section I found to be very valuable on this site is the Online Education Center. Also, its directory of Online Colleges and Universities is very helpful.
EarnMyDegree.com takes a lot of the long and arduous task of finding an online college or university, figuring out which topic of study interests you and figuring out a location to take your courses.

Due to time constraints, taking care of our families, etc, many people are now taking courses online. If you are thinking about taking some online courses, be sure to check out EarnMyDegree.com before you make your decision.

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Back to school tech items for College Students

September 25, 2007

It’s that time of the year! Back to school (well, it’s been a little over a month since school started). Instead of the usual back to school list of items, Paul Stamatiou has put together a list of technical items that every college student needs.

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