In the interview process, no news is almost always bad news. Whenever someone tells me they are going to follow up with a recruiter, I always tell them not to bother. If you are in the running, you will know. They will be in constant contact if they want you.
To a certain extent, I get it. As practice, companies don't want to eliminate back-up candidates before filling the seat. But a big part of it is also human nature. No one likes to be the bearer of bad news, so they just don't do it - even with people who are not being seriously considered. That element is just cowardice, not to mention wildly inconsiderate.
It's ironic that recruiting is a function of Human Resources because candidates are viewed as commodities not people.
LinkedIn is a remarkable anomaly in the digital age. I can't think of another company that has managed to be so successful by simply being first to market. Everyone thinks it's terrible and useless outside of its utility as a self-updating Rolodex, yet nothing can displace it.
As for recruiters complaining about companies being ghosted by candidates, I can't think of a better reason for justified unprofessionalism. Anyone who has ever looked for employment know that HR departments and head hunters have been ghosting candidates for decades. It';s about time they had a taste of their own medicine.
If an elected politicians is incompetent, he/she should face the same type of consequences that everyone else in society does. Football coaches included.
Half of the people I follow on Twitter are either journalists or comedians. It's been my observation that both groups are playing almost exclusively to the peers and are often confused as to which of the 2 groups they actually belong. It's during those moments that they usually get into trouble.
There are hardly any people in this world, and the ones who are left have been changing their bodies in adaptive ways to a mysteriously threatening environment. We’re told that physical pain has almost entirely vanished and are introduced at the beginning of the film to a child who apparently eats plastic. Yet, we have no idea what could have happened. It’s as if there was a cataclysmic apocalypse that no one finds worth mentioning anymore.
My immediate thought was Cronenberg meets The Road.
And then a graph later I see it stars Viggo Mortensen. Of course it does!
We can't count on anything. But if you are following conservative talking points, you'll notice a far heavier emphasis on mental health as the underlying issue. As such, it's an opportunity to see if they mean it.
I didn't say it would happen. I said it would be easier. Which it would be since the useless laws you advocate for are never getting passed w/ Republicans. Mental health at lest provides a shot at common ground.
Agree. We could use better definitions of what constitutes a mass shooting and honesty about the types of gun violence that is happening. You have the mentally ill, criminally motivated and of course suicide. Two of those three are mental health issues, the other a law enforcement matter in which most of the guns are illegal anyway.
Unfortunately too many people have a vested interest in conflating all aspects of "gun violence" in order to make/bolster their points about ineffectual gun control.
I don't. These mass shootings are happening everywhere, including the states with the strictest of gun laws. New York's laws did nothing to prevent the mentally deranged teenager from shooting up that supermarket in Buffalo. Nor do they seem to stop the gun violence happening everyday in NYC.
You can wave a magic wand and apply NY gun laws to the entire country and we will still have mass shootings. These laws don't work. They treat the symptom, not the disease.
We need to treat the disease. And frankly it should be a lot easier to get congress to agree on mental health than what to do about guns.
If they can agree to fight a proxy war with Russia, they should be able to find common ground here.
Outside of repealing the 2nd Amendment and conducting full scale gun confiscation, I don't see how you put a dent into an environment of freely and readily available guns.
Of course, such action would likely prompt wide scale violence of its own. And it still would not prevent sick individuals determined to inflict damage on society from using other means to do so.
The video game Call of Duty had about as much to do with this week's tragedy as white supremacy had to do with last week's tragedy. There are multiple factors that lead to each one of these horrendous events, but the one common thread is the deteriorated mental health of isolated individuals (usually young men).
The sooner our ruling class move focus away from politically expedient peripheral factors, the better chance we have as "doing something" that actually makes a difference.
I remember having a conversation in the UK about Bananarama as I called them a one hit wonder and was aggressively disagreed with because they were huge over there. Interestingly, they barely remembered the Go-Gos, who as i looked up later, barely charted in the UK.
Apparently there could only be one dominant girl group at a time, in any place, in the early 1980s. Sort of like Highlander but for pop music.
While I'm firmly Team DLR, I'd have to swap "On Fire" with "Summer Nights" for the Van Halen entry. That song is the sonic embodiment of the Summer of '86
Also I'd throw in "Saturday In The Park" by Chicago, "Heat Wave" by Martha reeves and the Vandellas, "Santa Monica" by Everclear and at least one Beach Boys song. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" or "Good Vibrations" would do.
I was a hold out to streaming until about 6 months ago and I have not looked back. Practically anything you want to hear is available on Spotify, assuming the Joe Rogan hissy fits are over.
Once you get over the sunk cost fallacy of a lifetime of accumulating music, you won't regret making the switch.
Of all the current problems, it's hard for me to believe that abortion would be the issue that sparked a civil war. The issue has zealots on both extremes but the majority of Americans fall somewhere in the middle (i.e. abortion but w/ restrictions).
Yeah, I imagine they would. I use to spend time in the summer with family in west/central Pennsylvania when I was a kid. I wouldn't title my memoir "Coal Miner Confidential".
I will admit that the only thing I know about JD Vance is he wrote a book that was turned into a Netflix movie that I thought was crap and Andrew really, really dislikes him. He hasn't rated in the scope of things I care to pay attention to...
That said, is this a legit criticism or was this a cheeky way to say his supporters are racist? I just looked at his website and his family is all over it.
One of Obama's campaign promises was to codify abortion rights. He had a super majority in congress and punted.
This is what happens when your political calculus involves leaving things up to the courts. Thanks, Obama!
On the bright side for Dems, this will likely help prevent a red avalanche in the midterms. So there's that, although this would have been better for them if the leak happened in September.
Regardless, I'd like to amend my 2022 predictions from the other week...
On “LinkedIn Posts Are Decadent and Depraved”
In the interview process, no news is almost always bad news. Whenever someone tells me they are going to follow up with a recruiter, I always tell them not to bother. If you are in the running, you will know. They will be in constant contact if they want you.
To a certain extent, I get it. As practice, companies don't want to eliminate back-up candidates before filling the seat. But a big part of it is also human nature. No one likes to be the bearer of bad news, so they just don't do it - even with people who are not being seriously considered. That element is just cowardice, not to mention wildly inconsiderate.
It's ironic that recruiting is a function of Human Resources because candidates are viewed as commodities not people.
"
LinkedIn is a remarkable anomaly in the digital age. I can't think of another company that has managed to be so successful by simply being first to market. Everyone thinks it's terrible and useless outside of its utility as a self-updating Rolodex, yet nothing can displace it.
As for recruiters complaining about companies being ghosted by candidates, I can't think of a better reason for justified unprofessionalism. Anyone who has ever looked for employment know that HR departments and head hunters have been ghosting candidates for decades. It';s about time they had a taste of their own medicine.
On “Should Americans Be Able to Recall Politicians?”
If an elected politicians is incompetent, he/she should face the same type of consequences that everyone else in society does. Football coaches included.
"
Recalls are pretty rare. As are impeachments. Both are necessary.
You can argue about the merits of them individually but don't really get why someone who believes in democracy would be opposed to them conceptually.
On “From CNN Business: The Washington Post suspends reporter David Weigel over sexist retweet”
Half of the people I follow on Twitter are either journalists or comedians. It's been my observation that both groups are playing almost exclusively to the peers and are often confused as to which of the 2 groups they actually belong. It's during those moments that they usually get into trouble.
"
But I clearly state "retweets are not endorsements" in my Twitter bio!!
"
If only the joke said "pan" instead of "bi" this whole national nightmare could have been avoided..
On “Movie Notes: “Crimes of the Future” (2022)”
When I read this graph:
There are hardly any people in this world, and the ones who are left have been changing their bodies in adaptive ways to a mysteriously threatening environment. We’re told that physical pain has almost entirely vanished and are introduced at the beginning of the film to a child who apparently eats plastic. Yet, we have no idea what could have happened. It’s as if there was a cataclysmic apocalypse that no one finds worth mentioning anymore.
My immediate thought was Cronenberg meets The Road.
And then a graph later I see it stars Viggo Mortensen. Of course it does!
Will definitely check this out.
On “Mass Shootings, Rampages, And Cascades of Failure”
Thanks for reading.
"
We can't count on anything. But if you are following conservative talking points, you'll notice a far heavier emphasis on mental health as the underlying issue. As such, it's an opportunity to see if they mean it.
"
I didn't say it would happen. I said it would be easier. Which it would be since the useless laws you advocate for are never getting passed w/ Republicans. Mental health at lest provides a shot at common ground.
"
Agree. We could use better definitions of what constitutes a mass shooting and honesty about the types of gun violence that is happening. You have the mentally ill, criminally motivated and of course suicide. Two of those three are mental health issues, the other a law enforcement matter in which most of the guns are illegal anyway.
Unfortunately too many people have a vested interest in conflating all aspects of "gun violence" in order to make/bolster their points about ineffectual gun control.
"
I don't. These mass shootings are happening everywhere, including the states with the strictest of gun laws. New York's laws did nothing to prevent the mentally deranged teenager from shooting up that supermarket in Buffalo. Nor do they seem to stop the gun violence happening everyday in NYC.
You can wave a magic wand and apply NY gun laws to the entire country and we will still have mass shootings. These laws don't work. They treat the symptom, not the disease.
We need to treat the disease. And frankly it should be a lot easier to get congress to agree on mental health than what to do about guns.
If they can agree to fight a proxy war with Russia, they should be able to find common ground here.
"
Outside of repealing the 2nd Amendment and conducting full scale gun confiscation, I don't see how you put a dent into an environment of freely and readily available guns.
Of course, such action would likely prompt wide scale violence of its own. And it still would not prevent sick individuals determined to inflict damage on society from using other means to do so.
"
The video game Call of Duty had about as much to do with this week's tragedy as white supremacy had to do with last week's tragedy. There are multiple factors that lead to each one of these horrendous events, but the one common thread is the deteriorated mental health of isolated individuals (usually young men).
The sooner our ruling class move focus away from politically expedient peripheral factors, the better chance we have as "doing something" that actually makes a difference.
On “Friends of Ordinary Times”
The New York Press was my favorite read of the mid/late 90s.
The writing talent that came out of that free weekly is remarkable.
On “Well-Tuned: It’s Getting Hot In Here, So Let’s Make A Playlist”
I remember having a conversation in the UK about Bananarama as I called them a one hit wonder and was aggressively disagreed with because they were huge over there. Interestingly, they barely remembered the Go-Gos, who as i looked up later, barely charted in the UK.
Apparently there could only be one dominant girl group at a time, in any place, in the early 1980s. Sort of like Highlander but for pop music.
Which brings us full circle:
"Vacation" by the Go-Gos should be on this list!
"
I'm now embarrassed to have forgotten to include any of The Drifters hits, but mostly "Under The Boardwalk"
"
While I'm firmly Team DLR, I'd have to swap "On Fire" with "Summer Nights" for the Van Halen entry. That song is the sonic embodiment of the Summer of '86
Also I'd throw in "Saturday In The Park" by Chicago, "Heat Wave" by Martha reeves and the Vandellas, "Santa Monica" by Everclear and at least one Beach Boys song. "Wouldn't It Be Nice" or "Good Vibrations" would do.
On “Well-Tuned: Ding Dong, The IPod Is Dead…”
I was a hold out to streaming until about 6 months ago and I have not looked back. Practically anything you want to hear is available on Spotify, assuming the Joe Rogan hissy fits are over.
Once you get over the sunk cost fallacy of a lifetime of accumulating music, you won't regret making the switch.
On “The Second Civil War”
Of all the current problems, it's hard for me to believe that abortion would be the issue that sparked a civil war. The issue has zealots on both extremes but the majority of Americans fall somewhere in the middle (i.e. abortion but w/ restrictions).
On “About Last Night: Vance Wins Ohio GOP Senate Primary”
Yeah, I imagine they would. I use to spend time in the summer with family in west/central Pennsylvania when I was a kid. I wouldn't title my memoir "Coal Miner Confidential".
"
I will admit that the only thing I know about JD Vance is he wrote a book that was turned into a Netflix movie that I thought was crap and Andrew really, really dislikes him. He hasn't rated in the scope of things I care to pay attention to...
That said, is this a legit criticism or was this a cheeky way to say his supporters are racist? I just looked at his website and his family is all over it.
On “Politico Releases Purported Alito Draft Overturning Roe & Casey”
One of Obama's campaign promises was to codify abortion rights. He had a super majority in congress and punted.
This is what happens when your political calculus involves leaving things up to the courts. Thanks, Obama!
On the bright side for Dems, this will likely help prevent a red avalanche in the midterms. So there's that, although this would have been better for them if the leak happened in September.
Regardless, I'd like to amend my 2022 predictions from the other week...
On “Video Throughput: John Carter Revisited”
Counterpoint: The idea of showering with a friend is always much better than actually showering with a friend.