<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693</id><updated>2011-12-14T18:52:34.078-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Don't Feed the Monkeys</title><subtitle type='html'>DEDICATED TO THE PROPOSITION THAT THE MONKEYS IN HUMAN RESOURCES (HR) ought not communicate with the outside world - lest an organization desire irreparable damage to its reputation. Edited and written by Eric Beteille, who made the mistake of feeding the monkeys for nearly ten years. Submissions: beteille@yahoo.com. REMEMBER - the only thing between you and your next job ... is Human Resources.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>105</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-109629541900717057</id><published>2004-09-27T07:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2004-11-02T08:07:21.793-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Faces of Monkey: IT'S BEEN NEARLY six months since the last DFTM post, and about a year since updates become less regular, but here's an idea for a fun, new contest for DFTM readers. Send in funny monkey photos! Email them to beteille@yahoo.com. Here's the first - to get things started - with a cute little monkey bio to boot:"I'm 48 years old, married with two children. Employed as a </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/109629541900717057/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=109629541900717057' title='98 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/109629541900717057'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/109629541900717057'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2004/09/faces-of-monkey-its-been-nearly-six.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>98</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-108101242829184681</id><published>2004-04-03T09:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-04-03T09:17:24.373-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Monkey Love: KEEP THOSE CARDS and letters coming:"Hi.. I was introduced to your site recently, love it ... Despite the harsh tone relative to people like me, y'know, monkeys, the approach holds the promise of improving relations between companies and a key set of stake-holders, their future employees.  I certainly see myself in some of the rants, and see plenty of room for improvement. Thanks"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/108101242829184681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=108101242829184681' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/108101242829184681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/108101242829184681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2004/04/monkey-love-keep-those-cards-and.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-108101187227666898</id><published>2004-04-03T09:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-04-03T09:18:10.263-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Monkey Defends Self: IT TOOK MONTHS of court wrangling and at least one haughty press release, but a underqualified public employee annointed by a City monkey has, alas, legally defended her own hiring. First reported on DFTM in a post titled Schmoozers-R-Us, this email follow-up (mercifully edited down quite a bit) just came from her attorneys. Key phrase: the applicant "was given a waiver of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/108101187227666898/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=108101187227666898' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/108101187227666898'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/108101187227666898'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2004/04/monkey-defends-self-it-took-months-of.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-107117075049802823</id><published>2003-12-11T11:20:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2004-04-03T08:44:50.436-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Do What You're Told: LOTS OF INTEREST in these monkey sightings, so please accept gratuitous apologies for the lack of new posts lately. For now, satiate with this little monkey's job description disclaimer, from a Colorado TV company. And then try to think of a job that isn't like this. Seriously - who writes these things? With words like "construed" and "comply," it has to be a lawyer pecking</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/107117075049802823/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=107117075049802823' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/107117075049802823'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/107117075049802823'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-106476727204080525</id><published>2003-09-28T09:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-28T09:41:11.653-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>1-900-Monkey: REFERENCE CHECKS, thanks to lawyers wagging the tails of the monkeys in HR, have been reduced to a few silly basics: confirmation of employment, start date, end date. Though they simply verify information already provided by an applicant, at least it was something useful HR monkeys could do. Well, no more. The monkeys at Foleys, a May Department Store (one of the largest employers</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/106476727204080525/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=106476727204080525' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/106476727204080525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/106476727204080525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/09/1-900-monkey-reference-checks-thanks.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-106330536764354819</id><published>2003-09-11T11:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-09-11T11:37:32.360-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Move It Yourself: ANNOYING JOB INTERVIEW questions abound, but this is among the silliest: "How would you move Mt. Fuji?"  There's an excellent article about it and even a book - but I'm going with what my immediate circle has to say:ACCORDING TO DANA, an actuary: How would I move Mt. Fuji? Redraw maps and report it in a different place. The answer might have gotten me a job at Enron or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/106330536764354819/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=106330536764354819' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/106330536764354819'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/106330536764354819'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/09/move-it-yourself-annoying-job.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-106048082861466012</id><published>2003-08-09T19:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-09T19:00:28.600-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Turning Tide: HOW MANY times have you heard employed friends admitting that with today's economy, they may as well bide their time with the jobs they have? Not exactly a ringing endorsement for their current employers; more of a "lesser evil" approach to career development. And their bosses and HR monkeys know it. They pile on responsibilities, eliminate benefits and do less and less about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/106048082861466012/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=106048082861466012' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/106048082861466012'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/106048082861466012'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/08/turning-tide-how-many-times-have-you.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-105983912023224125</id><published>2003-08-02T08:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-02T08:47:18.430-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Dumb It Down Again: IN AN AGE of "tight" resources, and even tighter-assed HR monkeys, open positions are rarely filled by "overqualified" applicants. The argument I always hear is that "overqualified" people (those who are too smart or too experienced or too fast for the job) won't stay with the position very long. No loyalty, the HR monkeys often complain. Funny. Look who's talking about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/105983912023224125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=105983912023224125' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105983912023224125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105983912023224125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/08/dumb-it-down-again-in-age-of-tight.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-105954811686162530</id><published>2003-07-29T23:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-08-02T08:55:20.566-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Fuck That Job: HATE TO steal the perfect title from a fellow monkey-bashing site, but how in the world can someone type up this enormous job description - with enough age discrimination to gag Seabiscuit - and then tack a pitiful $11.81 hourly wage on it? Annually, that's less than $19,000 for a (semi-retired) person who can put up with all this (including typos):Community Involment </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/105954811686162530/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=105954811686162530' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105954811686162530'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105954811686162530'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/07/fuck-that-job-hate-to-steal-perfect.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-105950135394052298</id><published>2003-07-29T10:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-07-29T23:24:28.213-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Same Dough As 'The Restaurant' - AS IF résumé word-searches and voicemail black holes aren't insulting enough, DiMassimo Brand Advertising is raising the injury of feeding monkeys to a new level. DiMassimo, a small New York City agency two miles away from the famed Madison Avenue concentration of its competitors, is putting job candidates through a week-long Survivor-style "trial." Obstacles </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/105950135394052298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=105950135394052298' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105950135394052298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105950135394052298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/07/same-dough-as-restaurant-as-if-rsum.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-105889237735260039</id><published>2003-07-22T09:46:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-07-22T09:47:18.613-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>You've Got Questions: NO ONE SEEMS to have answers. Here's the best examination yet of the Thomas-Jung Type Indicator handwriting game increasingly used by HR monkeys as a hiring test.  Thanks to one of DFTM's extremely perceptive and bright readers who sent these questions to the people behind TJTI. No convincing responses just yet, but we'll keep you posted.I am unable to find credible </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/105889237735260039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=105889237735260039' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105889237735260039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105889237735260039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/07/youve-got-questions-no-one-seems-to.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-105802544144333571</id><published>2003-07-12T08:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-07-12T09:00:03.980-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Boy Named Sue: BEHIND EVERY HR monkey these days seems to be some lawyer chimp dictating policy. It helps explain how all these hiring hoops get set up in the first place: overzealous legal beagles forget to trail - not lead - corporate decision making. Like janitors of the information age, these lawyers ought to stop setting policy and just go back to cleaning up after everyone else. Let HR </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/105802544144333571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=105802544144333571' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105802544144333571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105802544144333571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/07/boy-named-sue-behind-every-hr-monkey.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-105751352988060404</id><published>2003-07-06T10:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-07-06T10:45:29.723-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Good People, Bad Monkeys: EVEN THESE journalists can't seem to write their ways past the monkey's cage. From 8goodpeople.com, a site featuring unemployed writers who document the pitfalls of trying to get through (or around) HR departments and into their next jobs:Dumbing Down Qualifications: "I went to a job interview recently . . . and found myself in the awkward position of trying to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/105751352988060404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=105751352988060404' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105751352988060404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105751352988060404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/07/good-people-bad-monkeys-even-these.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-105733736704609559</id><published>2003-07-04T09:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-07-04T09:52:23.196-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Monkey Love: AND THE HITS just keep on coming. With no advertising - and little linking and media relations efforts - readership of Don't Feed the Monkeys keeps rising. Most hits come from Internet search results, and many lately are searches for information about TJTI, the Thomas-Jung Type Indicator handwriting test being used as a hiring hoop by certain human resources monkeys. But the best </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/105733736704609559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=105733736704609559' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105733736704609559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105733736704609559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/07/monkey-love-and-hits-just-keep-on.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-105724677252950534</id><published>2003-07-03T08:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-07-03T08:42:19.480-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Monkey Fight! THANKS TO InternalMemos.com for posting this rare look into how HR monkeys really make hiring decisions - and one of the bitchslapping notes that flow from rattled cages. Love the bit about making sure applicants are "treated the same throughout the hiring process." Does that include being treated with the same disrespect? File this one under Diversity vs. Cronyism. And note to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/105724677252950534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=105724677252950534' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105724677252950534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105724677252950534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/07/monkey-fight-thanks-to-internalmemos.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-105699656033442350</id><published>2003-06-30T11:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-30T11:09:20.346-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Happy Trails: AN INTERESTING June 24 Wall Street Journal article follows the trail of a phony résumé - the career profile of one Vinnie Boombotz, CPA, or "certified protection associate" - on its twists and turns through candidate filters at the HR departments of Merck and other Fortune 500 companies. The conclusion reached, after the résumé receives chiefly perfunctory automated responses, is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/105699656033442350/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=105699656033442350' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105699656033442350'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/105699656033442350'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/06/happy-trails-interesting-june-24-wall.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-96023903</id><published>2003-06-25T11:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-25T11:13:48.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>TJTI True or False: MORE TESTIMONY from a DFTM reader. This time, we present the other side of TJTI, believe it or not. At least someone on this side admits the test is used as a hoop for jobseekers, further distancing hiring managers from candidates who are too busy - or in this case, too smart - to muddle through a mundane task like TJTI. Edited for brevity and spell-checked for readability. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/96023903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=96023903' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/96023903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/96023903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/06/tjti-true-or-false-more-testimony-from.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-95992659</id><published>2003-06-24T13:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-24T13:44:56.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Anonymous TJTI Tidbits: MAYBE SOMEONE can corroborate these claims. But do any seem terribly surprising? Thanks to one unidentified DFTM reader for sending an interesting note about the TJTI handwriting hiring test and its most egregious purveyor, the HireGolden recruiting firm."THERE ARE NO real companies behind HireGolden, Thomas-Jung, TJTI, etc., so beware of sending handwriting, life </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/95992659/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=95992659' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95992659'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95992659'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/06/anonymous-tjti-tidbits-maybe-someone.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-95893562</id><published>2003-06-21T08:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-21T08:23:13.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>TJTI and You: MANY READERS have asked for additional information about these increasingly common employment screening tests called TJTI, or Thomas-Jung Type Indicators. The TJTI.com Web site has changed recently, but the core of it is still a ridiculous handwriting test that the site claims will reveal your "true" personality type. The quotes around "true" are theirs, not mine. That's suspect </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/95893562/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=95893562' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95893562'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95893562'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/06/tjti-and-you-many-readers-have-asked.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-95892542</id><published>2003-06-21T07:29:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-21T07:29:59.403-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>No Glass Cages – "COMPUTER APTITUDE " required, but submit a "handwritten" application?  A "huge breakthrough in employment screening" and still posting anonymous ads on Monster.com? Come on. Does this "fast-growing, fast-paced, exciting, and very flexible firm" have a name? And does anyone there realize the "apply now" button goes nowhere? Good luck finding out from the signature at the end, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/95892542/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=95892542' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95892542'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95892542'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/06/no-glass-cages-computer-aptitude.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-95824359</id><published>2003-06-19T05:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-19T05:16:27.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Big Apple Fantasy - HERE'S ONE clever jobseeker's fantasy about common courtesy in hiring. She responded to a job advertisment in the New York Times, first contacting Kelly, the woman in charge of hiring:"A few days later, Kelly called me back and told me that she had submitted my resume along with several others to the company with the open position, and they had decided on another </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/95824359/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=95824359' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95824359'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95824359'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/06/big-apple-fantasy-heres-one-clever.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-95492323</id><published>2003-06-09T21:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-09T21:54:32.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Finally Admitted: FROM THE "Mistakes Monkeys Make" department, we finally get one to admit where HR departments screw up, and how tiny distractions in their cages often make them lose track of good job candidates. From Anthony Cantor, at "the most trusted name in career information," Vault.com:"Even in these difficult times we've all gone into interviews, sent resumes, or made phone calls. . </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/95492323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=95492323' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95492323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95492323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/06/finally-admitted-from-mistakes-monkeys.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-95393541</id><published>2003-06-06T19:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-06T19:13:03.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Not Sorry, Really: HERE'S AN actual voicemail left by an actual HR monkey. Note the condescension dripping from every run-on sentence. Look at the high-and-mighty position assumed due to conditions in "this market." Watch the automatic elimination of an opportunity because of a "standard answer." It all begs the question: Why is HR the only remaining department permitted to talk to people this </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/95393541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=95393541' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95393541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95393541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/06/not-sorry-really-heres-actual.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-95349528</id><published>2003-06-05T17:48:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-06T19:18:20.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Ch-Ching: THIS BRAVE jobseeker chronicles her 13-month battle with HR monkeys on Agendacide.com, including this accounting of the costs associated with the hunt. Something to remember when human resource departments complain about the escalating costs of hiring. Oh, and she professes on this same entry to be the owner of yet another "dumbed-down" resume.Round trip subway to job interview or </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/95349528/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=95349528' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95349528'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95349528'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/06/ch-ching-this-brave-jobseeker.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-95297132</id><published>2003-06-04T12:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-06-04T12:57:21.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Dumbed-down Monkeys – FINALLY A mainstream article about the growing use of dumbed-down résumés (first chronicled here and here on DFTM). Smart jobseekers with good experience, a May 27 Wall Street Journal article found, are purposefully "trimming back their résumés so they don't appear overqualified." The article blames a dragging economic downturn, but fails to mention the concurrent upsurge </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/95297132/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=95297132' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95297132'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95297132'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/06/dumbed-down-monkeys-finally-mainstream.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-95127071</id><published>2003-05-31T11:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-05-31T11:25:53.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Lie Monkey Lie: WHY CAN'T recruiter monkeys just be honest? They pretend it's all about the job description, your experience, and how the two match up – but sometimes it's about doing their busywork. Chrisann Jones from HireKnowledge recently fired off an email to me (and to who knows how many other users) soon after I refreshed my Monster profile. She sent a job description and asked, "Would </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/95127071/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=95127071' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95127071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/95127071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/05/lie-monkey-lie-why-cant-recruiter.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-93804821</id><published>2003-05-05T08:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-05-05T08:35:44.240-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>TJTI on the Rise: MORE MONKEYS sending out more requests for those flaky TJTI.com "personality" tests? Or just more smart jobseekers doing research before faxing off their signatures along with enough personal information to enable identity theft? Either way, search-engine hits to our humble DFTM site are on a dramatic rise lately, tripling in April 2003:Google search for Thomas-Jung Type </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/93804821/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=93804821' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/93804821'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/93804821'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/05/tjti-on-rise-more-monkeys-sending-out.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-93247817</id><published>2003-04-25T09:36:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-05-23T10:06:04.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Schmoozers-R-Us: NO DEGREE? No experience? No problem! Just schmooze the right hiring monkeys and get a political appointment for $107,208 as chief of the marketing department of a major international airport. Imagine being the other applicants – the ones with master's degrees and related job experience who went through the trouble of feeding the city's HR monkeys with resumes and shined shoes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/93247817/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=93247817' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/93247817'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/93247817'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/04/schmoozers-r-us-no-degree-no.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-93182106</id><published>2003-04-24T08:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-24T08:34:37.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Disfavored Monkey Status - GOD FORBID you're a global citizen these days, looking for a job. Automated HR machine Monster.com is deleting résumé references to seven countries - as if they never existed. Another fine example of the cover-your-ass first, think-about-employees-later mentality of HR monkeys everywhere . . . "&gt;Job Site Drops Disfavored Nations:  "In what it described as an effort </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/93182106/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=93182106' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/93182106'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/93182106'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/04/disfavored-monkey-status-god-forbid.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-92604118</id><published>2003-04-14T13:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-14T13:34:17.140-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Back Atcha: THANKS TO the perceptive folks at Staffing Management Systems for linking to our humble monkey site. Here's the writeup: "What a great read for the end of the day on a Friday. This is one of the funniest things I've read in a while. Sure it hits a little close to home but if you can't laugh at yourself..."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/92604118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=92604118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/92604118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/92604118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/04/back-atcha-thanks-to-perceptive-folks.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-92458687</id><published>2003-04-11T17:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2003-04-11T17:20:18.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Semi-monthly Semi-monkeys: NEVER MIND that these HR monkeys post payroll twice a month. They – like many of their kind – hardly seem to get it right. It's even more offensive when you consider that most payroll procedures these days are outsourced to third-party service providers who do nothing but crank out regular paychecks. Here's the notice sent to the poor suckers at University of Delaware</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/92458687/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=92458687' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/92458687'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/92458687'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/04/semi-monthly-semi-monkeys-never-mind.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-91373527</id><published>2003-03-25T14:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-03-25T14:58:32.936-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Salesmonkey Spam: THE AGE OF information be damned, some recruiter monkeys act like they're still the only ones with access to job listings. And what is it with this persistent request – not just from the monkey quoted below, but from many like him – to have jobseekers attach resumes to email replies, even though the monkeys allegedly "have access" to them from job boards? Are they too cheap </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/91373527/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=91373527' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/91373527'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/91373527'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/03/salesmonkey-spam-age-of-information-be.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-90307298</id><published>2003-03-07T08:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-03-07T08:37:30.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>HR Monkeys and Legal Eagles: THIS IS HOW the monkeys think: you call their bluff, they call a lawyer. One of the HR monkeys – best known for the humiliation suffered by our loyal readers here and here – claims to have contacted "in house legal counsel" about this site. Had that contact actually been made, I'm sure no one would be advised to write "I will be suing you" in a hasty email. (Don't </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/90307298/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=90307298' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/90307298'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/90307298'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/03/hr-monkeys-and-legal-eagles-this-is.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-90306582</id><published>2003-03-07T08:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-03-07T08:29:03.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Your #1 Recruiter: COULD THIS BE the first time two separate but equally astute readers have contacted DFTM about the same recruiting firm? This monkey is an old favorite – supposedly the same recruiter who berated a 22-year IT veteran for lacking a specific, easily-obtained technical skill. Has the monkey learned anything recently? DFTM reports, you decide:"HERE'S THE RESPONSE I got from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/90306582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=90306582' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/90306582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/90306582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/03/your-1-recruiter-could-this-be-first.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-89243431</id><published>2003-02-17T07:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-02-17T07:43:29.586-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Two-for-one: THIS NOTE offers a fine example of pointless, time-consuming email spam from an HR monkey and an opportunity to chuckle at someone's broken English. It's not all business here at DFTM; sometime we get a sprinkling of fun.From: Avkar Infocom Pvt. Ltd.Subject: Looking For 25000 Employees Dear FriendWishing you Prosperous New Year 2003 from the Lokmangal.comHere with we would</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/89243431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=89243431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/89243431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/89243431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/02/two-for-one-this-note-offers-fine.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-88653252</id><published>2003-02-06T08:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-02-06T08:22:45.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Feel the Love: JUST DOING what I can to help my fellow Americans get around, over, under or through the monkeys in Human Resources, and this is just some of the thanks I get . . ."THANK YOU for writing your column.  I tried the 'dumb down' resume that you suggested.  It worked within thirty (30) minutes. When I am not searching for a job, my life has now become dedicated to making sure my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/88653252/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=88653252' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88653252'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88653252'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/02/feel-love-just-doing-what-i-can-to.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-88428234</id><published>2003-02-02T09:48:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-02-02T09:52:31.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Sick of the Debate: SOMETIMES PEOPLE call in sick when they are not, in fact, sick. Shocker! Yet many HR monkeys feel this is a punishable offense, even though they're the ones awarding sick days without thinking that healthy employees might see them as bonus vacation days (minus the trouble of advance scheduling). In this example, an employee apparently called in sick and was spotted at </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/88428234/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=88428234' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88428234'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88428234'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/02/sick-of-debate-sometimes-people-call.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-88427417</id><published>2003-02-02T09:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-02-02T09:54:45.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>'Haven for the Lazy': FROM A HOTJOBS discussion about whether or not HR monkeys can rise to positions of leadership within a company - beyond VP of HR, naturally:"Twenty years ago... HR was viewed as nothing but a bunch of overpaid clerks. Even as little as ten years ago, HR had very little of a reputation of being much more than that. ... The fact of the matter is that HR was kind of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/88427417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=88427417' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88427417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88427417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/02/haven-for-lazy-from-hotjobs-discussion.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-88165602</id><published>2003-01-28T09:51:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-01-28T09:53:57.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Catching On, Part Two: INSPIRED BY an all-too typical interaction with Human Resources: Shoot the HR Monkey: "If I owned a gun, I would have gone postal by now, given that I would have tried to summarily execute any human-resources personnel that I could find. I was supposed to be entered into the payroll computer so that I could receive a paycheck for the work I've been doing. ... Short </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/88165602/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=88165602' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88165602'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88165602'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/01/catching-on-part-two-inspired-by-all.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-88165221</id><published>2003-01-28T09:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-01-28T09:45:50.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Catching On, Part One: THOSE BRILLIANT Carnegie Mellon students, eloquently revealing the inner machinations of Human Resources people. This chap even calls them HR monkeys. Gotta love that.Interview with the Vampire - "More often that not ... the recruiter will be an HR monkey, a person whose job entails determining if someone else can do a job without ever actually having done the job. It’s</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/88165221/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=88165221' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88165221'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88165221'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/01/catching-on-part-one-those-brilliant.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-88164019</id><published>2003-01-28T09:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2003-01-28T10:11:06.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Monkey Hurdles: THIS COMPANY thinks that posting jobs on Monster.com, asking for salary requirements and insisting that people follow simple, rude directions, will actually help find good employees. Never mind that Monster is a filterless spamfest for jobseekers; 90% of applications are sent with more clicking than thinking. And never mind that smart jobseekers are never first to name salary </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/88164019/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=88164019' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88164019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/88164019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2003/01/monkey-hurdles-this-company-thinks.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-86439003</id><published>2002-12-23T08:21:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-12-23T08:21:43.083-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Job O' The Week: Hey kids, do you like strippers? Do you like looking at men in the bathroom? Do you like wearing bow-ties? This may be the career opportunity for you:Bathroom Valet for Gold ClubBathroom Valet (MEN'S) for PT's Gold Club in Glendale Excellent $$$ for energetic person PM Shifts, Tux Apparel 15 Fragrances and Toiletries provided for your use Not a janitorial position </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/86439003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=86439003' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/86439003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/86439003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/12/job-o-week-hey-kids-do-you-like.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-86438615</id><published>2002-12-23T08:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-12-23T08:20:37.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A Workday, To Start: THEY SAY that given infinite time, a thousand monkeys with a thousand typewriters would eventually write the complete works of Shakespeare. Here's a sample of what they've written so far:Requirements: Excellent grammar, spelling, and punctuation skills. There are at least five mistakes in this ad. DO NOT APPLY IF YOU CANNOT FIND ALL FIVE. Your application will be </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/86438615/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=86438615' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/86438615'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/86438615'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/12/workday-to-start-they-say-that-given.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-86438099</id><published>2002-12-23T07:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-12-23T08:00:38.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Monkeys Are Clicking: – WELCOME, READERS OF Electronic Recruiting News. Thanks to journalist John Sumser for the coverage: Down-market II - December 04, 2002 - Sometimes we're reminded that there's a long way to go. It's dis-heartening to be shown precisely how far behind the curve some folks really are. After reading Don't Feed The Monkeys ... we sat quietly for a while. Among the unbunked </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/86438099/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=86438099' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/86438099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/86438099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/12/monkeys-are-clicking-welcome-readers.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-84783584</id><published>2002-11-19T14:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-11-19T14:46:56.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Rejectionless Letter – OOPS I DID it again. I fed a monkey. I hand-delivered a customized resume – copied nearly word for word from bullet points in the job description – with a two-page cover letter in a $2 binder. I asked favors of two well-connected friends – one who used to work with the monkey, another who chatted with the monkey’s hiring manager. And here is the resulting correspondence. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/84783584/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=84783584' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/84783584'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/84783584'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/11/rejectionless-letter-oops-i-did-it.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-84597249</id><published>2002-11-15T15:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-11-15T15:03:34.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Dream On: HAVEN'T YOU ALWAYS dreamed of doing "light bookkeeping" and supporting some marketing schlub? Better yet, how about getting the job through a placement firm full of monkeys that can't puncuate, or spell common two- and three-letter English words? Verbatim, from HotJobs:National Careers CorporationYour Dream job as Office manager or sr admin assistant /executive assistantJob ID: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/84597249/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=84597249' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/84597249'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/84597249'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/11/dream-on-havent-you-always-dreamed-of.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-84255524</id><published>2002-11-08T16:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-11-08T16:25:26.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>So Noted: DOES THIS REALLY explain the reasons HR monkeys are using that TJTI.com hiring test? Not really, but the monkeys are circulating this he-said/she-said adolescent finger-pointing note in their own defense. Sounds like this one doesn't know any more than I do:"There is a lot of chatter on the internet, web boards, and chat rooms, where persons offer their opinions, based on little </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/84255524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=84255524' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/84255524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/84255524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/11/so-noted-does-this-really-explain.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-83962233</id><published>2002-11-03T09:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-11-03T09:13:22.243-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Monkey Index: NUMBER OF TIMES these commonly overused and increasingly meaningless HR phrases were found on the Internet, via Google:Ability to multitask: 3,070 timesEstablish and maintain relationships: 4,170Exciting career opportunities: 8,380Fast-paced environment: 32,100Ability to travel: 32,400Opportunity of a lifetime: 33,700Proven experience: 38,900Commensurate with experience: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/83962233/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=83962233' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83962233'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83962233'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/11/monkey-index-number-of-times-these.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-83960692</id><published>2002-11-03T08:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-11-03T08:31:35.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Wuss Factor: THEY CAN'T POSSIBLY be serious. Maybe they switched this article with instructions from a 1950s kindergarten teacher. Either way, this advice won't be shaping any great employees. A pageant contestant or two, maybe, but not anyone worth hiring. Even worse, it frighteningly supports the condescending attitudes of HR monkey interviewers. And it's lousy writing, to boot. Here are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/83960692/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=83960692' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83960692'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83960692'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/11/wuss-factor-they-cant-possibly-be.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-83885473</id><published>2002-11-01T10:58:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-11-01T10:58:12.506-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Plug Away: HERE'S AN ODD exchange between me and one of my favorite handwriting-test-loving HR monkeys, Chuck Wytiaz of HireGolden:From: Chuck Wytiaz Subject: reply to your question Date: 28 Oct 2002The Thomas Jung Type Indicator test is part of our proprietary evaluation service. If you get a chance to go to our website www.hiregolden.com you will see that we use this as one of the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/83885473/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=83885473' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83885473'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83885473'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/11/plug-away-heres-odd-exchange-between.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-83734536</id><published>2002-10-29T13:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2002-11-01T11:30:31.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Scam On: UPDATE ON the TJTI.com nightmares (previous postings here and here). Names have been withheld to protect our gentle readers from angry HR monkeys who, as you know, tend to throw feces.Subject: I have been Had - TJTIDate: Tue, 29 Oct 2002I have to say that I received this e-mail last night. Being that it came from a Monster.com e-mail address, I thought nothing of it and responded.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/83734536/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=83734536' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83734536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83734536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/10/scam-on-update-on-tjti.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-83556169</id><published>2002-10-26T08:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-10-26T08:35:43.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Bored of Directors: READ THIS ONE keeping in mind that, to many HR monkeys, "bored" is the equivalent of "smart." They just don't know what to do with gifted or ambitious employees. It's another HR Online post from one of the worst kind of monkeys out there and, unfortunately, the kind that often holds much corporate power:It is perfectly reasonable to reject candidates who are potentially </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/83556169/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=83556169' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83556169'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83556169'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/10/bored-of-directors-read-this-one.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-83555459</id><published>2002-10-26T08:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-10-26T08:21:40.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Shock the Monkey: ONLY IN THE primitive world of human resources could an abundance of qualifications be considered a handicap. Well, here's an HR monkey who actually sought a form letter for rejecting applicants who are just too smart, too capable and too experienced for her little monkey brain - and the reply from an savvy jobseeker at HR Online that put her right back in her cage:Q: Does </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/83555459/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=83555459' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83555459'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83555459'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/10/shock-monkey-only-in-primitive-world.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-83525856</id><published>2002-10-25T14:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-10-25T15:01:35.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Identity Theft? IT'S HARD TO imagine someone wanting to sully the fine reputations of HR professionals with an Internet scam. Wait, wait, I’m laughing too hard to continue. OK. I’m better now. Here’s the story. An astute DFTM reader sent along another version of the TJTI.com letter from an alleged HR monkey. The letter arrives unsolicited, responding to a Monster resume. It includes a request </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/83525856/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=83525856' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83525856'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83525856'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/10/identity-theft-its-hard-to-imagine.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-83376118</id><published>2002-10-22T16:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-10-25T14:23:27.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Canadian Monkey: EVEN AT THE highest levels of government - albeit Canadian government - we find HR monkeys doing what they do best: screwing up."Canadian Human Resources Minister Jane Stewart comments on the Auditor General's report in Ottawa ... The report found that Stewart's department issued five million more social insurance numbers than there are adults in Canada."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/83376118/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=83376118' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83376118'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83376118'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/10/canadian-monkey-even-at-highest-levels.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-83313737</id><published>2002-10-21T13:25:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-10-22T16:58:52.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Above All, Acrobat: CONGRATULATIONS TO these monkeys. They're about to hire people who can brainlessly follow directions. And as a bonus they'll get people inept at salary negotiation. I guess the monkeys at ingenuIT want people as dumb as they are. Or people as dumb as the ones who came up with the company name. This note comes as an auto-reply to the ingenuIT's generic employment email:We </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/83313737/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=83313737' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83313737'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83313737'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/10/above-all-acrobat-congratulations-to.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-83313655</id><published>2002-10-21T13:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-10-21T13:25:56.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Square Hole, Square Peg: HOW LIMITED IS this monkey's tunnel vision? Upon receving a letter from a 22-year IT veteran, the monkey berates him for lacking a specific tech skill. Might as well have written, "I'm sorry, my job is to pigeon-hole potential employees at the expense of the company's overall success. Please don't apply unless you're the person I already dreamed up while swinging from </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/83313655/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=83313655' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83313655'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/83313655'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/10/square-hole-square-peg-how-limited-is.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-82467822</id><published>2002-10-03T07:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-10-04T09:55:57.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Just in Case: THIS FORM LETTER could come in handy when dealing with an HR monkey's natural reaction to reject an applicant sight unseen. Thanks to an astute reader for the submission: Dear Monkey:Thank you for your letter. After careful consideration, I regret to inform you that I am unable to accept your refusal to offer me the position of Regional Vice President, Southeastern Region, IBM</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/82467822/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=82467822' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/82467822'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/82467822'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/10/just-in-case-this-form-letter-could.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-81320520</id><published>2002-09-08T11:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-09-08T11:15:56.823-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Monkey Poo: THEY MONITOR emails, check phone usage and enforce time cards - but this is getting a bit personal, even for the monkeys in Human Resources. Jim Beam changed its policy on bathroom breaks, putting a tighter reign on the bowel and bladder movements of its factory workers:"Under a policy implemented in October, line workers at the Jim Beam Brands Co. plant may use the restroom only </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/81320520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=81320520' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/81320520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/81320520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/09/monkey-poo-they-monitor-emails-check.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-80589887</id><published>2002-08-22T16:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-09-08T11:21:39.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Nice to See You (Go): THIS IS LIKE is like proudly proclaiming "WE WANT YOU..."  then whispering, "...at arm's length." Check out this arrogant pink-slip party that a Denver advertising agency forces beginners and veterans to attend - even if all anybody really wanted was to chat over coffee:"Linhart McClain Finlon ... launched 'Second Tuesdays,' a monthly informational meeting for job seekers</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/80589887/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=80589887' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/80589887'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/80589887'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/08/nice-to-see-you-go-this-is-like-is.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-80522503</id><published>2002-08-21T07:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-11-19T14:35:30.000-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Rejectionless Letter – OOPS I DID it again. I fed a monkey. I hand-delivered a customized resume – copied nearly word for word from bullet points in the job description – with a two-page cover letter in a $2 binder. I asked favors of two well-connected friends – one who used to work with the monkey, another who chatted with the monkey’s hiring manager. And here is the resulting correspondence. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/80522503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=80522503' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/80522503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/80522503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/08/rejectionless-letter-oops-i-did-it.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-80107107</id><published>2002-08-11T12:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-11T12:44:43.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Bait-n-Switch: YOU MIGHT THINK the bait-n-switch is merely a tactic of used-car sales. Think again. Here it is, in full force, with the area’s leading headhunter for folks in my career field:STEP 1: Collect paperwork ad nauseum on jobseeker. Open file with jobseeker’s résumé and results of in-person questionnaire. Promise to be in touch.STEP 2: Ignore jobseeker for extended period of time. Don</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/80107107/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=80107107' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/80107107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/80107107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/08/bait-n-switch-you-might-think-bait-n.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79956642</id><published>2002-08-07T16:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-07T16:39:05.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Bass-Ackwards: EVEN WHEN monkeys actually take advantage of the latest Internet technology, something in their primitive nature makes them resort to antiquated communication techniques. Observe as Charles J. Wytiaz, executive vice president of a monkey cage called Hire Golden Inc. takes us from 1999-era Internet searching to 1984-era print-and-fax communications:"While searching Chief Monster's</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79956642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79956642' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79956642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79956642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/08/bass-ackwards-even-when-monkeys.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79955841</id><published>2002-08-07T15:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-08-07T15:59:59.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>MonkeyPower: ONE OF THE nation's largest employers - and hence, I presume, one of the nation's largest supplier of HR monkeys - is Manpower. The company saw fit to post this in its brilliant 16-section "use agreement" for the company's Web site:"Links to the Web Site without the express written permission of Manpower are strictly prohibited ... If you breach any provision of this Agreement, you</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79955841/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79955841' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79955841'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79955841'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/08/monkeypower-one-of-nations-largest.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79550997</id><published>2002-07-29T08:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-29T08:19:52.400-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Oops They Did It Again: MAYBE THE MONKEYS ought not be communicating internally either:To SBC/Prodigy employees:  Sent: July 25, 2002Subject: ANNOUNCEMENTSBC announced second quarter earnings and the results prove that this is one of the toughest periods in SBC history. This is due to several factors such as the economy, competition, and the increased regulatory environment. In light of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79550997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79550997' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79550997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79550997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/oops-they-did-it-again-maybe-monkeys.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79550082</id><published>2002-07-29T07:55:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-29T08:20:42.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Monkeys With Fancy Titles: EVEN HEADHUNTERS aren't rising above the monkey quagmire. Here's a not-at-all-uncommon experience:'Headhunters, Stop Wasting My Time'"I JUST DROVE about 60 miles round trip ... paid $25 for parking ... and my spouse lost half a day's work to stay home with our child. The end result -- 'Well, the company has decided to put this position on hold [in the 2 days since </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79550082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79550082' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79550082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79550082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/monkeys-with-fancy-titles-even.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79549292</id><published>2002-07-29T07:33:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-29T07:36:27.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>C E if Only: ANY COMPANY that has its monkeys post a job listing for CEO on Monster.com is not a company worth running. That's some executive recruiting process. Do they really think people at that level spend their days browsing Internet job postings? Or that a qualified candidate would ever respond to an anonymous "account executive" at a numerical email address? Especially people who - if </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79549292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79549292' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79549292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79549292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/c-e-if-only-any-company-that-has-its.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79548044</id><published>2002-07-29T06:58:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-29T07:12:54.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Another Monkey Cage: EVERYTHING POSTED on FuckThatJob.com bolsters everything we anti-monkeys have come to believe. The site is an "answer to employers taking advantage of folks having a hard time finding a job in this economy." As the author puts it, "Job hunting daily is bad enough without having to deal with employers who want you to speak Swahili for low or no pay." Herewith, a perfect </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79548044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79548044' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79548044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79548044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/another-monkey-cage-everything-posted.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79529173</id><published>2002-07-28T19:01:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-28T19:01:02.923-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Great Ideas No HR Monkey Would Try: FROM AN ENLIGHTENING article in Fast Company.Hire slow learners of the organizational code. Specifically, hire people with a special kind of stupidity or stubbornness -- who avoid, ignore, or reject how things are "supposed to be done around here." Surround those slow learners with fast learners who understand how to promote their creative ideas.Hire people </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79529173/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79529173' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79529173'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79529173'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/great-ideas-no-hr-monkey-would-try.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79368996</id><published>2002-07-24T17:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-24T17:20:50.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Letter to Rejected Employers: SEND THIS TO monkeys who post jobs that don't quite match your qualifications... Or do like they do: Send it when you haven't really read anything, and you're just too lazy to make a decision either way. Dear Potential Résumé Recipient:Thank you for taking the time to list your job opening. Unfortunately, I do not currently have the interest or time for </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79368996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79368996' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79368996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79368996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/letter-to-rejected-employers-send-this.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79191223</id><published>2002-07-20T09:56:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-20T09:58:14.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>If You Must Feed the Monkeys: HERE'S HOW to do the perfect dumbed-down resume ... Build a comprehensive curriculum vitae – list every skill, every attribute of your work style, every job you’ve had, every article/book you wrote or were mentioned in, every achievement, every client/affiliation, every community activity, every statistic you can think of to quantify your career, everything that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79191223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79191223' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79191223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79191223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/if-you-must-feed-monkeys-heres-how-to.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79152912</id><published>2002-07-19T08:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-19T08:47:45.996-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Spelling Knowledge Optional: "Ideal candidates will possess a proven track record in sales, at least one year of retail experience and a strong technical aptitude… WIRELESS KNOWDEDGE A HUGE PLUS!!"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79152912/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79152912' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79152912'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79152912'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/spelling-knowledge-optional-ideal.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79152285</id><published>2002-07-19T08:31:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-19T08:31:21.743-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Fondly Remembering 1992: AND ALL THOSE dot-com companies doing advertising during the first Bush administration...ADVERTISING MANAGER - "Requires a Bachelors Degree in Advertising with at least 10 years advertising management experience working for an Internet company.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79152285/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79152285' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79152285'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79152285'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/fondly-remembering-1992-and-all-those.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79127978</id><published>2002-07-18T17:52:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-18T17:53:50.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Fun With A Monkey: IT ALL STARTED with an innocent click on a job site. Then this ...MONKEY WRITES: "Thank you for your resume and interest.  At this time we are interviewing local candidates only, as the company is not supporting relocation assistance and the local pool of candidates is quite large. Regards, Michelle"AND I WRITE BACK: "But what if the perfect candidate isn't local? Ah well,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79127978/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79127978' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79127978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79127978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/fun-with-monkey-it-all-started-with.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-79109771</id><published>2002-07-18T09:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-18T09:05:47.986-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Safeway at Any Speed: SOMEONE, SOMEWHERE must see the value of posting an invalid email address in a job listing. Oh, I know who it is: the Safeway HR monkey who was assigned to review applicants. Must want to get out of the cage early tonight. Adding insult to irony, the listing was made through HotJobs, which won't know about the bounced email and would refuse applicants the opportunity to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/79109771/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=79109771' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79109771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/79109771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/safeway-at-any-speed-someone-somewhere.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-78905607</id><published>2002-07-13T09:17:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-18T17:54:56.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Swimming In It: COULD THIS TYPE of sloppiness be one of the root causes of Ocean Journey's financial woes?VOLUNTEER SERVIES MANAGER: Candidate must have at least five years experience in managing a large, diverse group of volunteer. </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/78905607/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=78905607' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78905607'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78905607'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/swimming-in-it-could-this-type-of.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-78689425</id><published>2002-07-08T08:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-08T08:38:45.210-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Fred Durst Need Not Apply: WE'RE SORRY, but your attitude has a bit too much Korn.Title: GENERAL LIMP BIZKIT ATTITUDETitle: MANAGEMENT LIMP BIZKIT ATTITUDE</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/78689425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=78689425' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78689425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78689425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/fred-durst-need-not-apply-were-sorry.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-78589211</id><published>2002-07-05T09:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-05T09:54:21.446-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Just What the Monkeys Need: NEW RESEARCH SHOWS that some "outgoing" people in the workplace can also be described as "immodest," "reckless," and "sure to let others know when there is a problem." The last thing HR monkeys want to know is when there's a problem so please, people, try not to "make waves." </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/78589211/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=78589211' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78589211'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78589211'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/just-what-monkeys-need-new-research.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-78470989</id><published>2002-07-02T10:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-07-02T10:51:31.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Query Posted to Vault Board: WHAT IF HR HAS THE WRONG "minimal qualifications?" What if the monkey working in HR doesn't recognize a legitimate synonym, like "outreach" for "PR" or "direction” for “management?” And what if the monkey is simply unqualified to judge the worth of a candidate? Do you suppose some resume-scanning software will compensate for that ignorance? Every major company may </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/78470989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=78470989' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78470989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78470989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/07/query-posted-to-vault-board-what-if-hr.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-78359767</id><published>2002-06-29T13:39:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-29T13:48:19.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Job Titles o' the Week: AND PERHAPS the first positions to get cut next round?Manager Manager (Deloitte &amp; Touche)Senior Tax Senior (Deloitte &amp; Touche, again)Installer.Comm Only.Install.Resi (ADT Security Services)Rep.I.Sales.Comml (ADT Security Services)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/78359767/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=78359767' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78359767'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78359767'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/job-titles-o-week-and-perhaps-first.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-78357073</id><published>2002-06-29T11:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-29T11:53:07.536-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Third Time Charmless: QWEST POSTED THIS three times (so far) on Monster.com, but this telling requirement remains: "Ability to take complex legal, financial or HR concepts and boil them down to understandble and accurate messages."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/78357073/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=78357073' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78357073'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78357073'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/third-time-charmless-qwest-posted-this.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-78271577</id><published>2002-06-27T08:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-27T08:28:58.340-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Computah Too Hahd Foh Wiw Monkey Bwains: "Note: If sending email information, please provide the same information by regular mail to prevent any electronic misinterpretation… especially if you provide any attachments."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/78271577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=78271577' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78271577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78271577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/computah-too-hahd-foh-wiw-monkey.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-78182865</id><published>2002-06-25T09:41:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-25T09:45:18.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Sniff Sniff - What's That? More Bullshit?: METHINKS HE DOTH ASSURE too much: "The correspondence you sent will be carefully reviewed. If you are a match for the position you applied for, or if an appropriate position is available, we will contact you directly. We utilize a state-of-the-art, electronic applicant-tracking system and refer to our candidate file on a continual basis. Rest assured </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/78182865/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=78182865' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78182865'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/78182865'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/sniff-sniff-whats-that-more-bullshit.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77857034</id><published>2002-06-17T12:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-17T12:43:34.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>From the Redwood Forest ... No, the Red Wood Forest: IT LOOKS LIKE Management Recruiters International couldn't figure it out either. From two of their Monster ads, posted June 17:US-CA-Redwood City-Marketing ManagerUS-CA-Red Wood City-Group Marketing Manager</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77857034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77857034' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77857034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77857034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/from-redwood-forest.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77816318</id><published>2002-06-16T12:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-16T12:47:32.423-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>I'm Not the Only One: INSIGHTFUL COMMENTARY FROM the author(s) of the Lot Vogue site: "Today's best classified ad out of one of the smaller local papers: Deli Take-Out Counter Person, reliable, aggressive people person, full or part time, will train... Aggressive people person? At a deli counter? Are there pre-shift pep talks from the manager? Get out there and sell that motherfucking salami </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77816318/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77816318' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77816318'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77816318'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/im-not-only-one-insightful-commentary.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77706579</id><published>2002-06-13T11:35:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-13T11:35:50.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Quelle Originalité!: I HOPE THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR gets royalties – just about every HR monkey uses a version of this boilerplate response. And it's always the same pattern: (1) Thanks. (2) We’ll file it. (3) Don’t call us. The funniest thing is that each company paid someone to write this. "Hey, uh, monkey? Can you write one of them auto-responders to those unwashed masses that contact us about </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77706579/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77706579' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77706579'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77706579'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/quelle-originalit-i-hope-original.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77624503</id><published>2002-06-11T14:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T16:38:20.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>'Team Values' Don't Include Spelling 'Chevron' Correctly: "Demonstrates the Chevon Committed Team Values through behaviors, actions and decisions; Recognizes and uses peoples' differences as strengths; adapts style and approach appropriately to the circumstances"</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77624503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77624503' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77624503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77624503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/team-values-dont-include-spelling.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77624046</id><published>2002-06-11T13:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:54:40.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hot Diggity Dog: "Mid-sized (fun!) Aerospace firm - WE CAN NOT RELOCATE - Company Information: We've been in the business over 15 years and are well established in the Aerospace industry. We're looking for bright and fun people who like a team oriented environment. Bad attitudes need not apply!  Company Benefits: Our benefits package is HUGE and EXTENSIVE! We even offer 1/2 day Fridays for the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77624046/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77624046' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77624046'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77624046'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/hot-diggity-dog-mid-sized-fun.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77623989</id><published>2002-06-11T13:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T14:08:14.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>They Post 'Em, But They Don't Read 'Em: "JOB DESCRIPTION: Provide leadership to create and drive successful execution of USBU Alliance partner marketing activities to maximize Trend mind share with targeted alliance partners leading to tighter sales partnering and higher Trend revenues through our regional alliance partners."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77623989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77623989' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/they-post-em-but-they-dont-read-em-job.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77623902</id><published>2002-06-11T13:47:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T14:06:17.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>A Monkey Evolves: "IF YOU DISQUALIFY ALL APPLICANTS who don't list their salary requirements or don't wish to discuss salary immediately, regardless of their qualifications, you are probably screening out some of your most talented applicants. Particularly, if you are recruiting for technical, creative or managerial jobs you are screening out the very people you ought to want to hire-- people </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77623902/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77623902' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623902'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623902'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/monkey-evolves-if-you-disqualify-all.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77623702</id><published>2002-06-11T13:42:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:42:32.730-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>An 'Oustanding' Job Posting: Here's a juicy one, courtesy the sharp HR folks at SMI International in Colorado Springs - this time with an explanation from an SMI employee: "Ha ha - I enjoyed the humor but I agree with you. NOTHING should ever be posted that is misspelled! And then - you know how it happens - the writer didn't have time to spell check &amp; the person who posts didn't either ... and</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77623702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77623702' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/oustanding-job-posting-heres-juicy-one.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77623552</id><published>2002-06-11T13:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:38:34.493-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Hideous Job Posting o' the Week: The italicized emphasis, but not the misspellings, miscapitalizations or mispunctuations, are mine..."OUTDOOR MEDIA COMPANY requires a professional, intelligent, person to work with cities and Municipalities across North America to have bylaws and ordinances changed to allow for outdoor media signage. Extensive travel will be required across North America, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77623552/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77623552' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/hideous-job-posting-o-week-italicized.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77623488</id><published>2002-06-11T13:37:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:37:28.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>How to Rob Executive Search Firms of Their Fees: It's the information age, kids. You can't get ahead by trying to withhold information. Verification is too easy.Look for clues in the ad. In this particular search-firm ad, the copy cleverly avoids mentioning the client company by name - but gives a huge clue about the company's product line: "Our client is a privately-held biotechnology company.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77623488/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77623488' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623488'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623488'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/how-to-rob-executive-search-firms-of.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77623238</id><published>2002-06-11T13:30:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:30:15.156-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Phony Baloney Jobs: Nothing here exists - not the company, not even the contact email address ... OK, the Palo Alto Starbucks does. Apparently various versions of this note have been sent to folks who post resumes on Craigslist...==========VERSION 1==========--- Vanessa Zhang  wrote:&gt; Hi,&gt; &gt;   I'm a recruiter from FactSoft, a small Palo Alto&gt; based pre-IPO startup developing medical </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77623238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77623238' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/phony-baloney-jobs-nothing-here-exists.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77623069</id><published>2002-06-11T13:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:26:04.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Oh Cum On: THE MENTAL GIANTS AT Rainbow Technologies (RNBO) rejected my emailed resume because it contained "inappropriate language" and couldn't get through the company's Pornography Spam email filter. Pornography? In my resume? I use the word cum - as in cum laude - but don't expect anyone in HR to recognize latin academic designations as legitimate words. I've been asked to "remove any </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77623069/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77623069' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623069'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77623069'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/oh-cum-on-mental-giants-at-rainbow.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77622984</id><published>2002-06-11T13:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:26:24.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Opposites Attract: "THIS POSITION is very strategic/tactical in nature and thus requires extreme attention to detail."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77622984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77622984' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77622984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77622984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/opposites-attract-this-position-is.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77622960</id><published>2002-06-11T13:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:26:53.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The 'Mo' in 'Moron': Corportate Communications Manager - Job ID: 020594 - Suport corporate and investor relations with strategic communications program.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77622960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77622960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77622960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77622960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/mo-in-moron-corportate-communications.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77622892</id><published>2002-06-11T13:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:27:34.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>The Monkeys Get Huffy: "DIRECT APPLICANTS ONLY PLEASE, no recruiters or 3rd party agencies. Recruiters, we know times are tough, but we do not require recruiting/staffing agency assistance at this time, even if you have the "perfect" candidate. Any phone calls or emails regarding such services will result in a permanent ban from our vendor list. Thanks."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77622892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77622892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77622892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77622892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/monkeys-get-huffy-direct-applicants.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77622790</id><published>2002-06-11T13:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:29:07.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Numbbskkullss: US-DC-Washington-Marketting Assistant - Qualifications: A minimum of a high school diploma with two or more years of experience (BA, in Marketing or commensurate experience preferred). Knowledge of Cat's Pajamas and Rubicon databases are helpful. Additional Information: Salary: USD 25,000.00 to USD 26,000.00 per year. Position Type: Full Time, Employee. Contact Information: </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77622790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77622790' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77622790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77622790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/numbbskkullss-us-dc-washington.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3569693.post-77622499</id><published>2002-06-11T13:12:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2002-06-11T13:35:10.000-07:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>Favorite New Job Qualification: FROM SONY: "Physical requirements include long periods of sitting when traveling."</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/feeds/77622499/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3569693&amp;postID=77622499' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77622499'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3569693/posts/default/77622499'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hr-monkeys.blogspot.com/2002/06/favorite-new-job-qualification-from.html' title=''/><author><name>AVN</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
