The Talent Terminal

10 Key Business Lessons Learned

sucharith — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:51:26 +0000

Here are the top 10 Key Business Lessons one should learn and follow

10 Business Lessons Learned

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The Great Office War – Good one!

sucharith — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 09:51:29 +0000

Great find by Jim Stroud

The Great Office War from Runawaybox on Vimeo.

The Top 45 Creative Resumes on the Internet

sucharith — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 10:55:30 +0000

Gone are the days where recruiters tend to just read resumes in Word Documents. Here are some very creative resumes (mostly designer’s) that will blow your mind.

Andreas Edwitia Nugraha Satrya

Jonathan Kaczynski

Resume T-Shirt

Justin Tan Wei Yang

If you are impressed and have created another masterpiece do let us know.

Source: Deviant Art, Google Images

How not to Reject Candidates

sucharith — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 04:01:23 +0000

Twitter’s HR Manager (Krissy Bush) recently sent out a mail CC’ing 186 candidates a Rejection Letter for a Business Product Managers Position (See the image to believe it ).

PS: Do not ever attempt this Recruiters

This is the probably the worst mistake that I’ve seen in the recent past.

Subject: Business Product Manager Position at Twitter, Inc.

Hi,

Thank you so much for taking the time to apply for the Business Product Manager position at Twitter, Inc. During the course of our recruiting efforts, we come across many fine candidates such as you, and we carefully evaluate each candidate’s background and interests against our projected workloads and staffing needs. Although we are impressed with your background, the hiring committee has decided to move forward with a different candidate.

We will keep your information on file for six months in case future opportunities arise.

Thanks,

—
Krissy Bush | HR Manager | Twitter, Inc.

539 Bryant St. Suite 402, San Francisco, CA 94107 Fax: 415.896.XXXX
Mobile: 415.314.XXXX http://twitter.com/krissy

This email communication (and any attachments) are confidential and are intended only for the individual(s) or entity named above and others who have been specifically authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose the contents of this communication to others. Please notify the sender that you have received this email in error by replying to the email. Please then delete the email and any copies of it. This information may be subject to legal, professional or other privilege or may otherwise be protected by work product immunity or other legal rules.

The best part of the email is surely the disclaimer. Njoy Folks, but never be lazy or forget the BCC Option ever!

Hat Tip: Valleyvag

Bored at work… Don’t Let Twitter or Facebook know!

sucharith — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 08:03:47 +0000

If you have been addicted to the Status updates on various Social Networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Orkut etc. – Beware! Employers are snooping and you could get fired because of “your Status updates”!

Here’s what happened to a British teen

That’s what happened to Briton teen, Kimberly Swann. She was summarily sacked after her boss learned — via her updated status — that she was “bored at work.” In this hilarious CNN segment, a journalist does a search for the terms “bored” and “work” on Facebook and Twitter, and finds that Swann certainly isn’t alone. (Further research would no doubt dig up folks saying far worse things about their place of employment).

Her boss, meanwhile, says Swann’s admission of boredom revealed that “she just wasn’t happy here” and thus “it wasn’t going to work out.” We’re no experts, but why was the boss perusing Facebook on company time? Was he, perhaps, a little bored?

Source: Ajit Chouhan (Facebook)