Researchers say they found a strong correlation between job performance and Facebook profiles that had previously been scored for traits like conscientiousness, agreeability, and intellectual curiosity.

If the academic studies are correct, Facebook could become a job-screening tool, actually taking away the ability to create a fake personality for interviews that doesn’t match a candidates typical behavior. 

More details at Gawker and The Wall Street Journal.

The little buggers live on a small, isolated island near Madagascar. Adults grow to only about an inch in length, making them among the smallest known vertebrates.

This photo shows a juvenile. The scientists among you can learn more at online science journal Plos One.

Just open and start typing. Boom! Instant simulated work for coders!

The interviewer will ask a lot of questions, but really only wants to know 3 things:

• Can you do the job?
• Will you do the job?
• Do you fit the company culture?

Read the article to find out how all interview questions are asking about one of these 3 things.

Journalist discovers how to make some quick cash by demeaning himself on the internet. If you’re not too proud, you can sell yourself on Twitter as a way for someone else to promote their website. You’ll have to read the details yourself.

It’s come to this. Facebook’s gathering and segmentation of user data allows them to provide information on just about anything you can think of. In this case, how people who work at particular companies get their freak on.

He was craptastic back then, and he’s even more craptastic now. Innocent-until-proven-guilty author of Reagan-era voodoo economics, economist Arthur Laffer now accused of running a ponzi scheme.