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HT to Matthew

when i go to a blog or website that does not have an about section, it reminds me of all those candidates that believe that they don’t need a resume to apply for a job.

Today I was stressing about how little I had blogged over the whole of 2008. So I came here to pin up yet again another insightful piece about recruitment and sourcing, only to be mortally distracted by Seth’s tag. So here I go.

8 little known facts about me:

1. My grandmother on dad’s side was Chinese. My grandmother on mum’s side was French. My grandfather on dad’s side was from the Basque country and my grandad on mum’s side was a Peruvian northerner who liked Pisco a bit too much. Obviously I am not making this any simpler for my kids by moving to Australia from Peru.

2. I am a 100% pure, undistilled leftie. The sole purpose of the existence of the right side of my body is so that I can claim that I am symmetrical (give or take)

3. My first experience with computing was with the uni IBM mainframe running assignments for the econometrics and statistics subjects. I used to spend hours in front of the screen typing and submitting my mates’ jobs ’cause they were too scared to screw up or something.

4. The first personal computer I worked regularly with was an Apple IIe; the first business program I used was multiplan.I have fond memories of the flickering green.

5. I am a closet rev head. I love my beemer and I pray every day that I can always afford the scheduled maintenance/service

6. I am very eclectic with music; I will refuse to be pigeon holed and will always make the effort to jump around genres (jumparound, jumparound)

7. My Biggest brush with fame was with Pat Rafter. Got introduced to him at a kids’ birthday party. Awkward part was that I was kidless at the time (not)

8. I am almost unrealistically optimistic / positive person, your half-glass-full-even-though-there-is-no-glass kinda guy. It’s not that I try hard, it’s just in the make up.

Now I need to tag other eight people/bloggers to get the ball to continue to roll:

Laurel
Mark
Michael
John
Steven
Kris R
Jye
Kris J

Have a great rest of the week

I can’t believe I haven’t blogged for over a month. Apologies to my three readers, if you’re still around

I heard an ad on the radio this morning, about jobslive I hadn’t heard about the site before, so I thought I’d check it out. first impressions:

a) because I’d only heard the address I went first to www.jobslife.com.au, i know i know maybe not intuitive like jobslive.com.au but that’s a hindsight. Maybe these guys want to register jobslife too in case there are more clueless users like me.

b) i like the site’s layout and color scheme - maybe a bit heavy on the make up (all that mascara darling!!), but let’s see if it gets too much for returning visitors or it becomes a new standard on design. it’s certainly different/more contemporary

c) it has a separate dedicated area for employers branded hrlive, already including ad prices comparable if not lower to some of the top three so we know where they’re heading. Also, I think a resume or profile dbase is in the making for sale as soon as numbers are chunkier.

d) the ad announced that job seekers can find out if their application has been received/their resumes read. which to me is an add on that had been missing since forever from the candidate experience. Applications can also be withdrawn after the send button has been pushed. I am unsure how popular this function will be, but it was good for me because I canceled the bogus application I sent to test the site

e) the strap line, in case it could have been changed. was not the right one specially after jobs.com.au. Coming from southamerica I am not sure how many more revolts and revolutions I can outlive.

Your impressions?

The problem is that human attention, unlike technology, has limits. There are only so many digital inputs we can realistically pay quality attention to in our busy, multitasked lives. Demands for our attention have outstripped our finite supply of time. A crash is coming, folks. But this time it’s not financial — it’s personal.

From Steve Rubel’s article, via gapinvoid’s twitter