atw: Re: Strange job attitude poem
- From: "Erisa Linsky" <slinka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 12:39:42 +1100
Attitude
is a lateral thinking thing.
We can all make a mistake
and take the wrong attitude to a task,
or to a person
or a moment
and we cant get the moment back.
If you are bitter about your life,
your first reaction will be
that the other guy has done something wrong
instead of thinking....
"Aha.........what's this all about?........
hmm ............
how very interesting it all is!"
But no........
you fail the test........
again........and again ........
and again
Being broke,
and running up grocery bills on credit cards
between jobs
is not the end of the world,
even if yet another bigoted incompetent unethical mentally retarded
mollycoddled pretentious undeserving young arsehole
gets the job that you should have got!
Aaagh!
and again AAAGH!
or perhaps.you'd prefer.......aaaaA$%^*^%$%!?!
Still I'm happy and grateful
that I didn't get my arms and legs chopped off yesterday
by some third world militia!
It's a lovely day here in Melbourne,
and the petunias are in full bloom.
Now step one:
Hold the jug firmly,
place it under the tap,
and turn
turn
turn
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcus Amann" <marcus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:36 AM
Subject: atw: Re: Strange job advertisments/skills combinations
I am one who uses tests like this on new
applicants. They help me learn about the
person, not just their writing. I get a
better idea if they will likely fit into
our culture by how they react to being
given a "mickey mouse" exercise. The more
easy-going they are about it, the better
they get on with others. I also look at
what they write and have been surprised
by the flair of some writers under test=20
conditions.
I've hired great people and others that
I've later regretted. My determining
factor now is to go with my
"gut instincts" and these annoying
little tests tell me a lot about who they
are, not just what they present themselves
to be.
Marcus Amann
Technical Publications Manager
TOWER Software
-----Original Message-----
From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
BIRTLEY-KENT,Christine
Sent: Wednesday, 25 February 2004 11:03 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Strange job advertisments/skills combinations
Yep, sure, but I get so offended at this kind of 'testing' that my
responses are always a 'test' for them. If they don't 'get it' I don't
want the job.=3D20=3D20
Here's a new business for unemployed technical writers - creating and
selling downloadable test answers, small manuals etc suitable for job
tests and interviews - for a fee of course.=3D20=3D20
...my point being - who knows who has written and edited what? How many
of you have taken beautiful manuals to interviews that were designed,
written or edited by someone else?
ck
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