[lit-ideas] Re: amazing employment application questions
- From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:54:02 -0700
JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote:
It's getting clearer. Before I was a full-time Mom these absurdities
were not on the appications. Btw, I type 120 wpm, thank you very much.
Is that hand timed or electronically timed? It is still awesome to one
who grew up when 60 wpm was listed as the minimum requirement in
secretarial ads. And then, there's Barbara:
Barbara Blackburn, the World's Fastest Typist
Typing, Fastest. Mrs. Barbara Blackburn of Salem, Oregon can maintain
150 wpm for 50 min (37,500 key strokes) and attains a speed of 170 wpm
using the Dvorak Simplified Keyboard (DSK) system. Her top speed was
recorded at 212 wpm. Source: Norris McWhirter, ed. (1985), THE GUINNESS
BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, 23rd US edition, New York: Sterling Publishing
Co., Inc.
http://whitman.syr.edu/facstaff/dvorak/blackburn.html
Robert Paul
The Reed Institute
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