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Subject:Re: Do you need an attitude adjustment? From:Ginny Beatty <gbeatty -at- WEB -dot- COMPUSERVE -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 11 Feb 1997 17:15:43 -0500
So, what you're implying here is that "you never get a second chance to
make a first impression?" I forget which American TV commercial that's
from)
Ginny Beatty
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>From: TIMMERMAN[SMTP:timmerma -at- IPDLINK -dot- IPD -dot- ANL -dot- GOV]
>Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 1997 4:23 PM
>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>Subject: Do you need an attitude adjustment?
>
>Hi All,
>
>Here's something for y'all to think about.
>
>If you were job hunting, do you think one way to find out about a
>perspective employer and it employees is to subscribe to this list
>and/or peruse the archive? Do you think you could find a few
>companies or people you would never in you life work for or with
>because of the comments made to the list?
>
>Do you also think this method would work if you had a position to
>fill? Could you get an idea of an applicant's personality by the type
>and tone of his or her comments to this list? Do you think you could
>find the know_it_all you are looking for or, instead, maybe that
>person who works well with others?
>
>I don't require an answer, but I'd be surprised if none were forth
>coming. So, surprise me everyone.
>
>Regards,
>
>Don Timmerman, dtimmerman -at- anl -dot- gov
>
>"If you don't have fun at work, don't go to work." D. Timmerman
>"Don't return the favor, pass it on." D. Timmerman
>
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