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Don’t Be That Guy – The Jehovah’s Witness
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank, Grosse Pointe Blank. “Have you heard the good word?” – random strangers in white shirts on bikes I have often joked that I firmly believed that Voyager and the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program basically…
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Don’t Be That Guy: There Are No IT Jobs in Metro Detroit
“If I show up at your door, chances are you did something to bring me there.” – Martin Blank “Y’all gonna make me lose my mind…up in HERE, up in here” – DMX Got you all good and riled up with Part One of this rant, didn’t I? Bet you thought I was going to…
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Why You Need To Stop Using ZipRecruiter Immediately
Sure, we’re a networking group, and so we have a certain bias towards people doing things in person. But this one we think everyone needs to listen up on. Sure, most of the recruiters we know don’t do this. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t more and more out there doing it who need a…
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The Used Car Salesman
I think I’ve finally figured out what we are. Sure, there have been the eHarmony and Match.com of IT jokes….but what we really are is just what the Information Technology industry needs…JOBFAX! After all, the used car industry has CARFAX, to tell you the real story about the car that you’re looking to buy so that…
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The Recliner Principle
There really is nothing better than sitting back in a comfy, oversized recliner. Feet kicked up. Back tilted at just the right angle. Game on the big screen (Go Wings!). Snack of choice balanced perfectly on…let’s be honest…the stomach that’s just not quite as flat as it was 5 or 10 years ago. Heaven must…
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The “Elevator Pitch”
So I was watching the morning news today and there was a “business coach” on, talking about the elevator pitch. All the while it made me laugh out loud, shake my head, and say “Really?” at the same time. So I know we all know “that guy”, the one where you ask, “What do you…
