How to Give Your Business Card

You can just hand over your business card in some nervous fumble. You can do the Japanese-style two-hand-and-bow method. You can toss your cards on the table and let people grab one. Or, you can hand over your business card with a magic trick that makes it look like your card is printing out right in front of their eyes.

Want a place at the table? Show them a little magic.

Vista and the Lessons of Wow


Video: Wow! Windows Vista

This is my newest favorite ad. It’s for the launch of Microsoft’s new Vista operating system. I’m a Mac user, so I’ve not even seen the actual Vista product, but the concept is big. And this is a lesson for HR out there…getting employees to say “Wow!” is never a bad idea.

Cut Human Resources

SNL did a skit this week called the “All Hands Meeting” and the discussion was about cutting the budget. Watch closely for the two times that the cost-cuttinging ideas include “Cut Human Resources.”

Power Words for Your Resume

Developed. Negotiated. Revitalized. | Bolstered. Conceptualized. Fortified. | Induced. Launched. Prompted.

Ever need just the right power word for your resume? Here’s a complete list of English power words from eMurse that you can use to “bolster,” “fashion,” and “modernize” your curriculum vitae.

The Old Blackberry-and-Chain

Ball-and-chain

The ball-and-chain was a restraint used in Sing-Sing prison. Now, for corporate prisoners, there’s the Blackberry-and-chain, which has the same effect on the workforce as the original. Jacqui Cheng at Ars Technica reports on a recent survey that asked “whether devices like the BlackBerry ‘chain you to work more than they liberate you.’” :

[S]urvey results showed that those who owned a BlackBerry were, in fact, more likely to work long hours than those who didn’t. 19 percent of BlackBerry-owning survey respondents reportedly worked more than 50 hours a week, compared to only 11 percent of the general population. A higher percentage of BlackBerry owners also felt that they didn’t have enough personal time in their lives—53 percent, compared to the 40 percent average.

That’s a lot of thumb work. Hey, HR, is BlackBerry thumb eligible for Worker’s Comp? I’m thinking of making my fortune now…I can just see it: BlackBerry RSI Exercise Class for the four million Blackberry users out there. It’ll be like Tai Bo for the text message crowd. You can count on finger puppets.

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