Today I learned:
1. Fluent in Smurf: It turns out my 4 year old is a whizz at picking up new languages. I watched the Smurf’s movie with her the other day and tonight at dinner she asked me to smurf her a cookie. At least she didn’t tell me to smurf off when I told her she need to smurf down her noodles first.
Trolling on LinkedIn: Every few weeks I get an unsolicited connection request from someone I have never met or even heard of on LinkedIn. Typcially they have “Job Seeker” in the headline. Rather than ignoring these requests my response is always the same. I send an email back with the following:
Hello <name>,
I apologize, but I don’t recall if we have met. Can you please refresh my memory?
Regards,
Darren
Prior to today, not one person has ever responded – not even a “Sorry, I was just hoping for an introduction as I am looking for work in your field.” I finally got a response today: “Sorry, I think I hit ‘connect’ by accident.”
Bottomline: Today I learned the name of one more person I will never hire. Good networking works. Bad networking keeps you unemployed.
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