Newscasters should be more careful; what with the previous weather issues and all. Don't they know that the mention of the s-word and people start to worry about how they are going to get home from work, what plans they need to cancel and how much milk...

I got a question from blog reader on the importance of the MBA. It's a great question. Many of our job descriptions list the MBA as "preferred"; some may even list it as a requirement. I'll give you my personal opinion on this. Keep in mind that I...

I've obviously made my career (what there is of it) recruiting. Over the last 3 (or more?) years, I've primarily focused on pipelining marketing candidates. To the uninitiated, this is basically identifying and engaging candidates that could fit multiple...

The video of David Neeleman , CEO of jetBlue, is getting a lot of play online. It's posted on their corporate web page. I've seen some commentary as well. I thought I would weigh in since I've had some interesting, if not completely charming, experiences...

Frequently, on campus at Microsoft, you can walk up to a building and find a Bloodmobile. The Puget Sound Blood Center regularly shows up in highly trafficked places to suck the blood right out of your veins (was that too gross?). I've walked past...

I think that I mentioned that last week was our staffing summit, or what we call GSS (Global Staffing Summit). We love making up acronyms for stuff. I was on the planning committee and helped with some of the content. Would it be wrong of me to say that...

I just got e-mail about this and wouldn't have even known otherwise. I think I heard talk at one point about changing daylight savings time. Why? I don't know. I haven't decided if I care but that might just be because I had an incredible week at our...

I'm having a little too much fun with this .

I'm a tough customer when it comes to recognizing leaders in our industry. We all have our personal opinions on who is good and who is blowing a bunch of hot air. I don't take much at face value. I am sure there's some kind of personality assessment that...

Every once in a while, I will go through a period of time where I experience a higher level of stress than normal. I think that stress is caused by different things for different people. For me, it's generally cause by more critical work than I feel like...

I love this: Richard Branson offers a $25m prize to the scientist that finds a way to reduce greenhouse gas . People love a good contest. I remember my disappointment, as a child, that my new chemistry set required the user to actually read the directions...

Wait, it's the other way around . Or it's both. Oh forget it.

External candidates contact me pretty frequently to ask for informational interviews. I understand why they do it and I try to help them understand why I can't grant informational interviews. It could potentially turn into a full-time job for me. Recruiters...

Many of you know I moved to the Seattle area from Chicago. Back when I was in high school, there was quite a frenzy around the Bears going to the Super Bowl. I may or may not feel a little left out this year. Nobody seems to be "shufflin' on down....doin...

Todd shows us the new Lost previews sponsored by Microsoft . I'm not a marketing person (please, let's not even go there again...i'm a marketing enthusiast maybe), but I think that one thing that people often don't understand well is the relationship...

``The last thing a marketer should do is assume that they need to be on the Super Bowl.'' I could not agree more. I certainly wouldn't be thinking about upgrading my software while stuffing Doritos into my face (and yes, I'll probably be doing that...

Have you been watching Top Chef? Color me addicted..and sad that it's over. I'm not sure that this post will make a lot of sense to those of you that have not been watching. It now occurs to me that it would have been more fun to review Top Chef for business...