These links are collected from The Working Geek's Twitter feed. If you have suggestions for news bits, please mail me at andy@theworkinggeek.com.
- Five ways companies mistreat job seekers (usnews.com)
- Video of @seiden on TV this morning talking about job hunting (jasonseiden.com)
- I'm a guest expert at JavaRanch this week in their jobs discussion forum! (coderanch.com)
- Resume tactics from the grocery checkout lane (theworkinggeek.com)
- I Just Want a Job; Words That Will Crush Any Interview (resumewonders.com)
- Todd Nilson on email openings and closings (talentline411.com)
- "I consider it part of the benefits package for other employees not to have to work with asses." (evilhrlady.blogspot.com)
- Four biggest myths about job references (usnews.com)
- How to boost your career by contributing to open source projects (theworkinggeek.com)
- Today's absurd interview tactic: Intentionally showing up late (askamanager.blogspot.com)
- Two projects for civic-minded student programmers (blog.jonudell.net)
- Gushing review of "Beautiful Teams" (speedofmeme.blogspot.com)
- Max Kanat-Alexander on the Engineer Attitude: "I can solve this problem the right way" (codesimplicity.com)
- If I call to set up an interview, don't ask "Why has it taken you so long to call me" (askamanager.blogspot.com)
- A software project is code delivered at a specific point in time (theworkinggeek.com)
Thanks for the link, Andy!