I am laying you off
Pink Slip
Maureen Rogers is an expert on high tech layoffs after working for many IT companies.
”Laying someone off via IM? Can this possibly be true? I know that Radio Shack sent out e-mail pink slips last summer. While that raised howls – including mine – it was a far kinder and gentler solution than getting a text message on your cell or an IM popping up on your screen.”
Linkedin wants to take over the world
The browser
Oliver Ryan takes a look at the phenomenon know as Linkedin.
“People will build one profile for their personal life and another for their professional life. The argument, self serving as it is, makes a certain amount of sense. Not good to have a prospective employer stumble on to those photos of you freshman year in Delta Kappa Epsilon.”