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posted by on Jan. 14, 2009

I logged into my gMail account this morning, and saw this at the top of my inbox and thought I'd share:

 

Quote of the Day - Charles Darwin - "A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life."

 

Here is a GREAT job if you are looking. Actually it is the BEST JOB IN THE WORLD, according to this CNN Video. Essentially Australia is trying bolster tourism and is hiring someone to be the "caretaker" of an island - and will have them blog everyday about the experience. It�??s open to anyone with any experience:

 

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/living/2009/01/13/shubert.uk.best.job.cnn

 

Apparently the volume of applicants has crashed the site a few times, and it seems to be down as of this morning, but here is the link: www.islandreefjob.com

 

Here is a little less happy go luck story; it seems Dean Kamen is considering killing the segway. I guess this appropriate right now - and feels very symbolic to me. During the tech boom in the late 90's I remember the rumors of "IT" or "Ginger" which circulated the web - Jeff Bezos of Amazon (if I remember correctly) proclaimed that it would change the way cities are built - and we waited and waited with excitement for this game changing invention from this game changing inventor. That dream seems to be coming to end:

 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/01/12/entrepreneur.psychology/index.html

 

(I wonder if I can get one on the cheap.)

 

On ERE - Lou Adler says recovering will begin next quarter, so we shouldn't be laying off recruiters. Well, not laying off recruiters or anyone else is a GREAT idea in my opinion, however - recovery by next quarter? Lou, I read a lot and not many of the 'experts' are saying second quarter...not many are saying this year.

 

http://www.ere.net/2009/01/09/dont-fire-your-recruiters-just-when-the-recovery-is-about-to-begin/

 

Then again my 'experts' miss a lot. I found a copy of the December, 2007 Fortune Magazine - which had sections on predictions for 2008 and stock picks, etc. From time to time I will show how good the experts were:

 

On page 44 Fortune asks the experts if we would see a recession in 2008. John Eade, president and director of research, Argus Research: 'We say no.'

 

Thanks and have a great day!

 

Ethan Bloomfield

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  • 1 point 9 months ago

    Ethan-

    Your Darwin quote resonates with me today. I've been wondering if I should not have spent more time commenting and less time blogging here at ERE than I have been.

    It seems to me that all of us are missing the opportunity to relate to each other and that, in order to bring in more reader traffic, we're going to have to be a lot more cooperative in our efforts. Here is a post I wrote about with a challenge that I think can help us all create a more positive blogging environment. I'd be very happy to hear your thoughts.

    Details here:

    http://www.ere.net/blogs/improving_the_recruiting_experience/C46B2D957D8B4844AEE8734FAA48DC90.asp