If you really mean this to be read by prospective employers, maybe you should give it it's own special link somewhere prominent on the side bar? Otherwise future posts might push it beyond the average browse length or at least beyond the point of first impressions.
MT | Homepage | 12.02.05 - 8:46 pm | #

If you really mean this to be read by prospective employers, maybe you should give it it's own special link somewhere prominent on the side bar? Otherwise future posts might push it beyond the average browse length or at least beyond the point of first impressions.
MT | Homepage | 12.02.05 - 8:46 pm | #

Might I also add that it was mistake to use your real last name. There aren't a lot of Helpychalks in the world, so they're sure to know it's you. O.K., returning from ironic mode to unsolicited earnest advice: Ever thought of putting the photos on hiatus? That Chronicle essay was eye-opening, but not necessarily so astute I thought. I don't think it's a content issue but an issue of formality and professionalism. They are browsing in white tie and tails from the ivory tower and you are yacking away as if to old friends. You can't dictate the social context. Not to stuffy people who don't move in this world and are just visiting from another. Naively, I'd expect that to the extent a blogger applicant expresses himself or herself in anyway or about anything that he or she wouldn't in interviews, the blogger will come off gauche or without a proper sense of decorum. You'd confine yourself to a certain spectrum of emotions and emotional intensities in an interview or a professional e-mail, and you certainly would show old photos of you with a lampshade on your head at a party. It's not a lie, it's just horrible aspect of modern society called professionalism. I hate it too, but right now the professionals are in charge.
MT | Homepage | 12.02.05 - 9:15 pm | #

Might I also add that it was mistake to use your real last name. There aren't a lot of Helpychalks in the world, so they're sure to know it's you. O.K., returning from ironic mode to unsolicited earnest advice: Ever thought of putting the photos on hiatus? That Chronicle essay was eye-opening, but not necessarily so astute I thought. I don't think it's a content issue but an issue of formality and professionalism. They are browsing in white tie and tails from the ivory tower and you are yacking away as if to old friends. You can't dictate the social context. Not to stuffy people who don't move in this world and are just visiting from another. Naively, I'd expect that to the extent a blogger applicant expresses himself or herself in anyway or about anything that he or she wouldn't in interviews, the blogger will come off gauche or without a proper sense of decorum. You'd confine yourself to a certain spectrum of emotions and emotional intensities in an interview or a professional e-mail, and you certainly would show old photos of you with a lampshade on your head at a party. It's not a lie, it's just horrible aspect of modern society called professionalism. I hate it too, but right now the professionals are in charge.
MT | Homepage | 12.02.05 - 9:15 pm | #

MT,

Of all the things on this blog, I thought the photos would be the least likely to hurt me in a job interview. They are photos of my family. When Caroline was first born, I actually showed pictures of her in job interviews. She was one month old--not even--and I was at the APA interviewing. Molly and Caroline were back at the hotel. She was so cute, I had to show her to everyone.

Seriously, you can't turn someone down for a job because they have a family. Its illegal. Besides, who can resist photos of Joseph and Caroline?
rob helpy-chalk | Homepage | 12.03.05 - 8:10 am | #

MT,

Of all the things on this blog, I thought the photos would be the least likely to hurt me in a job interview. They are photos of my family. When Caroline was first born, I actually showed pictures of her in job interviews. She was one month old--not even--and I was at the APA interviewing. Molly and Caroline were back at the hotel. She was so cute, I had to show her to everyone.

Seriously, you can't turn someone down for a job because they have a family. Its illegal. Besides, who can resist photos of Joseph and Caroline?
rob helpy-chalk | Homepage | 12.03.05 - 8:10 am | #

sweetheart, I believe mt was referring to the 'hawk.
molly | Homepage | 12.03.05 - 9:59 am | #

sweetheart, I believe mt was referring to the 'hawk.
molly | Homepage | 12.03.05 - 9:59 am | #

Here's an anthropologist's perspective
http://savageminds.org/2005/07/3...tside-troubles/
MT | Homepage | 12.05.05 - 5:21 pm | #

Here's an anthropologist's perspective
http://savageminds.org/2005/07/3...tside-troubles/
MT | Homepage | 12.05.05 - 5:21 pm | #