For everyone submitting talk proposals for #Agile2021, today is only the FIRST of THREE chances to get your submission in under a “deadline”. The reviewers and evaluators would love a chance to give feedback on your submissions before you make them “Ready for Evaluation”. If you submit this close to the deadline of the first iteration and go directly to “Ready”, chances are you’ll need to work on your proposal in the next iteration anyway. Especially if you’ve not submitted something to the Agile conference before, take the time to be open to a bit of feedback. It’s a REALLY tough/high bar to “get in”, and the reviewers can help by providing context and guidance.

Originally posted on 2021-02-15 at 02:40 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6766909099008495616

Today I got 13 emails from recruiters at IDC Technologies for the same position. That seems like a blind shotgun approach, very likely to leave folks to think of IDC in not a very positive light. What incentives drive this sort of thing?

At least most of the emails didn’t boast with the usual “one of the fastest growing staffing companies according to xyz”, which is completely irrelevant and nobody believes or cares about anyway.

Sorry for the rant, but it needed to go somewhere.

Originally posted on 2021-01-22 at 00:40 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6758181454116732928

I’m pretty sure that you’re meant to remove the placeholder lines in these recruiting email templates… It’s almost like there’s no effort put into these at all. Couldn’t that be automated somehow, filling in that template? Then again, how do I know it wasn’t? Maybe this was intentional…

Originally posted on 2021-01-14 at 17:04 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6755529998574215169

You know why displaying vulnerability is more powerful that displaying force? Because vulnerability resonates with the “oldest” (speaking from the point of evolution) embodied part of our nervous system, which seeks safety and security. That trumps the “newer” parts which seek connection and respect.

Originally posted on 2021-01-12 at 05:45 via https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3Ashare%3A6754634319588921344