Of a shallow guy they used to say, "An empty cab drove up and Dave got out."
I came up with another one the other day to describe a young PR woman: "She gets about halfway through a tweet and starts running out of stuff to say."
On communication, professional and otherwise.
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Of a shallow guy they used to say, "An empty cab drove up and Dave got out."
I came up with another one the other day to describe a young PR woman: "She gets about halfway through a tweet and starts running out of stuff to say."
by David Murray // 8 Comments
For most of the 2000s we had to put up with recruiters, HR consultants and others who justified their existence in good times by chattering
incessantly about a "tight skilled labor market" that's independent of
the economy, that has everything to do with the retiring Baby Boomers and the the Generation Y baby bust.
Well, the Boomers can't afford to retire even if they wanted to—and they do want to, because those who have jobs are miserable in them. And I'm talking about the kinds of talented, super well-networked communication execs who I deal with as a conference organizer and communication publisher.
These people used to have the pick of the best jobs. Some of their misery can be chalked up to the fact that all aspects of business are just less fun in a bad economy.
But much of what I'm hearing sounds like they have bosses with boots on their throats. They're harried and confused, scared and, to one extent or another, humiliated.
And so I ask again: Where are the tight job market assholes now?
And: Can anybody tell me you're having a good time at work these days?
I'll jump, I swear I will!
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You didn't read this quote in the Sunday New York Times.
Leola Tubbs, the 71-year-old mother of troubled former heavyweight champ Tony Tubbs, appealed to a judge before her son was sentenced for crimes involving cocaine, and non-payment of child support:
"I apologize to the court for my son having to appear because of his choices. He wasn't reared up in the wrong lane. Somehow, Satan caught up with him and he got pulled over in the wrong lane."