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Archive - May 2007
May 30th
Microsoft hopes 'Milan' table PC has magic touch

At first glance, Microsoft's secret project looks like a 2007 version of the sit-down arcade game Ms. Pac Man. Only if this machine were running the game, you could just take your finger and flick away any monsters chasing the heroine.
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The sting of Unity!
A little boy is telling his Grandma how "everything" is going wrong. School, family problems, severe health problems, etc. Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake. She asks her grandson if he would like a snack, which of course he does.
"Here, have some cooking oil." "Yuck" says the boy.
"How about a couple raw eggs? "
"Gross, Grandma!"
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Miss Universe crowned
A 20-year-old dancer from Japan who wants to open an international dance school, was crowned as Miss Universe 2007.
Riyo Mori nervously grabbed the hands of first runner-up Natalia Guimaraes of Brazil just before the winner was announced.
She trembled in awe as the diamond-and-pearl-studded crown was placed on her head.
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May 29th
Management
Once at workshop, a time management expert stood in front of the group he was presenting to and said, "Okay, time for a quiz."
He pulled out a one-gallon, wide mouthed mason jar and set it on a table in front of him. Then he produced a dozen large rocks and carefully placed them, one at a time, into the jar. When the jar was filled to the top and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the group answered, "Yes."
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May 27th
Our Own Unique Flaws
A water bearer in India had two large pots, each hung on each end of a pole which he carried across his neck. One of the pots had a crack in it, and while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water at the end of the long walk from the stream to the
master's house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.
For a full two years this went on daily, with the bearer delivering only one and a half pots full of water in his master's house. Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments, perfect to the end for which it was made. But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own
imperfection, and miserable that it was able to accomplish only half of what it was made to do.
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May 26th
Say Cheese!!!
Photographs are emotional possessions of anyone and a photo album can act as storehouse of memories – sweet memories. Today sharing memories is just a click away for people across the globe as there are innumerable networks or websites to assist them. Photography is a concept which was first practiced in 1839 when the world heard about something startling.
May 25th
Shake it off and take a step up!
One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well.
The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do.
Finally he decided the animal was old and the well needed to be covered up anyway, it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.
He invited all his neighbors to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well.
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May 24th
BAD TEMPER
There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day, the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
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May 23rd
The Echo of Life
A man and his son were walking in the forest. Suddenly, he trips and feeling a sharp pain he screams, "Ahhhhhh!" Surprised, he hears a voice coming from the mountain, "Ahhhhh!"
Filled with curiosity, he screams, "Who are you?" but the only answer he receives is, "Who are you?"
This makes him angry, so he screams, "You are a coward!" and the voice answers, "You are a coward!"
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