The
boss asked me for a letter describing Bob Smith:
Bob Smith, my assistant
programmer, can always be found
hard at work in his
cubicle. Bob works independently, without
wasting company time
talking to colleagues. Bob never
thinks twice about
assisting fellow employees, and he always
finishes given assignments
on time. Often Bob takes extended
measures to complete his
work, sometimes skipping coffee
breaks. Bob is a dedicated
individual who has absolutely no
vanity in spite of his
high accomplishments and profound
knowledge in his field. I
firmly believe that Bob can be
classed as a high-caliber
employee, the type which cannot be
dispensed with.
Consequently, I duly recommend that Bob be
promoted to executive
management, and a proposal will be
executed as soon as
possible.
Sd/-
Project Leader
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A MEMO
WAS SOON SENT FOLLOWING THE LETTER:
That idiot was reading
over my shoulder while I wrote the
report sent to you earlier today. Kindly read only the odd
numbered lines (1, 3, 5, ...) for my true assessment of him.
Regards -
What's your Major?
At some
point during your professional career, you may be called upon to hire
someone. When they are straight out of college, it's difficult to
determine how they think. Hopefully this list will give you some insite
and help you hire the right mind.
The Philosophy graduate asks: "Why does it work?"
The
Engineering graduate asks: "How does it work?"
The
Marketing graduate asks: "Who will buy it?"
The
Communications graduate asks: "What can I write about it?"
The
Accounting graduate asks: "How much will it cost?"
The
Industrial Management graduate asks: "How can we make it?"
The Human
Resources graduate asks: "Who will make it?"
The
Liberal Arts graduate asks: "Do you want fries with that?"
Paper Shredder
A young executive
was leaving the office late one evening when he found the CEO standing
in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand. "Listen," said
the CEO, "this is a very sensitive and important document here, and my
secretary has gone for the night. Can you make this thing work?"
"Certainly," said the young executive. He turned the machine on,
inserted the paper, and pressed the start button. "Excellent,
excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the machine. "I
just need one copy
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