My classmates and I are all engaged in what seems to be the never ending battle called "When the hell will I ever finish this program". While many of us have multiple battle wounds from this was, it seems that we will.....eventually finish our studies and some of us will move on to the next great battle called "What the hell am I going to do with this piece of paper I just toiled 2 or more years to achieve!!!!!!" I feel fortunate that my plans seem to be stable and obtainable. But what about those of us who graduate with this holy grail....the MBA and have to face these tumultuous times where the economy is spiraling out of control, ponzi schemes come to light and people are losing their life savings, everyone and their mother is seeking a bailout...... including the porn industry (its a link to a clean website and new article.....I promise), and teenagers are have job fairs being crashed by unemployed adults. Well it seems a loving wife (Robin Stearns) of a recent MBA grad (Georgetown University class of 2008) decided that she had to take matters into her own hands. After months and months of watching her husband toil in job websites applying to everything posting, trying to network with anyone who knew how to pronounce the word "Job", she decided to create the website myhusbandneedsajob.com. She took her tax return and bought a Mac Book (what is the obsession with the damn Apple products) and created a website that introduces her husband Mike to employers. His resume, contact information, personality, and personal likes and dislikes are all out there for employers and the world to see. A lot of job recruiter claim that it is imperative in these days that a job seeker must stand out in someway to get the attention of potential employers. My concern is that while this may be an innovative way to introduce yourself to employers, it may be viewed as a sign of desperation.
Wait a minute I have to go back to one issue I brought up earlier in this blog. WTF is the porn industry doing looking for a government bail out. Are you serious, do you really think that your industry is going to get help in providing more of this stuff. What are you going to do with the money hire more people. Maybe create a porn actors retirement fund, or possibly do the responsible thing and perform some sort of higher regulation of your industry. Hell I want a bail out too.
Ok back to the web 2.0 job search. As I look at the website and see a picture of Mike holding a sign stating he needs a job with his goofy smile I really wonder if this scheme will payoff for him. Maybe his wife should start up her own company specializing in producing these "Resume Websites". Hell I might have to write that business plan.
Getting off my soapbox and going to see Watchmen.
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