inCommunicado - eric eggertson

I reached a turning point shortly after I started reading blogs. After leaving a few comments online, I Googled myself and realized just how public my life would be if I kept on participating in The Writeable Web.
Staying invisible to Google and other search tools is hard, and getting harder. Some of the articles I […]

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Jane Genova doesn’t believe in waiting around for someone to notice her. She promotes herself, constantly trying to reinforce her image as someone who’s got something special.
The Connecticut corporate writer says the trick to success has nothing to do with chasing job titles or steady paying gigs. You have to position yourself as a player.
"How […]

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  Will Pate    Originally uploaded by kk+.
Vancouver web development sales guy Will Pate is using his network of friends, associates and pathological geeks to help him look for a new challenge.
Pate has been making good things happen for Raincity Studios, but wants to try something else.
Technorati’s community manager Niall Kennedy […]

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Going through the Technorati listing of posts about the blogging conference I’ll be attending, I came across someone who had the guts to turn their back on the airfare and first night’s hotel stay they had paid for and stay home. Chris Heuer, who had planned on presenting a session tomorrow, cancelled.
Because he’s sick and […]

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Brendan Hodgson of Hill & Knowlton Canada speculates what the firm will be like in 25 years. Some of his predictions look pretty good, but I can see them happening in two to five years, not 25.
And that’s okay. Any sort of planning exercise that makes you try to speculate on the world 25 years […]

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Marketing Magazine has launched a careers e-zine that links Canadian marketing job postings with careers tips.
Careers in Marketing lists marketing-related jobs from the Working.com site in its right margin, to flesh out editorial content that guides marketing types through the process of searching for a better opportunity out there, or managing their career development.
Marketing and […]

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I thought this was a gag web site when Judy Gombita forwarded the link, but apparently The Cubes action figures are available for purchase in all their empowered, disincentivized glory.
My favourite is the Sensitivity Consultant action figure.
If any of your action figures come without job titles, or if you want to motivate them by offering […]

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I notice three communications job openings in the Regina and Moose Jaw areas this week, and I haven’t even cracked the local paper’s careers section today.
To stay updated on communications job openings, visit IABC Regina’s Job Bank regularly. CPRS Regina also has information on job openings.
The Government of Saskatchewan web site is also a good […]

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A movie theatre employee cuts through the crap, and suggests that people behave themselves when at the movies.
He explains to parents why he doesn’t express overwhelming enthusiasm for yet another boring Hollywood movie aimed at kids:
"To the mothers who ask me if the crappy ass kid film you are seeing is
good…you know it’s not. […]

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A colleague was coming to the end of a work contract, and started to get antsy.  So I put out feelers to  a couple of people.  Now, whenever an opportunity comes up, I get an e-mail or a phone call, wondering if my colleague is available. Not really. Now I need to find someone else […]

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