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[Shannon Hendrix]

On Mar 24, 2008, at 09:01 , Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 07:20:16AM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>
>> I'm sure he felt that including his "failure" would be a strike
>> against him in the eyes of most HR screeners. Personally I would  
>> find it
>> interesting, but politics is a very touchy subject... If he's not
>> careful, such a claim could make him look like a political "wacko"  
>> and
>> put off potential employers...
>
>
> No, IMHO it's the run, not the failure that would have doomed him.
> For some reason I have never understood, companies want you forever.

That's strange, because in my experience, companies no longer want  
workers forever.  They seem to want to get rid of them as soon as they  
can, and by all appearances do their best to keep the revolving door  
HR system in effect.



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Shannon Hendrix
shannon at widomaker.com