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Things that make you go “huh?”

I woke up this morning to a world that (apparently to our political leaders) is fixed!

You see, here is what Congress is focused on today:

Jackson’s Death Sparks Fierce Debate in Congress

Typically, I don’t get involved in politics in this blog but republican or democrat this has to make you go “huh?”.  To quote Michael Douglas in The American President;

“We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them.”

So if you already feel that we really don’t have any serious people running this country then headlines like this can’t help.

You can click on the link and read the article. Then, when you are done asking yourself “what the &%^$# are my elected leaders doing to help the economy, decrease the unemployment rate and focus on the important stuff” I hope you’ll write your congress person like I just did and ask them the question!

The Politics of Recruiting

William Uranga NAILED IT today in his post on Fistful of Talent comparing the selection of Biden and Palin to similarities in the recruiting process.  Way to go William!

For me, the net takeaway is that hiring the RESUME is the safe, conservative and least effective way to hire anyone, VP of IT or VP of the United States.  (Imagine putting Sarah Palin’s resume in front of a typical hiring manager, “not enough industry experience, not enough years of expereience” blah, blah, blah)

If you want to shake up Washington DC or simply shake up the marketing department, hire the most talented, driven and potentially game changing individual you can find.  Use your insticts, your advisors and an eye to the future.  All it takes is courage, vision and leadership.  Any hiring managers out there fit this profile?