My long weekend was long enough that I forgot how to do my morning routine! Was not actually late, but was totally discombobulated.

ION, I got an email forward about "12 Branding Keys." Here are some of them: Appvertising, Coolsupmtion, and Simplexity. I am glad I am not in branding.

Julien Leparoux is riding a filly called "Sookie Stackhouse" on Thursday.

I am back at work. Also, it's snowing. Neither of these is auspicious.

Sophia, the only thing I would say is that it's possible the process is not as obvious from the outside as it is to you on the inside. But I wouldn't have any compunction about tossing those folks based on the irritation factor, given that you seem to have enough choices from among those who did figure it out.

Brenda- I had that thought, but in order to get to the job board they have to pass through a page that says the following:

How to Find a Job

You must be registered as a full-time student to apply for a job.

Look at the on-line Job Board to review open positions.

Complete a student employment application and submit it to your potential employer via email.

Follow up with the employer. Contact department to verify they received your application. Ask if you can schedule an interview.

My experience has been that people treat pages like that like terms of service. If it were me, I'd send them a link to the application.

On the other hand, maybe it's efficient to sift out the people that don't read all the steps before you need to engage with them directly.

My experience has been that people treat pages like that like terms of service.

People do seem to Not Read Directions.

My sister is hiring a new staff member and she said that of the stack of resumes that they got, which was about five inches tall, they found four people she wanted to interview. Nearly everyone else didn't have the qualifications described, clearly, in the announcement. And this is not even a job that requires a college degree.

(Or, knowing my sister, had typos or misspellings in the cover letter or resume, which for her is generally sufficient to toss a resume: she's a hardass on spelling/grammar.)

I'm back at work, and it's dreary grey and foggy here. But hey, no further canine accidents last night! Although the Pony did wake up at 1 AM, moaning, and I had to persuade him to come sleep on the comfy dog bed in my room. This is going to be a lot of work...

Apparently het is becoming more popular in slash. I've just been informed.

Some days I wish I could avoid getting into these discussions. But apparently I'm not able.

Apparently het is becoming more popular in slash.

IN slash or THAN slash?