• the olds

    Young job-hunters blow it by using IM shorthand on hiring managers

    Strunk and White would not be pleased:

    After interviewing a college student in June, Tory Johnson thought she had found the qualified and enthusiastic intern she craved for her small recruiting firm. Then she received the candidate's thank-you note, laced with words like "hiya" and "thanx," along with three exclamation points and a smiley-face emoticon.

    [WSJ]

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