Interview twists, turns

Some interviewers have been known to call job seekers at home and pose as telemarketers to gauge how those candidates react. Are they rude? Do they yell? Or are they polite but insistent that they don’t want to purchase anything? How a candidate deals with an annoying telemarketing call tells the company something about how…

Two tales of gender, politics, weblogs, and cyberculture

Two tales of gender, politics, weblogs, and cybercultureJerz’s Literacy Weblog) Both tales are pretty sad. One is the story of Alexandra Polier, falsely accused of having an affair with Sen. John Kerry. According to Matt Drudge: “In an off-the-record conversation with a dozen reporters earlier this week General Wesley Clark plainly stated: ‘Kerry will implode…

Suit exposes cultural clash

Crisfield, a crabbing hub on the southwestern tip of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, and Smith Island are separated by just a dozen miles of choppy water known as Tangier Sound. But Smith Island has a distinct identity. An archipelago of fiercely independent villages, it is so isolated that many residents still converse in an Elizabethan-era dialect…