Archives: April 2008

No it’s not an error in the title, fools really do get respect and flexibility at this multi-media company in Alexandria, Virginia. The Motley Fool’s benefits are the epitome of a great way to attract qualified candidates to their company. We already know of companies like google which provide great perks to employees, but it’s The Motley Fool’s ability to describe these excellent benefits in their job listings that lure candidates to the site. I often get calls from employers who aren’t receiving a good amount of resumes to their listings, and I notice a common issue with these ads: lack of company information. This can range from description of the actual field the company works in (type of company, clients, past awards, links to projects,etc.), to listing benefits and rewards for employees. Aside from Xbox, yoga, indoor soccer, free parking, pizza day, massage therapy, camping trip, and omelet & waffle day, The Motley Fool also offers flexible work schedule, matching 401K, and a NO vacation policy! Of course not all companies can provide such great benefits to staff members, but the point is to highlight any special compensation packages for employees. Even if a job title may seem like a great fit for a job seeker, it’s just as important to find incentive to join a company and become a full-time member.
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Last Last Chance, the first novel from mediabistro.com instructor Fiona Maazel, is getting scads of attention. A recent Time Out New York article tracks the genesis of the novel along with its narrative threads, including a kosher chicken plant, a “superplague” infection and quarantine, addiction and rehab, and, P.S., reincarnation. This is the apocalyptic/hilarious yarn you’ll be seeing people reading on the subway all summer.
We were at the book party last week, where Fiona’s foreign mom, making a toast that provoked daughterly squirms of embarrassment, showed that she could also turn a phrase. Recounting how surprised she was to learn so much from her child’s book, she exclaimed, “It is like the eggs teaching the chickens!”
Blurb alert: Newsday said great things about the book last Sunday, concluding that Fiona “has pulled off a remarkable feat of the imagination.”
UPDATE: Glowing review in Sunday’s NYT Book Review. “Last Last Chance isn’t your average novel, thanks in no small part to Maazel’s funny, lacerating prose.”
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