[ernie] The Electronic Recruiting News In Email_010220

[Carrie Baggs <interbiz@interbiznet.com>]

		John Sumser's   Electronic Recruiting News
interbiznet.com E R N I E Electronic Recruiting News In Email Our Rate Card S P O N S O R S Find out more About IBN Got a news tip? Got a news tip? Tell us at news@ interbiznet.com Our Rate Card Articles Presentations Trends Reports Archives Resume Databases (Over 60) Company Job Listings (Over 4000) Suggestions? It is better to not be on the web than to be on and not know why John Sumser Reality is more complex than it seems. John Gall It's better to do a few things really well than than to do a lot of things badly. If you can't make the necessary commitments of time and energy to your electronic marketing efforts scale back your plan. John Sumser All material in this email is the property of IBN (The Internet Business Network: interbiznet.com) You may download a copy for personal use. Redistribution without permission is strictly prohibited. All material in this email is © 1995 - 2000 by IBN OUR HOME	Read Today's Interbiznet Bugler (New) Download the 2001 ERI Executive Summary. Requires Acrobat. 2001 Electronic Recruiting Index is available. Order your copy today! To subscribe or unsubscribe from ERNIE, please use the form on the linked page. The Torture Of Carrie Baggy (February 20, 2001) First we nailed her feet to the office floor. A variety of thugs took turns beating her with used keyboards. Then we dragged her across a gravel pit on her knees. We took her to the local ant farm where we buried her up to her neck, covered her head with honey and let the big red ants run free. If she survives, we'll move her to the beach, bury her up to her head again and wait for the tide to roll in. That's how we treat people who let security lapse. Before we began the slow torture (we're hoping it takes weeks), Carrie Baggs, our faithful correspondent, answered a number of wonderful phone calls from readers who took the time to let us know that we had infected the world with a variation of the "Anna Kournikova" Worm. Not to be confused with an intestinal pest, the "Anna Kournikova" Worm sends mail to everyone in your mailbox causing them to send mail to everyone in theirs. It's currently jamming mail servers around the world. We got lots of kind and understanding email from concerned readers who told us how to fix the problem and related their stories of trouble with this particular virus. Of course, a few really grumpy calls and letters made it as well. Carrie forgot three cardinal rules of the Internet: Never Open An Attachment Unless You Personally Know The Person Who Sent It Keep Your Copies Of Outlook and Eudora Updated With The Latest Fixes Keep Your Antiviral Software Updated The more sympathetic in our audience might want to forgive her. She gets to open a lot of press releases. Many of the morons who send out press releases are too stupid to know not to send them as attachments. Many of the morons who pay them don't check the work of their subordinates. We are not so forgiving. In a way, we are hoping she survives her experience with the tide. It turns out that we can be terribly creative here at interbiznet. One of the staffers suggested ground glass in mashed potatoes. Another chimed in with the concept of a Castor Oil Slurpee. Ultimately, we decided that she'd have to review 10,000 corporate job boards, finding something clever to say about each, should she survive. Security problems are changing daily. As most users are starting to have fixed IP addresses (DSL, Cable, Ethernet), we are strikingly vulnerable to a range of hacking and mischief once reserved for the big guys. Be careful out there We're sorry for any inconvenience and urge you to be prepared so that you don't look as silly as we do. To ease your concerns a bit, we expect Carrie back on the job, slightly chastened but cheerful as ever. (No employees were harmed in the writing of this article.) 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