Wierd and Fun

The Peter Principle Revisited: Random Promotions Work Better

Career-Line - Thu, 12/17/2009 - 16:10
Three Italian scientists believe they have found a way to beat the “Peter Principle” that fouls so many corporate hierarchies – promote people randomly instead of by merit. The sturdy, by Andrea Rapisarda, Alessandro Pluchino and Cesare Garofaloa of the University of Catania in Italy, made The New York Times Magazine’s 2009 “Year in Ideas” [...]
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What a Long, Strange Job Posting It Is

Career-Line - Thu, 11/19/2009 - 13:00
Deadheads and jam-band enthusiasts, hear this one out, man: Someone wants to pay you to listen to and organize the entire Grateful Dead archive… Far out. The band bequeathed their entire anthology to the University of California at Santa Cruz and needs a full time archivist with a master’s degree to manage and oversee the entire [...]
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