Wow.  I’m delinquent Marc.   I looked up the definition of that word and it works with me on so many levels.   I also had an interesting lunch with a friend and colleague.   Let’s call him Bob.  It’s not really Bob, but we’ll call him that anyway.  So, Bob and I were having lunch at a fabulous deli, and we were talking about my blog, my company (employee hold’em), my speeches, and my books.  He asked me the dreaded Bob questions:  How much money are you making from writing your blog?  How many people are reading it?  Do you get any business from it?  Why are you doing it?”  

Yea, like I needed those questions.  And then… he called me… you ready?

Narcissistic.  Ouch.  That hurt.  A little piece of me torn from my bones.  A crack in my armor.  A mortal wound.
And worse yet, I bought lunch!

Six Years Too Early

According to a recent study, college grads are enjoying a bountiful hiring season, with entry-level wages up about 7%.  Even with unemployment rate currently at 5.5% and climbing, life is good if you have a college degree.  Makes me wish we would have had kids earlier.  Cudda-wudda-shudda.

LOL 

An article in the Journal the other day talked about the college kids described above and their love of text messaging, even during the selection process.  Really?  I guess I am just old fashioned; thinking that correct spelling and grammar count for something, that being able to think and write in whole sentences is an indication of something-or-other.  I guess it is more important to see how well the applicants opposable thumbs work on a four inch QWERTY keyboard, or how quickly they can hop to Facebook to watch the newest video positing.

I wonder what things will be like when my younger son gets out of college in 2013 or so.  Well, I know things will be happy at the ‘ol homestead, but I do wonder what the job market will be like.  I guess he’ll see soon enough.

Upcoming Speeches

I just booked another seminar at the FMI conference in Mid-September.  The Food Marketing Institute is having their annual Human Resources/Training  & Development conference in Monterey and have invited me to do a general session playing the Hold’em card game I created a couple of years back.  I’m also going to include some of the Retail Industry data uncovered from the 2008-9 Employee Hold’em National Workforce Engagement Benchmark.  In addition, I’ll be highlighting the some of the findings outlined in our upcoming book related to the adage Employees quit a boss, not a company.

It should be fun, and enlightening.  And anytime I can take a drive from San Francisco to Monterey, life is good!