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Need to hire this person

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  1. Dennis Howlett
    Posted February 18, 2008 at 1:43 pm | Permalink

    If that doesn’t get a good smattering of creative folk then…


  2. sam
    Posted February 18, 2008 at 2:07 pm | Permalink

    Hey thanks, Dennis. And you’re right, I should have mentioned that the role is in Portland.


  3. chriskalani
    Posted February 18, 2008 at 4:38 pm | Permalink

    You are so freaking handsome… wow.


  4. Mike O
    Posted February 18, 2008 at 8:19 pm | Permalink

    Nice. The well spoken and uber-creative youngsters accentuate the value of open thinking. Doesn’t working in a collaborative environment remove some of the requirement for proximity (”the role is in Portland”)?


  5. sam
    Posted February 18, 2008 at 9:13 pm | Permalink

    @Mike, Proximity is desired but the right person is the right person. :)


  6. Tess
    Posted February 19, 2008 at 9:06 am | Permalink

    I’d apply today, but I don’t look like either of the 2 in the sketches. Good luck, it’s a great idea for a job ad.


  7. Kathleen
    Posted February 20, 2008 at 2:32 am | Permalink

    Hi Sam – Very clever. I like this idea.


  8. sam
    Posted February 20, 2008 at 3:58 am | Permalink

    Well, for what it’s worth, I haven’t had one video from an applicant.

    Not yet anyway…


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