ASK THE HEADHUNTER A Special Message from Nick

[deanwebb]

A Special Message from Nick

Nick is broken and getting fixed! After long avoiding it, I’m finally getting surgery for a torn rotator cuff in my shoulder. (If you’ve ever had this, you know it hurts like the Dickens!) This means my writing arm will be in a sling for about 6 weeks. Writing will be extremely difficult — more likely impossible, according to my surgeon — for part or all of that time. There are no little elves producing the Ask The Headhunter website and weekly newsletter. I write and produce all the content, and participate in the online discussions — always have, because

Join us for discussion! A Special Message from Nick

Nick is broken and getting fixed!

After long avoiding it, I’m finally getting surgery for a torn rotator cuff in my shoulder. (If you’ve ever had this, you know it hurts like the Dickens!)

This means my writing arm will be in a sling for about 6 weeks. Writing will be extremely difficult — more likely impossible, according to my surgeon — for part or all of that time.

There are no little elves producing the Ask The Headhunter website and weekly newsletter. I write and produce all the content, and participate in the online discussions — always have, because I like to mix it up with my readers.

While Ask The Headhunter goes on hiatus a few times a year for holidays and vacation, it’s never been for more than a couple of weeks. The April 25, 2023 column will likely be the last you — dear reader — will see until my arm can pitch fastballs again.

I’ll be back…

So you likely will not see a new Q&A column until the end of May or beginning of June. Your subscription to the newsletter will of course remain active, and as soon as my shoulder is fixed, it will appear again like magic in your e-mail!

In the meantime…

Please explore these popular Ask The Headhunter Resources:

The Basics

Ask The Headhunter In A Nutshell

Should I keep interviewing after I accepted a job offer?

What's Better: Quit or get fired?

Protect Your Job: Don't give notice when accepting a new job

Say NO to tests prior to an interview

Reductionist Recruiting: A short history of why you can't get hired

The Bogus-ness of Indeed.com

Ask The Headhunter Bookstore (and long-forgotten photo of Nick with a soul patch – urgh!)

The Q&A Archive

See ya soon!

I will have a little elf pulling up my e-mails for me periodically, so feel free to drop me a short note if you like — but please be aware that I probably won’t be able to reply. I still love ya!

Thank you for being part of the Ask The Headhunter community, and for your patience!

– Nick Corcodilos

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Join us for discussion! A Special Message from Nick

Source: A Special Message from Nick

[icecream-guy]

for  ll that advice, He never thought of setting up voice recognition... LOL

[deanwebb]

I've had hit and miss results with voice recognition, not a fan of it when I get technical or have to use foreign words.

[Dieselboy]

I've been writing one handed on keyboard for a while, usually because I have no time for lunch. I can type with my one hand almost as fast as two-handed typing except for when I need to use the shift key. I think I do OK with this because I can keep typing a few sentences when someone walks over to my desk to speak to me, so I turn to them and begin the conversation while I finish the sentences.

voice control in windows is apparently pretty good now - I've never been able to get it to work for me, though but I think it's my London accent as it's the same in cars with voice activation so I never use it.


all the best for the surgery and speedy recovery!

[deanwebb]

When doing voice recognition, one has to match the accent it was trained on for success:

[icecream-guy]