Job Skills - was Re: Tech-support Hall of Shame

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: JD Runyan [mailto:JRunyan.Lists at dms.nwcg.gov]
> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 10:45 AM
> Cc: kclug at kclug.org
> Subject: Re: Job Skills - was Re: Tech-support Hall of Shame
> 
> 
> As the interviewer, I offer my hand.  If the woman does not shake my
> hand, then she is rude.  A handshake alone does not eliminate you from
> the job pool, but a poor handshake certainly sets a bad tone.  A limp
> handshake shows either you don't care, or you lack confidence.  An
> overly agressive handshake is generally an attempt to intimidate.  I'm
> never impressed if my hand hurts after a handshake, it to sets a bad
> tone.  Whether you like it or not, you are judged by this.
> > 
> > This whole hand shake hooplah is nothing more than another 
> gender mind f--k.
Nothing personal, but you think too much. Stop reading all that
psycho-babble. Could be a person has a limp handshake because they have
parkinson's disease or ALS or CTS or any of a number of other
perfectly valid musculoskeletal/nervous system disorders or just
recovered from a broken hand. Not for any lack of confidence.

Sheesh! Enough already with the limp/firm BS. BTW most women are taught
from an early age to have a limp handshake. It's the "ladylike" thing to
do.