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Sunday, June 24, 2012

How Far Can You Go For The Man Or Woman Of Your Dreams?


How far can you go for Love?
How far can you go for Love?

One early morning as she was doing her usual commute to her work place, she beheld a sparkling smile, which caught her very "un-impressible" attention.


After "falling out of Love" from her last relationship, Nicole has been finding it hard to “like another man” , no to talk about falling in Love.


This very day proved that she still has that magnetic attraction in her eyes. She beheld a tall, handsome and good looking man; a man she (later) revealed was the man of her Dreams.
Nicole recalled that faithful day. "I was passing by the Bank and saw this sparking face, his teeth were as bright as the clouds, his face was radiant with smiles like the early morning sun, he was "all manly" and I couldn’t but marvel at the handi-work of God."

"I would say that God took his time to create him, and my guess is that he was created on a Sunday, when God must have been resting and had no other Job(s) to do.” She continued.

Nicole did the “un-doable” and went the greatest length a woman would go to get the best dress, Jewry, or most especially shoes for an occasion. After seeing “her man”, Nicole kept a tab and tracked the Banks numbers, she first went back to her office and as the Bank was not too far from her office, she came back again during lunch time, she searched for “her man”, but he was nowhere to be found.

She took all the Bank telephone numbers she could lay her hands on at that particular time, and started calling the numbers. She must have called the Bank’s switch board a million times, and all the time she kept calling the Switch Board, she always gives the description of “her man” to the various staff that answered.

When this calling method did not yield any result, she resorted to try her charm in another way. Summing up courage and “borrowing a great deal of confidence”, she marched to the bank and left a Note for “her man”.

Well, do you need me to finish up the story? Well, they have been together for more than three (3) years now and counting.

This then leaves me to one great question: “How far can you go to get the Man or Woman of your Dreams”

What "Crazy" thing have you done for love? Please kindly let us know.

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Fixing The Automated HR Software Hiring Process

These problems of eliminating skills and hiring Keyworded Skills are posing a grave danger to people with composite skills and experiences that seek employment.

Imagine a Researcher who works with one of the Companies employing these Human Resources Automated Software Hiring process decided to test if the complains he has been getting were true. A job vacancy was announced, and he fired up his CV and cover note and uploaded the Job application through the company's HR website.

He was VERY qualified for the Job, and also very good in writing CVs and Resume. After some days, he received an email that his Job application was unsuccessful because he does not have the skills that were required to do the job.

Now before you conclude, you will recall that this man is currently working in that Company and in same office, doing the same/more tasking job that was advertised in the Job Vacancy.

After a few days, as the Job vacancy was still advertised on the HR website, he decided to "specially" stuff the job description keywords in his CV and cover letter and after some days, he received a an email of his schedule for a face-to-face Job interview.

This goes to show the extent to which these Automated HR Software Hiring process has damaged the Workforce and its skill sets.

All is not lost; the problem would be on the willingness of potential Employers in reversing the trend on the use of these automated Software Hiring processes.

According to Mr Cappelli, Employers could "back off the strict requirement that applicants need to have previously done precisely the tasks needed for the vacant job" also they could "see if they could do the same with some training or ramp-up time."

That is not all. Employers could also work together with their Software Vendors to update or redo these HR Hiring Software programs to avoid its pickiness and "flags for personal consideration rather than discards an applicant who doesn't quite fit the specifics but might be able to do the job."

This would rather help solve this problem of Skilled Joblessness, and avoid the catastrophe of Keyword stuffing on Cvs and Cover Note, and also give potential Employers the required and most sought after qualified Skills and employees who put their personalities in their jobs with the sole aim of maximising the Company's lean resources.

So it's either we walk Towards a Robotic World where you can Get Hired and Fired by Software, Or probably (but not advisable to) start Parroting Keywords from the job description into your CV. Either way, you should get prepared for what the future holds, and be prepared to take the "Bull by the Horn".

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Parroting Keywords in a job description

The infamous Automated HR Software Hiring Process has led to Applicants parroting all the necessary words or keywords in Job descriptions to enable them pass through the first phase of the Automated Software Hiring process, and it's a question of the World walking Towards a Robotic World, where you can Get Hired and Fired by Software.

This indeed is not a good sign to the economy, as it reduces the quality of Applicants who get hired for roles they know nothing of, but once they have the skills to Google the job specifications they may stand a chance of gaining employment.

The questions one may be forced to ask are:

  • If this is the future Company hiring techniques good for the skilled workforce?
  • Will this system of Automated Software Hiring be the best way to cut HR funding?
  • How long will this last until Companies realise that they are contributing to more Unemployed Unemployment?
  • Will this Automated Software Hiring Process lead to Brain Drain from the Countries?
  • How will this Brain Drain issue affect the Economy?
  • Where do we go from here……?

Just like everything in life, too much of anything is very bad. Moderation should be sort for or else one day, these software bots will turn around and eat up the database (lol).
This is also not a very good way to go, because it would be a great encouragement for Keyword surfing or keyword stuffing.

What then do we need to do to Fix the Problems of the HR Automated Hiring Software or are we sticking to walk Towards a Robotic World where you can Get Hired and Fired by Software?

The answer to All these is up to you.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Towards a Robotic World – Get Hired and Fired by Software

"For every story about an employer who can't find qualified applicants, there's a counterbalancing tale about an employer with ridiculous hiring requirements" these are the Words of Professor Cappelli, of the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.

Mr Cappelli, a professor of Management and Human Resources opines that Computer Software has almost replaced Real Human Recruiters in most Companies, adding that "applicants rarely talk to anyone, even by email, during the hiring process."

Automated Hiring process is helping Companies save lots of money, but making it possible for "CV Floating" - a process by which applicants are "keywording" their Cvs and cover letters to enable them secure a passage through these automated HR Software Hiring processes.

The Advantages of Automated HR Hiring system aka Computer Software HR Sorting techniques cannot be over emphasised, as this:
  • Reduces the time in which it takes applicants to search and fill up Job applications.
  • Reduces the time it takes Recruiters to go through thousands of Job Applications.
  • Saves Cost for Companies.
  • Broadens the Pool of resources from which Companies can pick their applicants.

It has been argued that there are so many talents out there, but Employers are still crying that there are no REAL Qualified Applicants to fill their job vacancies.

The reasons are not far-fetched. Research has shown that these Automated HR Screening Software screens-out Applicants who do incorporate some particular keywords (which unfortunately the Companies are looking for).

This leaves a foul taste on many applicants mouth, and automatically brings up the question or suggestions that Keyword Parroting in CV and Cover Letters might be the way forward.
Does this then suggest that it is only when you look at the Job Description and note the highest occurring words/skills and use them to stuff your CV and Cover letter that you would be able to cross the hurdle of the Automated Software Hiring process?

Is parroting Keywords in a Job Description the way forward? Are we moving towards a Robotic world, where you can get Hired and Fired by Robots? You alone can answer this.

What then do we need to do to Fix the Problems of the HR Automated Hiring Software or walk Towards a Robotic World where you can Get Hired and Fired by Software?

Monday, June 11, 2012

Madly In Love With A Strange Stranger

A Strange Stranger's Kiss
Imagine you were gisting with your very close friend about a very tall, handsome and good looking man you have fallen head over heels in love with.
You were so praising about his qualities and "quantities". You get so carried away with your praises and start to disclose of some real intimate moments with him.

When it was the turn of your bosom friend, she goes on to tell you about her own man she has been leaning on his shoulders, and have fallen so deeply in love with as well, and all her experience with him.

After a brief giggling moment, you mentioned to her of a distant friend who is almost at the concluding part of her wedding plans with a sweet looking guy.

There was a moment silence and as she spoke again, U could feel that she was becoming paranoid, asking some question if the man has married before, divorced or just "plain" single.

You now ask yourself : "why all these questions"? But remembered she told you of the man's status (divorced with 2 kids).

Suddenly, she emails you a copy of her man's picture to confirm. Low and behold, its the same man.

The wonderfully described man is in love with the two girls. And the Girl is madly in love with a strange Stranger!

If you are in the same shoes...........would you tell you friend of your finding?

Sunday, June 10, 2012

The Love of Ice Cream is the Beginning of Summer


Ice Cream - Summer is here!!!
Ice Cream, Ice Cream.... All through the Winter you dread of the day the first sunlight will appear. You heat up the room so much so that you can be able to feel hot and find an excuse for the much awaited Ice cream.

The Months dulled by, the hours became days, the days became Months and voila, the Spring is here. The flowers start to smile and wave, indicating that life is coming back to the earth. The Trees start to breathe OUT fresh air, while the humans begin to breath IN fresh air. The flowers open their mouths and the fragrance fills the whole vicinity.

The Men are smiling while the Ladys' are all beaming with that smile that is "Very Inviting" making most "uncontrolled/uncontrollable Lads" to either miss their steps or start thinking "DEEP" thoughts. Okay, lets get you out of that mood now before you go late to work or miss your bus or train stop.

As May starts to end, and June peeps in, the whole atmosphere starts to change, many people starts going to the shops to "sample" or by some "kinds" of clothes or covering materials, the sales for sunglasses, sun shades and all forms of Eye glasses and eye shades shoot through the roof. Clothe Retailers start to rack in so much money from sales of clothes and more especially, the department of "Bikinis" and all Out-door wears.

Right now, no one is remembering the King of Summer - The most loving Ice Cream.

With little Sun rays, comes the increase in Love for Ice Cream. This makes you know that the Summer is fast approaching. With the Roads filled up with almost topless creatures, the beaches (beeches as you may choose to call them) filled up, its time to make a move to the shops and fill up your freezer with all kinds of Ice cream.
The Love of Ice Cream is the beginning of Summer.


Please don't attack me.... I just saw a bikini passsss. lol

Saturday, June 9, 2012

How to Generate a Full Sitemap for a Blogger Blog


After you must have have gone through these articles, you will have a better understanding on what a Sitemap is, How important Sitemap(s) are to a site or Blog and How to fix the limitations on generating Sitemap for Blogger Blogs. If you missed it, here is an opportunity to see them again.


How its time to relax and learn how to get a good sitemap for your Blogger Blog.


How to Generate a Full Sitemap for a Blogger Blog.
This solution is meant for regular Blogs hosted on Blogger.com (site having the .blogspot.com) and also self-hosted Blogs or Blogger Blogs hosted by a Custom Domain.

Please follow these steps to enable you Generate an XML Sitemap for your Blog or Website.

  1. Visit the XML Sitemap Generator Page.
  2. Type your Blog or website address in Full
  3. Click the "Create Sitemap Button", the Sitemap tool will automatically generate the needed XML Sitemap text for you.
  4. Copy the entire text and proceed to your Blogger Blog Dashboard.

  1. On the Blogger Dashboard under the Settings, click on Search Preference, then click on "Enable Custom robots.txt option.
  2. Paste the copied XML Sitemap and save the changes.


Once you Save changes, that's the end. You Blog or Website would now be crawled by the Search Engine bots as soon as they visit your site.

Friday, June 8, 2012

How to Fix Blogger Sitemap Issues


Assuming one morning that all the works you timelessly did and all the articles you took your time to create, conceptualize and crafty wrote disappeared from the blog-sphere.

You hit Google Search engine to try and search for the articles and you can't see any. You start asking yourself: What did I do, who did I offend. and to the "Traditionalists", you start looking back to your Village to try to guess whoever is behind this, using the African remote control (African Juju or Voodoo as you may wish to refer  to it in the Western World).

Don't worry the African/Indian/European/Asian/American Juju will not work here, the only Juju that is working against you is that your Blog or Website does not have a Sitemap. More especially, your Blogger.com Blog does not have a Sitemap that will lead the Search Engine bots or the "good Bots" as I love to call them to your page or blogger.com blog.

Even if you do have one, it might be sleeping and not pushing out your most recent post to the search engines. Well relax, We have a fix for you. All you have to do is acquaint yourself with the following articles:

How to Add a Google Sitemap to your Blogger BlogSitemap for Google Blogger or BlogSpot Blogs , after which, you can go straight to the fix for Blogger Site Map issues as detailed below.

Solution to Fix Blogger Sitemap Issues.

Site Map, a solution to your Search Engine Problems
Fix a Sitemap - Fix a site
As there are problems in Technology, there are always ways to fix these problems. The following article will give you the much needed boost on How to Generate a Full Sitemap for a Blogger Blog.


Remember that knowledge is power, and knowledge is one of the gems you are endowed with a human begin. The more you share your knowledge with others, the more this gem is polished in your life, and the result would be that you'll become improved and knowledgeable in these fields of study.

Why don't you take a time and share your knowledge with our esteemed readers by adding a comment to this post. Don't worry, negative comments won't harm, as far as they are comments that will improve us all. Beware that What you sow is what you would reap, so sow good blog comments, and you'll get thumbs up, back-links to your site and the greater etc.

Before you go, please use one more gem that you have been hiding - the simple laughter. Lol.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

SiteMap for Google Blogger or BlogSpot Blogs


Treasure Island

 A good Treasure Island without a Road Map to its fantastic Location is as good as lost. The Sitemap is like the direction/directives pointing you to the direction of the treasures.

Every Website/Blog is supposed to Naturally have a sitemap to enable the Search Engine Bots or even Human Beings or Website/Blog visitors to easily navigate to the various pages, Articles or etc.

SiteMap for Google Blogger or BlogSpot Blogs.

If you have read the article on How to Add a Google Sitemap to your Blogger Blog, you would notice that the meaning of Sitemap was explained, and the various Search Engine bots that are called "good bots" were named. We also discovered that there are limitations to how many "fresh" contents that can be displayed by a Blogger.com blog which prompted the question below.

A Road Map
The question you might ask is: Is there a way to build up a Site Map for my Blog hosted by Blogger.com?
The answer is YES, but with a little BUT:

For Blogs hosted by Blogger.com, there is a limited number of posts or pages to be displayed by the sitemap. This limitation of ONLY 26 Most recent blog posts (by Default), makes its likely impossible for your old contents to be indexed and remain fresh in the search engines.

Okay, let's go and see How to Fix Blogger Sitemap Issues and also How to Generate a Full Sitemap for a Blogger Blog.

So read on and also remember to share your knowledge with others. It pays to comment on articles, to enable others learn from your wealth of knowledge.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

How to Add a Google Sitemap to your Blogger Blog

A Website without a Sitemap is like a City Without a map
Every Man's Dream

Every Blogger or Site owner's dream is to have their weeks / months of works, articles etc indexed by Chief site indexer - Google, and other Search Engines like Bing Search Engine, Badu Search Engine, Yandex Search Engine, Alexa Search Engine, Majestic Search Engine, AdsBot [Google], Google Feedfetcher, Exabot, Google Adsense Bot, and other good bots out there.


What is a Sitemap (Site Map)?

In a layman's terms, Sitemap is a structured summary of all the pages, categories, Articles etc on your website. Thus it would be more wise to say that the Sitemap or XML Site Map or Sitemap file is file that contains all the Directory of ALL the Web pages that are present on your Blog or Website.

This Sitemap (Site Map) leads the Search Engine Bots to discover and crawl your website or blog to index fresh contents - daily, weekly or according to your set frequency.

The question that arises now is Is there a way to build up a Site Map for my Blog hosted by Blogger.com? The answer to this naturally is YES. But there is a little BUT to it. This BUT is the limitation that comes with a default setting in Blogger.com blogs.

But as with everything about technology, there is always a Fix or a way-around every problem.

Now lets go straight to see these Limitation to Blogger Sitemap Generation, later we can checkout How to Fix Blogger Sitemap Issues and How to Generate a Full Sitemap for a Blogger Blog.


Sitemap of the Gems in your Life

You know that Life is full of Gems, get the Sitemap or Site Map to your Gems today, so that people will be able to notice the fresh contents of your gems on a regular basis.

That said, the Gems of your life need to be constantly positioned in a way that people will see them and marvel. Police your Life Gems, and they will constantly shine.

Do not hid your talents, ask questions when you get confused, many people are ready and waiting to help. Join others to help also, but contributing to the increasing knowledge base of the Internet.

Start by simply commenting on this blog post. Once you set the ball rolling, others will follow and you will be surprised how this Gem of Good Comment will generate more follow up comments.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

I don't need a Man to make me Happy - A PINGterview

Earlier today, I saw on my BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) the following status update of my Friend:

I don't need a Man to make me Happy

- I decided to conduct a PINGterview to understand what, why and how the status update came about.

Please read the full PINGterview.

LifeGemz: Hey, do U mind if I PINGterview U based on Ur BBM status update: "I don't need a Man to make me Happy!"?
CFL: Looool


LifeGemz: Can U shade a little light on how U came about ya status update, What prompted dat, and do U give Ur concent I use dis PINGterview on one of my blogs (without naming d source?)
CFL: U really making me laugh; because I really don't know what to say.


LifeGemz: Haahahah as a Celibrity, words should not be scarce
CFL: Celebrity ke


LifeGemz: Yes, so do you mind just giving more light on such situations that can make a Beauty Queen make such comments
CFL: Anyway I just wrote the status because I have been job huntin for the past 4 months and nothing is comin my way so I got frustrated and have to expect more from my boyfriend, and because he's human he's bound to disappoint.
And I just thought of it that am not gonna give up lookin for job 'cos "I don't need a man to be the source of my happiness"


LifeGemz: Ok, so its a little geared towards anger of d heart?
CFL: Yeah you got that right.

LifeGemz: So what advice do U give most Girls that are "over" dependent on men in such cases?
CFL: They should believe in themselves.


LifeGemz: And also some men that are only present when the going is good?
CFL: And a man need no girl to be a liability to them.
And for men that stay around when it's good, Hmmm - What goes around comes around.

LifeGemz: Is there any more advice you can give to the general public on what not to do when they find themselves in similar situation, with minimal support from their Boy/Girl friends?
CFL: I guess no one is the source of your happiness but yourself.


LifeGemz: Talking about source of happiness, some opinion polls shows that "most men" are source of happiness for their Babes/girl friends: what's your take on that?
CFL: Yeah but when it comes to means of survival. I don't think so

LifeGemz: Finally, is there any other thing you wish to add?
Do you mind if this PingTerview is published online?

Please read what other friends said when ask of the same question: I don't need a Man to make me Happy -   BBM PING Reactions.
And kindly add your own thought here.

Thanks and remember that Life is full of gems, find the best way to polish your gems, so that your life can shine from wherever you are.

Friday, June 1, 2012

Lost in the Bosom of a Merged Heart


A woman was suspecting her husband of doing the rounds (cheating on her), one day she traced her man to his girlfriend’s house and sat by the other side of the road in her car watching him and his antics. At the wee hours of the night, she used her own spare car keys and drove the car away and hid it in their unused garage in their marital home. In the morning, the husband was alarmed about the whereabouts of his car, but could not do anything about it, because of the situation(s) surrounding where he parked the car.

Summing up the courage, he came back home and told the wife that his car was snatched at gun-point. The wife played along and thanked God that her Dear husband was saved unharmed by these “dangerous” armed bandits.

One faithful Sunday, the wife organised a very BIG Thanksgiving Service and then a BIG party afterwards. At the party, after all the accolades were thrown to whom it may concern, the wife secretly asked the MC – Master of ceremony to give her a cordless microphone, which she used to enter into the “unused garage”, she opened the garage door and drove out the “stolen car” to the amazement of every one……..

Now she has the Microphone and about to make a speech………… What would the Husband do?????

If you find yourself in this kind of dilemma, what would be your response or attitude towards the situation, owing to the fact that you were at the wrong place at the wrong time. And come to think of it, why would a married man keep a girlfriend and shuttle between his girlfriend’s house and his wife’s marital bed room.

Ok I can hear most of you murmuring “which planet is this writer from, does he not understand the need of a man to do “Sampling” or to eat different varieties of dishes and food.” Emmm this is not about eating from pot A to pot Z, but keeping to the ordinances of marriage and behaving like a matured man with a matured mind.

Ok, let’s not digress; organising the thanksgiving Service is another way of making him pay heavily for is stupidity.

But I just want to get your candid opinion(s) on this. What do you think the Man should/would do??

Making Your Business More Secured Using The Cloud

Business Insights:

Every Business is set up for (or near-) profit making and maximizing their Organization's Resources to stay afloat the Market or Business environment.

For Businesses to survive in this advanced Technological times, where almost every Business Mechanisms are being Automated, and the Drive for Cloud Computing / Cloud Hosting is the in-thing, Information Technology (IT) Security should be topmost on their Business Agenda.

For anyone who wishes to understand more about what Cloud Computing has in stock for them Personally or as a Company, Cindy's Blog on How The Cloud Can May Your Business More Secured would be a much needed boost.

I stumbled upon this while doing a research on Small Business Networking needs, and I think the Technological Society is now ripe enough for Businesses to start Migrating to the Cloud. Just like everyone would be wondering, Cindy asked the question that is basically on everyone's lips:
How exactly could/would The Cloud benefit your Business when it comes to Security?
This and many more she gives an insight in her Blog. The following points were made to buttress her opinion on Cloud Computing / Cloud Hosting as it entails Information Technology (IT) Security.

Cloud IT Security Benefits

  • It gives the Organisation or Business a great Peace of mind. Owing to the fact that everything in the Cloud is automated, and there is a real-time reporting process that alerts the Personnel(s) involved of any impending changes etc.
  • Cloud Computing saves Time, in that the Businesses would be able to reinvest the time it takes to oversee all their IT security issues. Remember that Cloud Computing / Cloud Hosting is on real-time.
  • Cloud Computing Saves Cost. - Every Business Venture is designed to save cost or be very cost effective. When a Business streamlines its IT Security needs using the best solutions available through the Cloud, it would save a considerable amount of resources. This sill in the long run seen an increased cost savings in the IT Security Budget of such Company.
For more, please see the Microsoft Business - Business Insights: Cindy’s Blog: "05/30/12 - How the Cloud Can Make Your Business More Secure"


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