If you think an apostrophe was one of the 12 disciples of Jesus, you will never work for me. If you think a semicolon is a regular colon with an identity crisis, I will not hire you. If you scatter commas into a sentence with all the discrimination of a shotgun, you might make it to the foyer before we politely escort you from the building.Read on to find his reasons.
08 October 2012
Grammar and the job market
In an article in the Harvard Business Review, Kyle Wiens explains why he won't hire people who use poor grammar. The article begins:
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Great article Judy - I'm wondering what he would think if one of his applicants used these punctuation marks:
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Perhaps we could choose the best of these punctuation marks and try to make them popular :)
kathryn
I once selected an applicant for a job interview based on her use of a semicolon. She got the job, too.
ReplyDeleteMind you, it was a job as an editor.