Quote Originally Posted by gaybucks_chip View Post
I dunno. I think the workforce is, in general, a lot less committed, and probably less educated and competent than it was 20 years ago. But I'll be damned if I'll lower the standards of what we need in an employee because of it.
That's what I'm starting to fear as well.

I think the informal nature of the modern age has led a lot of people to underestimate the value of communication skills.

There was a stand up comedian who did a hilarious routine based on his having watched one of those Civil War documentaries where they voiced over excerpts from letters soldiers had written to loved ones back home. "My dearest Dahlila, oh how my heart strains with every day passing in which I'm not in your arms. This brutal war, sickens me so, and I fear I shall not ever return to our beloved home, at least as the innocent man I once was."

vs.

what a modern day letter from Iraq would sound like... "IT'S MUTHAFUCKIN HOT HERE! SHIT! WTF!?! GET ME OUTTA HERE B4 I FUCK SOME SHIT UP. ttyl kthx!!!!"

Reminds me of resumes/cover letters these days where people just don't appreciate the value of presentation in written communication.

It doesn't just bother me that someone sent in such a poorly written cover letter (if any at all). It bothers me that they felt there was no need to send a well-written one. That it didn't matter. That no one would care. That it wasn't necessary. That it needn't be done. How'd they get to thinking that?!