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>>> And org charts frequently show up. Many of them go up to the President. Who wouldn’t put the President in their org chart if they could? I am now trying to

>>> And org charts frequently show up. Many of them go up to the President. Who wouldn’t put the President in their org chart if they could? I am now trying to work out how to fit the UK COBRA response unit into any of my Disaster Recovery Planning templates. They really do need spicing up. Maybe go with a sentence like "It is considered unlikely that we shall need to notify MI6 of any interruption to our service. The number just in case is 555-12345" See who actually reads these darn things.

lazide 6y ago
I've taken to putting something similar in job postings that require careful attention to detail (right after the section that talks about said need) - 'If you want to get considered, make sure to put the name of a mammal that flies in your subject line. Otherwise I will throw your application in the trash'. So far? About 1 in 10 to 1 in 15 does it. Tends to be pretty effective actually, helps a lot with weeding out the spam too. Most lead with the 'I would love the opportunity to work with your company' which is clearly just generic spam and they probably didn't even look at the job posting.
- lifeisstillgood 6y ago
  I kind of like the idea, but I am imagining what my reaction to seeing it as I apply will be. I can't work it out now - wrong context. Probably assume that I would get a day long home test, or something. Anyway, Volaticotherium antiquus
  - lazide 6y ago
    That would definitely work - bat, flying squirrel, etc. You can cut and paste the question into Google and get the right answer, so you might be overthinking it a bit.
    - lifeisstillgood 6y ago
      I did cut and paste :-) I guess I am being cynical - signalling during the job process is really hard - for both sides, and I doubt there is a quick fix. But I like yours - it might be worth a try next time :-)
KineticLensman 6y ago
> I am now trying to work out how to fit the UK COBRA response unit into any of my Disaster Recovery Planning templates In organisations supporting UK critical national infrastructure (e.g. power companies), a cyber response plan might involve contacting (or being contacted by) the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC [0]), who as a public-facing component of GCHQ will be part of the government chain of command up to and including the Prime Minister. [0] https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/ https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
- lifeisstillgood 6y ago
  Oh nice - powerpoint porn at that point :-)

lazide 6y ago

I've taken to putting something similar in job postings that require careful attention to detail (right after the section that talks about said need) - 'If you want to get considered, make sure to put the name of a mammal that flies in your subject line. Otherwise I will throw your application in the trash'. So far? About 1 in 10 to 1 in 15 does it. Tends to be pretty effective actually, helps a lot with weeding out the spam too. Most lead with the 'I would love the opportunity to work with your company' which is clearly just generic spam and they probably didn't even look at the job posting.

lifeisstillgood 6y ago
I kind of like the idea, but I am imagining what my reaction to seeing it as I apply will be. I can't work it out now - wrong context. Probably assume that I would get a day long home test, or something. Anyway, Volaticotherium antiquus
- lazide 6y ago
  That would definitely work - bat, flying squirrel, etc. You can cut and paste the question into Google and get the right answer, so you might be overthinking it a bit.
  - lifeisstillgood 6y ago
    I did cut and paste :-) I guess I am being cynical - signalling during the job process is really hard - for both sides, and I doubt there is a quick fix. But I like yours - it might be worth a try next time :-)

KineticLensman 6y ago

> I am now trying to work out how to fit the UK COBRA response unit into any of my Disaster Recovery Planning templates In organisations supporting UK critical national infrastructure (e.g. power companies), a cyber response plan might involve contacting (or being contacted by) the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC [0]), who as a public-facing component of GCHQ will be part of the government chain of command up to and including the Prime Minister. [0] https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/ https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/

lifeisstillgood 6y ago
Oh nice - powerpoint porn at that point :-)