It’s the golden rule and the core of all communications etiquette: If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything. On Tuesday, Kelly Blazek, who runs the Cleveland Job Bank, learned that lesson the hard way when her email smackdown of a young job seeker named Diana Mekota, who contacted her through LinkedIn, went viral.
“Love the sense of entitlement in your generation. And therefore I enjoy denying your invite,” read Blazek’s poison pen letter, in part. “You’re welcome for your humility lesson of the year. Don’t ever reach out to senior practitioners again and assume their carefully curated list of connections is available to you, just because you want to build your network.”
Mekota posted the complete email on Reddit, Imgur, and Facebook, along with these comments: “Guess us twenty somethings should bow down to senior professional because clearly we have nothing to offer,” and “Let’s call this lady out.” From there, it was like a torch thrown into a desert of parched tumbleweeds…
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Kenneth Carnesi holds a Juris Doctor degree from New York Law School and a Professional Certificate in International Banking from Harvard Law School. Kenneth Carnesi is the Director of Operations and Government Sales at Anaptyx LLC and sits on the Boards of The Lazarus Organization, Monkeetech LLC and MG Madison Phillips, Inc. Mr. Carnesi has also founded CICG - Carnesi International Consulting Group, a company specializing in strategy consulting to small to mid-size businesses.
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