Last week's question: The CEO of a Connecticut marketing company has developed a "snowflake test" — in which he asks job applicants when they last cried and whether they're afraid of guns — to screen out Millennials who have "an entitled attitude." If he were to write a management book based on his hiring philosophy, what would it be called?
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THE WINNER: "Cried and Prejudice"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Ind.
SECOND PLACE: "How to succeed in business without really whining"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
THIRD PLACE: "You've Got Alpha-Male"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vt.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"The One Minute Man-Up"
Paul Todd Merrill, St. Louis, Mo.
"Gen Whiners and Losers"
Phyllis Klein, New York City
"Avoid Run of the Mill-ennials"
Nancy Frey, Maumee, Ohio
"The One Minute Mangler"
Bruce Carlson, Alexandria, Va.
"Winnow the Wimps"
Neil Ludlam, Sky Valley, Calif.
"The Art of the Ordeal"
Bob Chilvers, San Rafael, Calif.
"I Moved Your Cheese—Get Over It!"
Dallas Lea, Niskayuna, New York City
"Who Moved My Safe Space?"
John Michael Burke, Wilbraham, Mass.
"The 7 Habits of Highly Entitled People"
Suzanne Brooks, Quechee, Vt.
"Trigger Happy"
Sue Wehrspann, Denver
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