The Ironkeel Collection

#77. Shôn Ellerton, January 12, 2020. Often, getting feedback from recruiters is like getting blood out of a stone. Make it easier by making your own feedback forms for them to complete. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/not-getting-feedback-from-interviews

#76. Shôn Ellerton, January 11, 2020. Having spent nearly two years away from telcos, an industry I spent over twenty years doing. Why do I feel the urge to go back into it again? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/should-i-jump-back-into-a-career

#75. Shôn Ellerton, January 10, 2020. Our railways should not be focussed on greed, profiteering, cost-cutting, and relegation of responsibility to the private sector. They are there for the greater good. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/railways-are-not-supposed-to-make

#74. Shôn Ellerton, January 9, 2020. Many writers who start out worry too much that what they’re writing about will be too trivial. My advice. Just do it! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/theres-nothing-wrong-with-writing

#73. Shôn Ellerton, January 8, 2020. Clicking on a news link only to find that it lies behind a paywall is frustrating at best, but surely, there’s a better model than the way we’re doing it now. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-future-of-paywalled-news-articles

#72. Shôn Ellerton, January 6, 2020. We often refrain from reading the news from a source we don’t align ourselves with, but it’s really worth doing so to get a balanced opinion. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/stretch-your-boundaries-where-you

#71. Shôn Ellerton, January 5, 2020. Celebrating Christmas and the New Year is supposed to be a joyous occasion, but for me, it was a little melancholic and a time to reflect. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-joys-and-melancholy-of-christmas

#70. Shôn Ellerton, January 4, 2020. Our bushfires have been awful. Many have lost their houses. Some have lost their lives. And the bushfires keep going on. But there is one silver lining to it all. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-tragedy-of-the-bushfires-has

#69. Shôn Ellerton, January 3, 2020. Politicians don’t get it easy and they usually have to work very hard to get where they are, but when it come to the crunch, we always have time to point fingers at them. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/lets-blame-all-the-politicians

#68. Shôn Ellerton, January 2, 2020. From the Chamber of Horrors to the London Dungeon, not much can beat the eeriness and spookiness of waxworks museums, but their heydays are gone. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/reminiscing-on-the-creepiness-of

#67. Shôn Ellerton, January 1, 2020. The struggle to maintain a healthy diet, the rise of childhood obesity and the influence of our food and drink industries to keep it that way. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/what-the-hell-is-wrong-with-our-diet

#66. Shôn Ellerton, December 31, 2019. Watching children play together in the playground is one of few places I’ve seen a world without hate. Why can’t we do the same? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/how-do-we-learn-to-hate-each-other

#65. Shôn Ellerton, December 19, 2019. A little discourse on the art and mystique of handwriting and how we might be in danger of losing the ability to write by hand. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/of-handwriting-cursive-fountain-pens

#64. Shôn Ellerton, December 16, 2019. Never let the trolls put you down on your writings. They do not write. You do! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/dont-let-the-trolls-discourage-you

#63. Shôn Ellerton, December 14, 2019. I try not to get caught out on using these four words too often. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/four-little-words-to-watch-out-for

#62. Shôn Ellerton, December 12, 2019. In a truly global integrated society, there will be no need for ethnicity checkboxes. But are we ready yet? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/is-it-time-to-get-rid-of-ethnicity

#61. Shôn Ellerton, December 10, 2019. Is it possible that, sometime in the future, all other languages will die in favour of English? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/could-english-become-the-one-surviving

#60. Shôn Ellerton, December 9, 2019. Not being able to read a map and totally relying on your GPS giving directions can lead to interesting results. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/your-gps-secretly-wants-you-to-get

#59. Shôn Ellerton, December 4, 2019. The undesirable behaviours and actions of bad managers can often be felt by many others including families, friends, and colleague s. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/bad-managers-can-do-more-damage-than

#58. Shôn Ellerton, November 25, 2019. Bleak outer suburbs, oppressive regimes and far out-of-the-way places can be your most rewarding vacation spots. Seriously! https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/destination-drab-no-tourists-here

#57. Shôn Ellerton, November 22, 2019. We can all do better to curb emissions, but signing the Paris Agreement, listening to Greta bark her head off and being disrupted by activists is not the way to do it. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/did-anyone-actually-read-the-paris

#56. Shôn Ellerton, November 13, 2019. Greedy software vendors have milked the concept of subscription software; however, there is a silver lining. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/i-hate-subscription-software-however

#55. Shôn Ellerton, November 12, 2019. Many of us avoid eye contact and ignore anyone doing something weird or out of the ordinary. But doing so might miss the opportunity of a positive experience. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/how-i-got-blessed-today-on-the-train

#54. Shôn Ellerton, November 10, 2019. If you have always worked as a permanent employee, you could be missing out on some of the advantages of being a contractor. https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/10-reasons-to-consider-contracting

#53. Shôn Ellerton, October 18, 2019. Many of us get tired and stressed before we step into the office just by driving their cars. Here’s my story. What’s yours? https://shonellerton.substack.com/p/the-bliss-of-not-driving-a-car-to