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	<title>alstin communications &#187; Melissa Sweeney</title>
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		<title>WIN a $50 Gift Card &amp; Picture This: Crazy? &#8230; or Crazy Like a Fox?</title>
		<link>http://blog.alstin.com/picture-this-crazy-or-crazy-like-a-fox</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweeney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Water Cooler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Is this cat just crazy?&#8230;or crazy like a fox? Ever walk away from your laptop and come back to find disaster and your cat looking pretty pleased?
&#8220;Paws&#8221; to write a caption for this photo (more points if it&#8217;s recruitment/HR related) and if we deem yours the best, you&#8217;ll WIN a $50 gift card to Starbucks.
Caffeine junkies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Is this cat just crazy?&#8230;or crazy like a fox? Ever walk away from your laptop and come back to find disaster and your cat looking pretty pleased?</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;Paws&#8221; to write a caption for this photo (more points if it&#8217;s recruitment/HR related) and if we deem yours the best, you&#8217;ll <span style="text-decoration: underline;">WIN a $50 gift card to Starbucks.</span></strong></p>
<p><strong>C<strong>affeine junkies unite &#8211; bring us your best. </strong></strong></p>
<p><em><strong>Update:</strong> Congrats to Tonya Sanchez for her winning entry, selected on Tuesday, March 9th. A &#8220;Picture This&#8221; contest will be back to the blog in April, so keep coming back for more.</em></p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2057" title="press_paws" src="http://alstin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/press_paws1.jpg" alt="press_paws" width="650" height="390" /></p>
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		<title>Picture This: Think Outside the Bubble</title>
		<link>http://blog.alstin.com/picture-this-think-outside-the-bubble</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 13:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweeney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Daily Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You never know what&#8217;s on someone&#8217;s mind&#8230; We&#8217;d like to know what YOU think would make a catchy, memorable headline if this photo were a recruitment ad. Think outside the bubble!

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You never know what&#8217;s on someone&#8217;s mind&#8230; We&#8217;d like to know what YOU think would make a catchy, memorable headline if this photo were a recruitment ad. Think outside the bubble!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-2040" title="picthis_1_B" src="http://alstin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/picthis_1_B.jpg" alt="picthis_1_B" width="500" height="303" /></p>
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		<title>Picture This: Google Your Brain</title>
		<link>http://blog.alstin.com/picture-this-google-your-brain</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweeney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Daily Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ever feel like your computer has a mind of its own?
&#8220;Google&#8221; your brain to see if you can come up with an interesting, workplace-related caption for this photo.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ever feel like your computer has a mind of its own?</p>
<p>&#8220;Google&#8221; your brain to see if you can come up with an interesting, workplace-related caption for this photo.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1634" title="picturethis_110609" src="http://alstin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/picturethis_110609-300x200.jpg" alt="picturethis_110609" width="300" height="200" /></p>
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		<title>Picture This: Looks Can Be Deceiving</title>
		<link>http://blog.alstin.com/picture-this-looks-can-be-deceiving</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 13:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweeney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Daily Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Looks can be deceiving. This guy seems pretty pumped for being in a deserted old office.
Spin a caption for this photo that is, surprisingly, not a downer and is actually a positive message about the current employment climate.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Looks can be deceiving. This guy seems pretty pumped for being in a deserted old office.</p>
<p>Spin a caption for this photo that is, surprisingly, not a downer and is actually a positive message about the current employment climate.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1247" title="booya" src="http://alstin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/booya-300x200.jpg" alt="booya" width="300" height="200" /></p>
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		<title>Picture This</title>
		<link>http://blog.alstin.com/kidstuff</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweeney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Daily Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So you think writing, clever, catchy headlines is kids&#8217; stuff? Play around and write a headline/caption for a recruitment employment ad that goes with this picture.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you think writing, clever, catchy headlines is kids&#8217; stuff? Play around and write a headline/caption for a recruitment employment ad that goes with this picture.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1044" title="kidsoncouch" src="http://alstin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kidsoncouch.jpg" alt="kidsoncouch" width="277" height="240" /></p>
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		<title>Picture This</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweeney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Daily Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In today&#8217;s economy, it&#8217;s more like 20 or 25.
If you choose them efficiently, that should be enough. See if you can come up with a concise, comical recruitment-related caption for this &#8220;unusual&#8221; photo.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They say a picture is worth a thousand words. In today&#8217;s economy, it&#8217;s more like 20 or 25.</p>
<p>If you choose them efficiently, that should be enough. See if you can come up with a concise, comical recruitment-related caption for this &#8220;unusual&#8221; photo.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-941" title="61809_waiting" src="http://alstin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/61809_waiting.jpg" alt="61809_waiting" width="450" height="291" /></p>
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		<title>Picture This</title>
		<link>http://blog.alstin.com/picture-this</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 13:19:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweeney</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Daily Update]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Sometimes finding the right words is challenging for even the most creative minds.
See if you can rival Alstin&#8217;s top copywriters by coming up with a caption for this photo if it were in an employee recruitment ad.

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<p>Sometimes finding the right words is challenging for even the most creative minds.</p>
<p>See if you can rival Alstin&#8217;s top copywriters by coming up with a caption for this photo if it were in an employee recruitment ad.</p>
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