1. Barnett is not talking about people who work part time in low-paying jobs and would gladly give up free afternoons for permanent full-time jobs. 2. The same caution should be exercised when attending professional association meetings or talking informally to people at potential places of employment. 3. Then again, talking the talk means talking it to people who strike them as know-nothings, if not out-and-out boors. 4. Christensen prepared for the role by visiting a rehabilitation center and talking to people being treated there. |