Blog Post: Breeding Awesomocrity in Corporate America

Comedy is at its greatest when it is able to take a small societal quirk, put it under a microscope, and reflect a magnified version back to us in a way that points out the ridiculousness of it all. The tragedy comes when we realize that the ridiculousness is so wide spread, we shouldn't be laughing.

CBS's often hilarious series "how i met your mother" managed to bring us one of those comic tragedies this week with the episode "The Possimbible" in which the characters explore the ins and outs of resumes, identity, and giving Corporate America what it wants.

There's always a debate as to whether television reflects or shapes reality. This should put that argument to rest. There is no way the writers could have known that by the time this episode aired, hundreds of thousands of Americans would be unemployed and struggling with exactly the same issue as the episode's premise: figuring out how to best stand out in the crowd.

I encourage you to watch the episode in its entirety to make sure you catch all its brilliance. But for those of you frustrated by the recruiting and hiring processes , I've summed up Barney's particularly profound insights in the full post you can read here.