Job Bank Chief Apologizes After Anti-Millennial 'Humility Lesson' Backfires

Harsh emails to applicants go viral

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Many older marketing pros may feel millennials have a lot to learn. But this week served up an important reminder for all of us: If you can't think of anything nice to say, don't send that email. 

Kelly Blazek, head of the Cleveland Job Bank, has deleted most of her digital presence and issued a lengthy apology after sending at least three scathing rants to applicants who had asked for her help.

"Apparently you have heard that I produce a Job Bank, and decided it would be stunningly helpful for your career prospects if I shared my 960+ LinkedIn connections with you—a total stranger who has nothing to offer me," Blazek wrote to John Carroll University graduate Diana Mekota.

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