This Year Try Passing the Buck
by Rick Ludeman, Community Times Newspapers, December 10, 1998
I couldn’t remember exactly how it started, so I called my mom. She wasn’t really sure either but thinks she read about it in a magazine. Whatever the source, our holidays have been better ever since. Read full text...

Low Down… An irreverent look at buying your next home
by Richard F. Ludeman, Portland Life and Business Magazine, August/September 1990
With so much at stake in buying a home, it’s critical that you be well informed. Like many other professions, real estate has a terminology all its own. Whether you are trading up or trading down or simply starting out, you may need some help with translation: Sample entries

Interviews

The packages deal. Sigh. Would you like to stop shopping n’ swapping
by Margie Boule, The Oregonian, December 17, 1998
Rick has made an arrangement with his parents, his two siblings and his friends not to give one another presents for the holiday. Instead, each gives the other a list of his or her favorite charities, the giver picks one or two and sends a check to the charity in the recipient’s name.

Net Links Job Seekers to Jobs
by Johanna Bennett, Dow Jones News Service, March 11, 1998
"How many people read the newspaper with a stack of resumes, envelopes and stamps sitting next to them? Not many," said Rick Ludeman, staffing communications manager for Intel Corp. "But at work or at home, you have your resume saved electronically. A couple of clicks later, boom, there it goes."

Recruiting Firms Turn to the Net
by Stephanie Miles, CNET News.com, December 8, 1997
"We're not presumptuous enough to assume that everyone will come to the Intel site," said Rick Ludeman, Intel's staffing communications manager. "The whole business model of Internet recruiting is still trying to sort itself out," he added.

Jobs via the Net
by Sherri Eng, San Jose Mercury News, March 5, 1997
Santa Clara– based chip maker Intel Corp. pays $150 a month for an ad on Career Mosaic, vs. $3,000 to $4,000 for a display ad in the newspaper, said Rick Ludeman, a staffing communications manager.

Yes, Talk About Money
by John M. Grund, Oregon Business Magazine, July 1996
"The key difference for me [from a regular vacation] is that when you’re gone that long, someone has to cover for your work or it has to be put on hold in a meaningful way,” says Rick Ludeman, who works in marketing for Intel and recently returned from a sabbatical in Costa Rica.

Home, Home on the Web
by Samuel Greengard, Personnel Journal (now Workforce Magazine), March 1996
Says Rick Ludeman, Intel’s project manager within the Strategic Staffing Group: “You don’t want to put information up on your site just because it’s available and you can do it. Our goal is to differentiate Intel from everyone else, not just provide a laundry list. Ultimately, the Web site opens up new ways to provide information and interact with people.”

Shoestring Start-ups
by Kathy Dimond, Steve Dodge, John Grund, and Shirleen Holt, Oregon Business Magazine, June 1995
Richard Ludeman of Portland started with one of the shortest shoestrings of all – exactly five words. “Instant Human – Just Add Coffee” started a T-shirt line he calls “Baditudes.” He convinced Larie Thomas of Portland screen printer Latitudes to produce and market the line so he could concentrate on putting more words together.

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