Funny how the air changes the higher a person goes.
How things look around them.
The way their opinion alters ever so slightly as they move on.
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
The Strange World of Job Hunting
As my job hunt continues, I found today to be quite interesting. I applied with three different companies, all within the same industry and all for the same position. I was surprised by how different the application process was for each company.
The first company wanted the applicants to print out the application at home, complete it and then personally turn it in to the manager.
The second wanted the application to be completed online, including a psychiatric survey of some sort, and when I was done, there was a message saying basically if you meet our criteria, a manager will call you for an interview.
The final one was currently accepting applications, wanting them physically turned in, but the associate I spoke to didn't know if there were any openings because the manager of each department was responsible for staffing. In the end, in the position field, I wrote "open".
I'm not saying one process is better than any other. Obviously, all three processes work as the three companies have all been in business a long time. I just found it interesting how varied each company's method was in finding the right people to make their company succeed.
The first company wanted the applicants to print out the application at home, complete it and then personally turn it in to the manager.
The second wanted the application to be completed online, including a psychiatric survey of some sort, and when I was done, there was a message saying basically if you meet our criteria, a manager will call you for an interview.
The final one was currently accepting applications, wanting them physically turned in, but the associate I spoke to didn't know if there were any openings because the manager of each department was responsible for staffing. In the end, in the position field, I wrote "open".
I'm not saying one process is better than any other. Obviously, all three processes work as the three companies have all been in business a long time. I just found it interesting how varied each company's method was in finding the right people to make their company succeed.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Johnny Sokko and Hulu.com
About six months ago, I walked into a store that specializes in selling movies and asked if they had the old Giant Robot episodes I used to love to watch as a kid in the 70's. The clerk said no, but that there were a number of people who had asked her the same question.
So I googled Giant Robot and found that I was calling the t.v. series by the wrong name - it's official title is Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot. Go figure. Anyways, I was extremely excited to find that a website Hulu.com had all of the episodes for free along with other old classics.
Then yesterday, I was looking at the site more in depth and found that they also have about three dozen movies on their site - for free. So last night I watched "The Professional" and tonight I watched "Dragonheart." Old movies to be sure, but good ones.
Check it out.
http://www.hulu.com/
So I googled Giant Robot and found that I was calling the t.v. series by the wrong name - it's official title is Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot. Go figure. Anyways, I was extremely excited to find that a website Hulu.com had all of the episodes for free along with other old classics.
Then yesterday, I was looking at the site more in depth and found that they also have about three dozen movies on their site - for free. So last night I watched "The Professional" and tonight I watched "Dragonheart." Old movies to be sure, but good ones.
Check it out.
http://www.hulu.com/
Sunday, October 5, 2008
A Bottomless Pit
Sometimes doing something rather than doing nothing is actually worse. For example, dropping $700 billion into a bottomless pit. I like how the day after the bailout was approved - suddenly reporters and analysts were shouting it wasn't enough. More needed to be done. Where were all these reporters and analysts before Congress' vote saying the $700 billion was just a start? All the bailout is going to do, aside from cutting taxes by $150 billion from the sweeteners attached to the bill, is clean up a few financial institution balance sheets, but do little to loosen the credit markets. Perhaps we need to nationalize the entire financial system, get rid of the laws that permitted the RBSs and CBOs that came about with the push for deregulation of the financial system by the banks in the late 90's. Whatever was needed to be done - obviously the bailout package wasn't it.
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