Recruiting

The only experience I've had with recruiting was when i was recruiting to come to school here and run. Now that process is slightly different than the job recruiting process because everything was based on my high school times and how i felt i would fit in with the team, but the principle is essentially the same:

• Apply to the school (job) you are interested in after doing research
  
• Get word from the coach (employer) as to whether they are interested or not
• Take an official visit (interview for the position)
• Find out if you are accepted to the school (got the job)

And of course what is helping companies with recruiting, social networking on the internet. People are being connected to various groups that they normally wouldn't encounter and this is opening up new and unique opportunities for everyone. It is important not to abuse the power of social networks because then they would lose their appeal.

Allan Schweyer wrote in this article that:

"Part of the beauty of social networking is that there is a rarity to it. If it were easy for any of us to connect with anyone else, we would remove the scarcity and erode the value of networks."

Now people must learn how to use these networks effectively without diminishing their value.

Epic 2014?

So i watched this video instead of doing a reading because it's Easter today and i didn't feel like reading anything, plus i was playing halo so i could just listen while i killed people...

But anyway, that video kind of freaked me out a little because it definitely seemed like a real possibility to me. I rely heavily on the internet to get news, and rarely look at a newspaper (maybe twice a week, maybe). Looking online for news allows me to multi-task better, like check e-mail while instant messaging and texting but also checking my facebook while getting all the news i need and watching sportscenter (gotta love being able to have more than one tab per window). By using the internet i can get a lot more done than having to worry about folding a newspaper correctly.

And i don't think i'm the only one that operates like this, so if companies like google and amazon were to merge they could easily get a strangle hold on how the news is relayed to internet users and do exactly what this video suggests. Scary yes, but only because it's possible.

My Views on Crews

I couldn't resist putting this picture (which i found here) of the peanuts crew in after reading the blog on how to pick your million dollar crew.


Everyone has a "crew". Through the years I've had several crews who I associated myself with, from my preschool crew, where we controlled the sand box, to my current crew where we patrol for girls and go wild at basketball games (see this link for details).


Being an athlete I always have a crew to roll with. Running is an individual sport but there is the team aspect of running relays and cross country is very team oriented. To be a good crew (team) member I feel you have to be flexible. Some times your roll with be differnent in various situations. You have to be aware of your strengths and the strengths of those in your crew so you can set eachother up for success.

The New Way of Business Networking

I found this photo on someone else's blog and i felt it best described the new way people are networking for business opportunities. Just like everything else in our society today, people are using computers and the Internet. (sometimes I wonder where we would be without them, or what would happen if computers were to be destroyed some how, think about it)


As you can see, the people are connecting to each other through their computers; and that has been a very common theme in today's world. Is this a bad thing? I would say yes and no because on one hand it is allow for individuals and businesses to be very efficient. But on the other hand, I feel you lose that friendly feel you get with a face-to-face or phone conversation. That's why I don't like talking on AIM a lot because I like talking to people in person or on the phone so I can hear the tone in their voice, which allows me to get a true read on their feelings. Sure people send the occasional smiley face or sad face but thats all fluff to me.


But like I said, this is definitely the new way of business networking, and with all these networking sites available, there doesn't seem to be any stopping it.