The article that I found interesting was the tips on how to avoid looking like you're a job hopper.
Apparently many companies will look at a resume and, if the person has had too many jobs in a short period, will think twice about giving them a job. This makes sense because they don't want to give someone a job that's only going to be there for a short term.
The article is well written and gives several good tips on how to avoid putting yourself in this situation. Some of these tips include: defining yourself in a statement, creating coherence between hops, including involuntary hops, and writing a hybrid resume.
The point I found most interesting is writting a hybrid resume. I had never thought of this before, but it makes sense to list your skills and then name the jobs you've had that they apply to. Instead of writing all of your previous employments down this is a good way to let potential empoyers know what skills you have and not seem like you switch jobs every few months.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Interview Articles
I chose to read the article on being too talkative in a job interview. This isn't usually a problem for me because I naturally tend to listen more than talk anyways but I did think it was very interesting that 36% of recruiters said that talking too much is the biggest problem in interviewing. The article also goes on to say that when someone is overly talkative it is often a sign that they are not listening to the issues at hand, but are more concerned with telling the interviewer about all their accomplishments.
Another interesting point in that I found in this article was that recruiters want you to be rehearsed but not too rehearsed. What I get from this is that when an interviewer asks you a question, you don't want to answer it too quickly. Basically, take your time answering questions, and if you know what your answer is going to be even before they finish their question, still take a minute and at least make them think that you've thought about your answer.
Another interesting point in that I found in this article was that recruiters want you to be rehearsed but not too rehearsed. What I get from this is that when an interviewer asks you a question, you don't want to answer it too quickly. Basically, take your time answering questions, and if you know what your answer is going to be even before they finish their question, still take a minute and at least make them think that you've thought about your answer.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
My life in ten years
I quite honestly don't have a clue what I would like to be doing in ten years. It's definitely something I need to sit down and think about here pretty soon I guess.
I'm going to think "outloud" for a second and follow this train of thought to a logical conclusion.
First of all I want to graduate with a degree in animal science this coming May. My choices from there are to get a job in the animal agriculture industry. Hopefully within a few years I will be promoted to a management position where I will be able to have people work beneath me and show the company I can manage. Within ten years hopefully I will still enjoy my job and be with the same company in which case I would plan to move up through the ranks and hold the highest position possible.
My other choices are Vet School or Grad School. For Vet School I will have to wait another year because I'm already too late in applying for next fall. I'm not sure if I want to do Grad School simply because of the fact that it's more school, more money out, none in, etc... The upside to either one of these options is hopefully a better paying job upon graduation. It's definitely something to think about whether I want to be in school longer in hopes of getting a higher paying job or if I want to go ahead and get a job next year.
Either way I choose, in ten years I will be out of school and I do hope to have a family of my own, preferebly living in or around the southeast. I also plan on having a career that I love doing no matter what the salary. Whether that's management, veterinarian, or research I have yet to figure out. But I will discover it soon enough.
I'm going to think "outloud" for a second and follow this train of thought to a logical conclusion.
First of all I want to graduate with a degree in animal science this coming May. My choices from there are to get a job in the animal agriculture industry. Hopefully within a few years I will be promoted to a management position where I will be able to have people work beneath me and show the company I can manage. Within ten years hopefully I will still enjoy my job and be with the same company in which case I would plan to move up through the ranks and hold the highest position possible.
My other choices are Vet School or Grad School. For Vet School I will have to wait another year because I'm already too late in applying for next fall. I'm not sure if I want to do Grad School simply because of the fact that it's more school, more money out, none in, etc... The upside to either one of these options is hopefully a better paying job upon graduation. It's definitely something to think about whether I want to be in school longer in hopes of getting a higher paying job or if I want to go ahead and get a job next year.
Either way I choose, in ten years I will be out of school and I do hope to have a family of my own, preferebly living in or around the southeast. I also plan on having a career that I love doing no matter what the salary. Whether that's management, veterinarian, or research I have yet to figure out. But I will discover it soon enough.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Web 2.0 Response
First of all I'd like to say that this video creeped me out a little bit. Maybe it's because I don't know a whole lot about computers or the internet and I'm a little ignorant, but after I was finished watching Web 2.0 I felt a little bit like I was in the matrix. Now back to the subject...
I think the title of the video, Web 2.0, is referring to the new nature of the internet. When the internet was first introduced it was very primitive and I don't think too many people understood it very well. Well now the internet has advanced so much and become accessible to everybody from children to adults which is a good and a bad thing. It's nice to have access to that kind of global information, yet on the other side of the coin, it's dangerous and scary that people can have information on you as well.
For someone coming into the workforce the biggest thing that this video shows is that they have to know at least a little bit about the internet to be successful in the new occupation. I definitely fall into this category and I think the reason that this video creeped me out was because I need to learn more about the internet.
The affect on people who are already in the workforce is similar depending on where they are in their careers. For someone who is about halfway through their career it is probably still a good idea to learn as much as they can about the internet because more than likely the company they are with will start using it more and more because it is advancing at such a rapid pace. For someone who is getting ready to retire, it may not be as important to learn about it, but it would still be a good idea because it is the way of the future whether we like it of not.
At the very end of the video it says that we are going to have to rethink everything. This is referring to the way people do basically everything but especially business. The internet has affected every part of our everyday lifes and what the video is saying is that we need to go back and think about how we do everything to make it fit around the internet.
I think the title of the video, Web 2.0, is referring to the new nature of the internet. When the internet was first introduced it was very primitive and I don't think too many people understood it very well. Well now the internet has advanced so much and become accessible to everybody from children to adults which is a good and a bad thing. It's nice to have access to that kind of global information, yet on the other side of the coin, it's dangerous and scary that people can have information on you as well.
For someone coming into the workforce the biggest thing that this video shows is that they have to know at least a little bit about the internet to be successful in the new occupation. I definitely fall into this category and I think the reason that this video creeped me out was because I need to learn more about the internet.
The affect on people who are already in the workforce is similar depending on where they are in their careers. For someone who is about halfway through their career it is probably still a good idea to learn as much as they can about the internet because more than likely the company they are with will start using it more and more because it is advancing at such a rapid pace. For someone who is getting ready to retire, it may not be as important to learn about it, but it would still be a good idea because it is the way of the future whether we like it of not.
At the very end of the video it says that we are going to have to rethink everything. This is referring to the way people do basically everything but especially business. The internet has affected every part of our everyday lifes and what the video is saying is that we need to go back and think about how we do everything to make it fit around the internet.
Sunday, September 2, 2007
Myself
My name is Danny Soileau and I am a senior animal science major at Clemson University. I was born in Sumter, SC and raised all over the world. Before my first birthday my parents moved to New Mexico for three years and after that, Panama City, Florida. We lived in Florida for four years and moved to Germany and then to Okinawa, Japan, and finally back to Sumter, SC. I have seen some pretty amazing things in the short time I've been around this earth and I don't take any of it for granted.
Random thoughts:
I love watching and playing just about any kind of sport, and I'm absolutely pumped for football season to be starting up again. I had an internship this past summer where I was working on a hog farm and I have to be completely honest and say that after that experience, I'm gonna be in school as long as I can. I have one brother who's a senior in high school and hopefully coming up here for school next year. I like to fish and hunt although I fish a lot more. I try to go home every now and then to fish with my dad in Sparkleberry Swamp (some of you may know where it is). A few weekends ago we went and caught 10-12 largemouth bass, a decent catfish, and what my dad likes to refer to as Moby mudfish, which pulled the boat for about 20 yards before jumping off. That's just about all I can think off at the moment but I'm sure I'll be back at some point.
note: I'm just about comuter illiterate as they come and have never had anything like a blog before so bear with me if there's some technical difficulties for a while.
Random thoughts:
I love watching and playing just about any kind of sport, and I'm absolutely pumped for football season to be starting up again. I had an internship this past summer where I was working on a hog farm and I have to be completely honest and say that after that experience, I'm gonna be in school as long as I can. I have one brother who's a senior in high school and hopefully coming up here for school next year. I like to fish and hunt although I fish a lot more. I try to go home every now and then to fish with my dad in Sparkleberry Swamp (some of you may know where it is). A few weekends ago we went and caught 10-12 largemouth bass, a decent catfish, and what my dad likes to refer to as Moby mudfish, which pulled the boat for about 20 yards before jumping off. That's just about all I can think off at the moment but I'm sure I'll be back at some point.
note: I'm just about comuter illiterate as they come and have never had anything like a blog before so bear with me if there's some technical difficulties for a while.
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