Miscommunication

The summer before I started as a student at Clemson, I worked as a lifeguard for a private company that supplied guards to various pools around the area that I live. About halfway through the summer my section of the company received a new supervisor.
One of the pools that I often was assigned to was an olympic size indoor pool at a k-12 grade school near my house. During the week we would have guards working alone covering different shifts throughout the various hours the pool was open for. During the weekend we would have 2 guards working together the whole day.
One weekend when the new supervisor was still new a lot of miscommunication must have occured because 3 guards showed up to work. We never quite found out why 3 guards were there that day, it was fun for us, but it certainly was not planned. We thought possibly that the supervisor got something mixed up but were not sure, so no one went home until we could contact the supervisor, which was several hours later.
When the supervisor realized what had happened he was a little upset because the boss was not to happy with him since they had to pay an extra person that weekend. He wondered why we all showed up for work that day but we all wondered why he put us all on the schedule for that day.
The aftermath was that the company lost a little money paying an extra guard, and we lost a little respect for our supervisor.
This problem occured because either the supervisor forgot to tell one of us we had the day off, or someone had missed the message that they were supposed to have the day off. All of this could have been avoided if the supervisor had properly checked the schedule and made sure everyone else knew what it was.

March 8

The one presentation from this week that really stuck in my mind was Nick's presentation. Although he was lacking some information for his presentation I really enjoyed it because he was so passionate about his subject. It was easy to listen to him because he really cared about what he was talking about. It was cool that we could actually listen to some of the music he was talking about too. Hearing to his presentation actually made me want to go to the concert so he must have done a good job.
I have had to do an online portfolio for one of my classes before, during freshman year. It was a while ago so I do not remember much about it. Because I do not remember much about it, I am going to assume it was more of a good experience than a bad one because bad experiences are usually more memorable. I have not really looked into this online portfolio that we are supposed to do yet, so I do not know a lot about it. To ensure that I am ready I will have to research what it is that we are actually supposed to do, and maybe search for some examples of some that have already be done. I have a lot of things to do and some ideas to come up with to ensure that I will be ready on March 23.

Presentations

I have enjoyed all of the presentations given in class so far, they have been pretty interesting, and I have learned something new from each one. While they were all good I would have to say that I really enjoyed Brandon's presentation on sugar gliders, Kelly's presentation on surviving in a big family, and Melesha's presentation on going through a drive thru the most.
I found Brandon's presentation so enjoyable mainly because I have never heard of a sugar glider before, and somehow i have referenced sugar gliders several times since his presentation. Of course it was also awesome that he actually brought a real live sugar glider in to show us.
I enjoyed Kelly's presentation because it was hilarious and I could relate to it even though my family is not quite so big. It was obvious that she had a lot of experience with the subject matter and knew what she was talking about so it was easy to listen to her.
Melesha's presentation was also very good. I also felt like she had a wealth of knowledge on her subject matter. It was good because her material was quite funny but she was able to keep her composure. I liked it because I do not know Melesha well but she seems kinda quiet in class and so I did not really expect this presentation to come from her.

http://www.collegegrad.com/coverletters/

I read the advice on this website pertaining to cover letters and what I gathered from it was that the most important thing was to make the cover letter unique for the specific job you are applying for. I entirely agree with this and understand how annoying it is to get something that has obviously been sent to a whole bunch of different people, and just been personalized by inserting your name into the space. I imagine reading a resume/cover letter that has been mass mailed like this, is somewhat like when i get junk mail and it says something like dear loyal customer. I imagine that they would do the same thing with the resume that I do with the junk mail, that is throw it in the trash without even reading the rest.

Client Project

This week, you will have a visit with from our client. Now, it's finally time to get started with the work on the client project. For this blog post, I'd like you to blog about that. What ideas do you have so far? What are your biggest concerns? How are things coming along in your group? What questions do you have for me about how to complete this project?
I was really glad that Jennifer Goree was able to come in to speak to us about the project. I did not really know anything about the project, so she cleared a lot of things up for me. I was excited to hear that the healthy campus initiative was to include all aspects of health not just diet and exercise. I am glad that the organic farm is still in existance and that it will possibly be more integrated into the students lives. I am a strong supporter of the slow food movement and sustainable agriculture plus I think fresh local produce just taste better. I would say that Ms. Goree and I have similar visions/hopes and it will be exciting to be able to help her out. I really liked the ideas of cooking lessons and the eat this not that flyers on campus, I definately think that will help students to live healthier lives.

Interviews

I read the article about the biggest interview mistakes you could make, and I did not think that the things they listed were all that bad. The examples that i did think would be big mistakes were: don't treat the secretary poorly and don' t lie in your interview. I have had job interviews before but they were not too bad because i basically already new I was getting the jobs. I disagreed with the advice, "do not ask stupid questions." They mention in the article that asking stupid questions makes you sound unprepared. I have been asked in an interview if I have any questions and i never really do, but i ask one anyways. I usually know the answer to the question that I ask, but I ask it anyway because the interviewer always sounds disappointed when i say i do not have any questions. They seem to like being able to answer any questions one may have. In the article they explained asking questions you can find the answers to on your own makes you sound unprepared but i think its good to verify your information. I think the best thing to do before going into an interview is just to relax and not worry to much about the interview itself.

Superbowl 43

So I just finished watching the Superbowl and I gotta say I think the game is rigged. Now I am not just saying this because I do not particularly like the Steelers, but I feel like it is all about money these days, and what makes money... entertainment. Think about it, the game was going pretty slow for a while there. No one had scored for a long time, and people around me (and probably elsewhere) were beginning to lose interest. We actually started watching a movie on another channel and were just flipping back to the Superbowl to watch the commercials. At one point, we timed it wrong and flipped back to the Superbowl while the game was actually playing, we noticed that the Cardinals were near their end zone and started watching again. The Cardinals scored, and it was getting exciting again so we actually kept it on the same channel for the remainder of the game. Interesting how just as we were losing interest something exciting happened and we were sucked back in, huh. And then of course Holmes made that incredible catch with three men on him in the end zone with just a few seconds to go to win the game for the Steelers, exciting. Maybe too exciting?