New Duties

[livingdeb]

I'm sending warm thoughts to those of you living your own Jack London tales. Be careful out there. Say dry. Or at least do not build your life-saving fire under a snow-laden tree.

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My job is very different these days. I don't quite know what I think about it.

I am helping with the project to create a new degree audit system. This week we are putting together a Joint Application Development Group (a.k.a. JAD group).

And today a colleague and I interviewed the last of the six candidates we are interviewing. I've never been on the other side of job interviews. It is surprising how amazing people can be with instant and multiple interesting and useful answers. I hope I've learned a few things for my own use.

Fortunately, it was possible to rank the candidates, and my colleague and I even agreed exactly on the rankings. I can't help fantasizing about getting my favorite candidate on the JAD group.

It would be a lot more fun to have this kind of input and excitement in an area that was of more interest to me, though.

Comments

[pamwheatfree.livejournal.com]

I am receiving warm thoughts. There are actually warming huts on the canal for thawing out and they sell hot chocolate and coffee. Plus those skating EMTs are just great about spotting hypothermia.

I am happy that you can rate people's job skills. I would think it couldn't be easy to do, especially if you like someone for something other than the skills. I find that I usually respond better to someone if I like them, and sometimes I like them for no discernible reason. Can't figure that one out.

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

I was lucky this time that for the person I didn't like, I could clearly point to her communication skills (and lack thereof) which are vital for the position. Similarly, for the person I most liked, I could point to several specific qualities which would be great to have for the position.

On the other hand, the person who had my favorite resume, who made me think "I love her," did not have enough things I could point to as signs of being good for the job. My other two colleagues who were reviewing the resumes didn't even remember hers.