If you ever get a chance to go skydiving, take it!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Friday, February 15, 2008
Yes, "Lapidary" is a real word.
Lapidary means "Concerned with stones". Applies to jewelry-making, etc.
A resume for one of the new graduate candidates that one of my hiring managers was considering contained the word "lapidary". Neither of us knew what that meant and the hiring manager said, "I hope he didn't mean 'laboratory'". LOL!
So I looked it up. It is a real word. : ) (Whew- you never know.)
A resume for one of the new graduate candidates that one of my hiring managers was considering contained the word "lapidary". Neither of us knew what that meant and the hiring manager said, "I hope he didn't mean 'laboratory'". LOL!
So I looked it up. It is a real word. : ) (Whew- you never know.)
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Longhorns sure do love their burnt orange t-shirts
The UT Austin Engineering career expo was a little disappointing. Compared to the other career fairs, not many people stopped by our booth. It wasn't just our company either. One of the recruiters for another company stopped by our booth and was asking me about how we were fairing. She said that students she was trying to talk to would actually say, "I am NOT interested in your company" when she tried to talk to them.
There was some good news though. One of the students that stopped by our booth was really excited about the prospect of working for us. He did an internship for one of our clients that exposed him to some Austin Industrial employees working there, and after that experience, he really wants to work with us. That's very cool! Also, a number of students stopped by who had done a school project working with one of our sister companies, Austin Commercial, and they are very excited about the idea of working for us as well. Sweet.
One interesting thing was that a number of companies there to recruit were giving out burnt orange t-shirts. I didn't notice any recruiters giving out t-shirts at any of the other career fairs.
We have one more career fair to go and then the overwhelming task of choosing which candidates to interview. We have a number of good candidates to select from, which is a very good thing but very time-consuming as well. It's especially difficult to choose from among entry-level candidates. I wish we could give them all a chance. It's really exciting to have the opportunity to work for a company that's 100% employee-owned!
There was some good news though. One of the students that stopped by our booth was really excited about the prospect of working for us. He did an internship for one of our clients that exposed him to some Austin Industrial employees working there, and after that experience, he really wants to work with us. That's very cool! Also, a number of students stopped by who had done a school project working with one of our sister companies, Austin Commercial, and they are very excited about the idea of working for us as well. Sweet.
One interesting thing was that a number of companies there to recruit were giving out burnt orange t-shirts. I didn't notice any recruiters giving out t-shirts at any of the other career fairs.
We have one more career fair to go and then the overwhelming task of choosing which candidates to interview. We have a number of good candidates to select from, which is a very good thing but very time-consuming as well. It's especially difficult to choose from among entry-level candidates. I wish we could give them all a chance. It's really exciting to have the opportunity to work for a company that's 100% employee-owned!
Thursday, February 7, 2008
HR Carnival
Once again it's HR Carnival. This time it's hosted by Wally Bock. Check it out:
http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2008/02/05/the-26th-carnival-of-human-resources.aspx.
It includes a link to an interesting article, "Looking inside the Brain; is my Brain Fit?"
http://blog.threestarleadership.com/2008/02/05/the-26th-carnival-of-human-resources.aspx.
It includes a link to an interesting article, "Looking inside the Brain; is my Brain Fit?"
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Career Fairs
The University of Houston career fair went well. It was very busy in the afternoon. There were lots of students very enthusiastic about finding a job. It's very hard to get out of there (the campus) though. It's like the bermuda triangle. You can go in, but you can't get out. The amenities at the A&M career fair must have spoiled me. This time, there were no snacks, no massages, no hot lunch, etc.
The University of Texas engineering career fair is this Friday. That should be fun too. Hopefully we'll continue to meet great engineering students and graduates. The worst part of the career fairs to me is telling students that we're not hiring anyone in their field. We had a number of Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and even Geology majors stop by our booth, and we're only looking for Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering majors. That part is no fun. There was one Biomedical Engineering student. While that seems like a very intriguing field and she made a great arguement for why a company should hire her, not many companies that I know of in Houston are looking for Biomedical Engineers.
Happy recruiting or job hunting.
The University of Texas engineering career fair is this Friday. That should be fun too. Hopefully we'll continue to meet great engineering students and graduates. The worst part of the career fairs to me is telling students that we're not hiring anyone in their field. We had a number of Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and even Geology majors stop by our booth, and we're only looking for Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering majors. That part is no fun. There was one Biomedical Engineering student. While that seems like a very intriguing field and she made a great arguement for why a company should hire her, not many companies that I know of in Houston are looking for Biomedical Engineers.
Happy recruiting or job hunting.
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