late again
i was at work till 9pm tonight.
we have group interviews every other week that i'm responsible for facilitating. they're important, and the group setting provides a great opportunity to see the candidates in action and in-person and interacting with each other. and sometimes, i come out of the group interview really excited about the potential people that i get to work with during the summer.
but sometimes, i'm also really tired. following the group interview, there's a long arduous process of tasks that i have to do entirely myself. everything from multiple reference checks to more interviews -- scheduling them, having them, analyzing them, then potentially an offer if it all works out well. and i have to juggle all my other work too.
i'm not complaining. really/kinda. this stuff is interesting, and i feel like i have a good grasp of it, and it makes sense to me. what's funny actually is that i'm HIRING these people. or rather, I'M hiring these people. wtf?
during the group interview hour, we talk about the programs we run, the student and staff benefits, and there's always inclusion of the words "inspiration" and "motivation" and whatever. and as true as that may be in our circumstances of running a science and technology summer program for kids, i also find myself consistently questioning what ability i have to "inspire". i dunno. haha, i don't think of myself as inspiring. i grind away, and i wonder about where my life is headed.
part of the phone interviews that i conduct are a series of generic questions to gauge the candidates' thoughts, etc -- and one of them is on the order of asking how he/she would describe himself/herself as a role model. most people answer as best they can (like i used to, trying not to roll my eyes while doing so), but one person once said "ha, i don't think of myself as role model." i was totally surprised and caught off-guard, but HELL, i don't consider myself a role model either. i'm still looking for mine; how can i be one if i haven't discovered mine yet? order of operations!
anyway, so this is just a spastic stream of thoughts, a consequence of working too much, not exercising enough, falling into a boring routine, and being frustrated at the fact that planning a vacation is ridiculously difficult. argh.
happy belated pi day though. for some reason, that bit of awesome nerdiness always makes me grin. 3.14159!
we have group interviews every other week that i'm responsible for facilitating. they're important, and the group setting provides a great opportunity to see the candidates in action and in-person and interacting with each other. and sometimes, i come out of the group interview really excited about the potential people that i get to work with during the summer.
but sometimes, i'm also really tired. following the group interview, there's a long arduous process of tasks that i have to do entirely myself. everything from multiple reference checks to more interviews -- scheduling them, having them, analyzing them, then potentially an offer if it all works out well. and i have to juggle all my other work too.
i'm not complaining. really/kinda. this stuff is interesting, and i feel like i have a good grasp of it, and it makes sense to me. what's funny actually is that i'm HIRING these people. or rather, I'M hiring these people. wtf?
during the group interview hour, we talk about the programs we run, the student and staff benefits, and there's always inclusion of the words "inspiration" and "motivation" and whatever. and as true as that may be in our circumstances of running a science and technology summer program for kids, i also find myself consistently questioning what ability i have to "inspire". i dunno. haha, i don't think of myself as inspiring. i grind away, and i wonder about where my life is headed.
part of the phone interviews that i conduct are a series of generic questions to gauge the candidates' thoughts, etc -- and one of them is on the order of asking how he/she would describe himself/herself as a role model. most people answer as best they can (like i used to, trying not to roll my eyes while doing so), but one person once said "ha, i don't think of myself as role model." i was totally surprised and caught off-guard, but HELL, i don't consider myself a role model either. i'm still looking for mine; how can i be one if i haven't discovered mine yet? order of operations!
anyway, so this is just a spastic stream of thoughts, a consequence of working too much, not exercising enough, falling into a boring routine, and being frustrated at the fact that planning a vacation is ridiculously difficult. argh.
happy belated pi day though. for some reason, that bit of awesome nerdiness always makes me grin. 3.14159!
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