| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/25/2008 10:34:00 AM | ... but then again there are a lot of similarities.
Profile ....... Resume
Meet-and-greet ........ Screening Interview
First Date ........... Interview with the higherups/decisionmakers
And they say the best jobs - like the best relationships - come through networking or word-of-mouth introductions!
I bring this up because just as people can get pretty darn skillful at job hunting and interviewing, I think people can hone their dating skills so that they experience far fewer rejections, make better mutual bonding decisions, and don't find the whole business leaves them a nervous wreck.
Instead of focusing on "what's wrong with me?" or "why are all men (women) so (whatever)," we could be focusing on what works and what doesn't, what the successful daters do (not that they stick around to educate us!), and bringing a positive, high-energy vibe to the enterprise. The "position" may go unfilled for a while, but eventually this should yield a result.
And if not, there's always migrant daters! | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/25/2008 10:50:18 AM | I have always said a relationship is just like a JOB/Career......
And it is.....
If it does not make you happy and fulfilled....doesn't feel right...
Not willing to change anything ie: attitude, actions
STOP COMPLAINING AND.........................GET OUT..!!!!! | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/25/2008 12:10:50 PM | | LOL...yeah, and just like a JOB...you can be impressed with them during the screening process (interview) and then discover that they really trumped up that damn resume and are a lousy employee or misrepresented themselves! | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/25/2008 1:28:40 PM | | I don't think it's got so much to do with their dating technique as the fact that they are probably charismatic or dynamic people in some way. You get your lookers, your charmers or your lookers and charmers, who are a pleasure to be around for one reason or another, then you get your not so good looking, not so charismatic or neither charismatic nor good looking people and theyre just not so much fun to be with. | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/25/2008 1:36:14 PM | | Yes I would agree that relationships are like jobs, in that you have to work hard at both to get the best payoff.....................JMHO so yes you are interviewing a possible SO in a way. As you have to be compatible for a specific job so you must be for another person. | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/25/2008 2:27:06 PM | Karrpilot......you cant be the CEO of a large corporation without the proper qualifications...............maybe you need to review your dating resume....and recheck your qualifications  | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/26/2008 1:33:42 AM |
Instead of focusing on "what's wrong with me?" or "why are all men (women) so (whatever)," we could be focusing on what works and what doesn't, what the successful daters do (not that they stick around to educate us!), and bringing a positive, high-energy vibe to the enterprise.
No you can't. Witness the threads in which people are criticized for the equivalent of writing a resume to fit the job description. If anything job applicants bring bigger shovels. | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/26/2008 2:27:04 AM | You're right, dating is not the same as job hunting. It's the same as interviewing potential employees.
I hate to say it...but between the emails, phone calls, and IMs I get involved with trying to find a suitable mate...the process I go through is the same as when I screened potential employees.
Management sucks and it gets stuck in your veins | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/26/2008 5:01:54 AM | | Yeah, but in a temp job you can tell the boss to kiss your arse and still have a job the next day(somewhere else).That could be worth more than the other bene's. | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/26/2008 3:33:27 PM | I guess it boils down to me looking for a career rather than a job :-)
Jobs - not necessarily long termed, you just do it to accomplish a short termed requirement, wake up thinking.... crap I have to go to work.
Career... passionate about it, life long commitment to keep it progressing, you wake up thinking wow, I am lucky to be in the position I am in.
Profile ....... Resume
Meet-and-greet ........ Screening Interview
First Date ........... Interview with the higherups/decisionmakers
And they say the best jobs - like the best relationships - come through networking or word-of-mouth introductions!
Couldn't say it better! | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/26/2008 4:47:33 PM | | It's not like job hunting. It's like an interview process. After all, you want to get to know the person, right? You want to know what they do all day long.... hence, what is your profession? Then, come all the other questions about work, which end up talking about blessings and problems at work. | |
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| Dating is not the same thing as job-hunting!
Posted: 5/26/2008 5:00:39 PM | | I think you jsut needto be as honest in your profile as you can and not put what you think people want to hear. It saves a lot of disappointment later. | |
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