Archives for the Month of November 2005 on Alan Baucco's Online Journal
Job Search Ethics - Career Center
On Tuesday the Career Center came to class to give us a speech on job search ethics. I thought this speech was very effective and very infomational. He talked about what is acceptable to put on your resume and how you should only accept a job you plan to actaully take. This really helped me, because I was still a little confused on what I could actually put on my resume. I also did not know that it was unethical to accept two jobs at the same time, then turn one done. These topics led to a really good class discussion, I would say one of our best.
Team Work in HR Simulation
I am very pleased with the amount of team work everyone in my group has put forth. Everyone is striving to come to all the meetings and give their input. In other groups, people may just pick numbers and hope for the best, but are group actually discusses and talks out all of our decisions. It is much more than just picking random numbers. We have also done a very good job at splitting up the work, and completing that work on time. I hope that the rest of the project goes as smooth as the first half.
The Jonah Creighton Case
I really like this particular case because it posed many questions. Like, what would have happened if Jonah Creighton would have never said anything about the discrimination going on at Coulding-Hessler. In my opinion, if he would have never said anything in the first place, he still would not be working there. I do not think he could have kept working there if he knew that people were discriminating in hiring recruits. I believe that either way Jonah was way too strong of a man to put aside his moral beliefs for job security and money.
Case Studies vs Lecture and Discussion
I really enjoyed reading the two different cases, Harrah Casino and Jonah Creighton. I also enjoyed writing about Jonah Creighton. My suggestion for the class is to give us much more case studies and less lecture/discussion on topics that may be useless. For example, discussions on listening to people and working with people. It seems like most people learn better from real life examples, and the discussions about those topics. I, for one, am one of those people. I have received much more from that case studies than most of the lectures.
The Learning Plan Grades - Creativity
This entry is concerning the grades most students received on the Learning Plan Part I. I understand that it is a rough draft, but I didnt think that the grades were that fair. Or it may be that maybe the grading happened to be a little too harsh. The main part of the paper where most people received a low score was creativity. I do not think it is fair for one person to decide if another person is being creative. I think that as long as a individual thinks that they are being creative, they are being creative. I believe that this portion of the grading should be abolished. Other than that, I just did not think that many people were happy with their grades.