Raul-02
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Something to share with the kids
I went to college as a married adult with two children. I was fortunate to have a skill that was very much in demand; Machinist/Toolmaker.
I graduated divinity school (undergrad) and wasn’t interested in anything to do with religion. School beat it all out of me. So my options were limited.
But I still had my trade and I had an undergrad degree.
There was a Dream job I wanted to apply for.
It was a top notch R&D engineering consulting firm. I’d be working for a team of research engineers, never doing the same thing twice.
So I took the time to learn everything imaginable about the company from the founder, his habits and the quirks of other CEOs through the company’s history. By the time I interviewed I was an authority on the history and culture of the company.
To cinch the interview on the phone I told the HR girl that I have always wanted to work for that company. And in the interview I blew them away with the level of interest I had in the company.
Like I said - - to me, this was a dream job.
I got the gig, and I did in fact, love it.
I had parts that I made on the Hubble, on the Space Shuttle, and on the Challenger. I worked on the supercharger project for the M1A1 Abrams, medical devices, new cutting edge equipment for molecular biology, and a lot of things I’ll never be able to talk about.
The point here is that if a kid finds THE JOB or one that is just damned important to him or her that going over the top to become super knowledgeable about the company, it’s history, culture, and being able to discuss the interests of the major players running the place over the company’s history, etc., is never a bad card to play.
I went to college as a married adult with two children. I was fortunate to have a skill that was very much in demand; Machinist/Toolmaker.
I graduated divinity school (undergrad) and wasn’t interested in anything to do with religion. School beat it all out of me. So my options were limited.
But I still had my trade and I had an undergrad degree.
There was a Dream job I wanted to apply for.
It was a top notch R&D engineering consulting firm. I’d be working for a team of research engineers, never doing the same thing twice.
So I took the time to learn everything imaginable about the company from the founder, his habits and the quirks of other CEOs through the company’s history. By the time I interviewed I was an authority on the history and culture of the company.
To cinch the interview on the phone I told the HR girl that I have always wanted to work for that company. And in the interview I blew them away with the level of interest I had in the company.
Like I said - - to me, this was a dream job.
I got the gig, and I did in fact, love it.
I had parts that I made on the Hubble, on the Space Shuttle, and on the Challenger. I worked on the supercharger project for the M1A1 Abrams, medical devices, new cutting edge equipment for molecular biology, and a lot of things I’ll never be able to talk about.
The point here is that if a kid finds THE JOB or one that is just damned important to him or her that going over the top to become super knowledgeable about the company, it’s history, culture, and being able to discuss the interests of the major players running the place over the company’s history, etc., is never a bad card to play.