12:22 PM - Job Fair
Yesterday, I went to the EMU job fair for CS and CIS. I wasn't looking for a job. I had to interview students for two positions. It was a very strange experience. A year ago, I was at that job fair looking for a job. I had a few people I knew from EMU come up for jobs. It was a bit awkward for me. Some of them are good people, but not necessarily qualified for this position. We did find a few people that might work out.
I just didn't picture myself interviewing people a year ago for anything.
I ended up with three piles of resumes. Those that could be candidates for the programming position, those that could do the tech support job, and those that I won't be contacting again. I totally understand why people do that now.
The most amazing thing to me was the number of candidates who didn't try to sell themselves. I got a great deal of "I'm not good at that" or "I put that on my resume, but it's because I'm interested not because I understand..." Wow. There were several interesting stories, but I don't think it's all that appropriate to get specific on a public blog.