Jeez Louise, you Toronto Trek concom members write long reports... all 134 of them. (Reports, that is... not concom members. ;) )
Erm, I thought that's what we were supposed to do. Long, detailed reports so you guys can figure out what to do next year, or something.
The whole wearing you out thing is just gravy. *ducks*
I ask those of you who know Nik - was saying "he's fantastic to work with, does his work efficiently, without complaint and goes above and beyond what we ask and I would certainly recommend him" too much?
No. Absolutely not. That describes him to a T. I have never had a volunteer employee who has worked as hard as that boy does. If they doubt you, send them to me, and I'll back you up completely.
I thought it odd that she asked me twice if I still "employed" him; it was almost as though she wouldn't believe that I would tell a possible rival that he was a good employee unless I was trying to get rid of him. I explained that I wasn't so much his "employer" as one of his supervisors in a volunteer capacity, and now I'm wondering whether I should have bothered to make that distinction.
It probably shouldn't make a difference. If he works hard at a volunteer job, which he's not getting paid for, imagine how good he'll be with the added incentive?
I suppose I should send resumes out, shouldn't I?
Yep.
I don't particularly want to go back to school (not to mention the fact that I'm pushing 40 here), but I can't sit around here all day waiting for a mainframe job to open up.
Pushing 40. Ha. Quit making yourself sound old. :P
Education can't hurt at all, and it shows a willingness to go out and upgrade and update, and shows that you aren't stuck in whatever it was you learned ten years ago.
And you never know, you might end up learning something you really enjoy. Go back and take something you like, and see where it goes from there. ;)
And if you ever need essays editted, at least you know you have a lot of people online willing to help you out. You'll get A's across the board. :D
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Erm, I thought that's what we were supposed to do. Long, detailed reports so you guys can figure out what to do next year, or something.
The whole wearing you out thing is just gravy. *ducks*
I ask those of you who know Nik - was saying "he's fantastic to work with, does his work efficiently, without complaint and goes above and beyond what we ask and I would certainly recommend him" too much?
No. Absolutely not. That describes him to a T. I have never had a volunteer employee who has worked as hard as that boy does. If they doubt you, send them to me, and I'll back you up completely.
I thought it odd that she asked me twice if I still "employed" him; it was almost as though she wouldn't believe that I would tell a possible rival that he was a good employee unless I was trying to get rid of him. I explained that I wasn't so much his "employer" as one of his supervisors in a volunteer capacity, and now I'm wondering whether I should have bothered to make that distinction.
It probably shouldn't make a difference. If he works hard at a volunteer job, which he's not getting paid for, imagine how good he'll be with the added incentive?
I suppose I should send resumes out, shouldn't I?
Yep.
I don't particularly want to go back to school (not to mention the fact that I'm pushing 40 here), but I can't sit around here all day waiting for a mainframe job to open up.
Pushing 40. Ha. Quit making yourself sound old. :P
Education can't hurt at all, and it shows a willingness to go out and upgrade and update, and shows that you aren't stuck in whatever it was you learned ten years ago.
And you never know, you might end up learning something you really enjoy. Go back and take something you like, and see where it goes from there. ;)
And if you ever need essays editted, at least you know you have a lot of people online willing to help you out. You'll get A's across the board. :D