| Title: | SAILING |
| Notice: | Please read Note 2.* before participating in this conference |
| Moderator: | UNIFIX::BERENS |
| Created: | Wed Jul 01 1992 |
| Last Modified: | Mon Jun 02 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2299 |
| Total number of notes: | 20724 |
Given the present hard economic times and the risk that we may be job hunting, I thought I'd post the following: [stolen from WoodenBoat, May/June 1992] Have you been shot down lately when applying for a job and wondered why? Perhaps you told the interviewer you were interested in boats. Paul Lipke, our man in charge of the psychology of monomania, reports that a survey of 153 companies by the Director of Placement at Northwestern University lists 50 negative factors that frequently lead to the rejection of a job applicant. Right there on the list -- right up there with "poor personal appearance," "limp, fishy handshake," "lack of tact," and "low moral standards" -- is "boats during vacation."
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| 1863.1 | ICS::R_GREEN | Ron Green 223-8956 | Tue May 05 1992 17:04 | 3 | |
... but everyone knows boating is not a vacation, right??
r
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| 1863.2 | SHIPS::GOUGH_P | Pete Gough | Wed May 06 1992 08:57 | 7 | |
Or find a company whose directors sail... My neighbour in the Marina at
Chichester used to be the Sales & Marketing Director of Servomex. All
the directors sailed and they used to hold board meetings antifouling
each others boats! 8^)
Pete
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| 1863.3 | There's work and there's WORK!! | MILKWY::WAGNER | Scott | Thu May 07 1992 12:49 | 18 |
If you WORK for those directors, that is! I took much grief when
a new supervisor came in, who was quite anti-sailing. This was in
a company with 3 sailing Wagners, alone!! (Myself, Bob, and the
fabled WAGS... see elsewhere in the conference!). There were 7 or
8 of us who raced, so Thursday morning hallway recaps were common.
All in all, this anti-sailor ended up with a big S&S designed aux.
cruiser, years later. Harrumph.
At another company, very small, several designers couldn't agree on
system timing, days blown arguing. I packed them on my 22' boat in
20+ knots, and after pooping everyone out, we came up with a
workable timing diagram- on the back of my chart!
Gee, wonder if I coulda written that off my taxes 8*}
Scott
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| 1863.4 | UNIFIX::BERENS | The Moderator | Mon Jul 06 1992 16:37 | 13 | |
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Gee, I got a job in Washington once, largely because the personnel
director wanted to hear more about my experiences cruising the Coast of
Maine while living aboard a 12' sloop.
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