Mountain Music

I spent this weekend up right outside of Asheville at a camp called Windy gap. The camp needed me to come up and run the zip line for men’s weekend, so I spent my Saturday watching old men zoom down a wire into freezing cold water. It was rather hysterical. I went to help out, but the real reason I went was to slow down a little bit. My life sometimes feels like everything is going one hundred miles an hour. I left Clemson at 11 on Friday night and got there around 1 o’clock and as soon I drove into camp I felt like a burden was lifted.

I didn’t think about school the entire weekend until of course about an hour ago and it was so refreshing.

Water Sports

Our company is going to be a water sports business. We would like to be located in or next to a resort in Key West. We will offer a wide variety of water sports including surfing, windsurfing, snorkeling, jet ski rental, para sailing, wake boarding, and skiing. we will also have a store that sells surf boards, bathing suits, sun screen, and flip flops. We are targeting tourist families mainly during the months of June, July, and August, bus since the weather is hot all year long we will be prepared to work all year.
We are looking forward to starting up this business and hope that it is a success.

Interview

I had no idea what to expect for the interview. I have never interviewed for a job, much less interviewed for a job over the computer, so this was foreign territory for me. I realized that I need to be more prepared for any question. The zinger (really hard last question) stumped me a little bit. So preparation is something that wouldn't hurt. I also need to be ready to ask a good question. I think confidence and preparation are the two most important things for an interview, as well as what I need to work on the most. I think I did alright for my first go at it, but there is always room for improvement.

It feels great to be loved!

I celebrated my 20th birthday weekend, and man what a great time I had. I really don't liking making a big deal out of my birthday, but my friends decided that they had to do something, so we had breakfast together on Friday.
My Roommate and neighbor invited a lot of close friends and we caught up while eating egg casserole and french toast. Starting off your day by sharing a meal with friends really sets things off right.
Sharing long telephone calls with friends that maybe you haven't heard from in awhile, and conversations with those you see everyday; whatever it may be talking with those people usually leaves me in a good mood.
The affect that my friends have on me makes me want to do the same to them, as well as find new people that I can make feel this way. This year I have tried to focus on the quality rather than the quantity of friendship, and I have found that it is much more satisfying. I have really developed some great friendships this year.
So I will continue to peruse existing and new friendships because there are few thing that are better than community in this world.
Booyakasha

Cover Letters?

The Idea of cover letters is new to me because I have not yet entered the business world. Before the mention on cover letters I thought that a resume followed by an interview, and maybe a follow up interview was all that it took to get hired. I've realized that you can let the interviewer know more about you in the cover letter, like example of success stories in the past.

I thought that the ideas on how to write a good cover letter were pretty helpful. I agreed with pretty much everything in the tutorials. Using a checklist on the cover letter is a very good Idea. Using this gives you the opportunity not to leave anything out. Writing a "post script " also stood out to me. I wouldn't have thought to do this in a cover letter but if if make you stand out more to the employer, then thats good stuff. I believe that the possible employer would read the P.S. first.

online interviews

Interviews Online could possible work for some jobs, but I don't see it working for most jobs.
This might be a good idea for some jobs that are for tech poisons. For most jobs Normal face to face interviews will never go away. I think that it is important to meet face to face to really get a good view of the person.
Face to face interaction is very important for interviews. Both the interviewers and the person seeking the job get a good idea of each other when they meet face to face. With most jobs personal face to face contact happens everyday, so it is only natural that interviews should be conducted face to face rather than online.
This might eventually catch on but i think it is somewhat ridiculous.

persuasion; selling ketchup popsicles to ladies in gloves

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "Letters from a Birmingham Jail" is a very moving letter and uses extraordinary persuasion to voice his opinions on the way the situation things where in should be handled. He is very respectful, but he doesn't compromise what he truly feels needs to be done. MLK uses quotes from T.S. Elliot to draw credibility and provide points that would otherwise be only his own.
MLK used information that he knew and understood to back his opinions and support his material.
A company that I would really like to work in the Marketing department for would be Patagonia. Patagonia is a company that Makes outdoor clothing with the environment in mind. The way they persuade the public that they have a clean brand of clothing really impresses me. Whether what they claim is true or not they way they market their products is great. Patagonia persuades its customers to buy products even though they might be a little more expensive. The methods the company uses include highlighting the environmental good the company has done , as well as pushing its research in recycling clothing to improve resource responsibility.
In some ways MLK and Patagonia are similar they both take information they know about and highlight it and try to and persuade people to believe in what they are about. Mostly they are different though because Selling cloths and persuading people about a social movement are two very different things.