Superthread LXIII - Honouring the attractive women that exist in reality

[woodyk2]

lol@uni

 

[Drew-Sta]

I must admit, I've never been asked for transcripts either.

References seem to be more important in business.

But I do agree with muzby re doctors / lawyers.

 

[woodyk2]

Interwebs slow today....anybody else?

 

[Bulldog Force]

I'll start things off with a little useless trivia for the Miss Iceland pageant:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_Iceland

Rafn Rafnsson, the new chief executive of the Miss Iceland contest, "in hopes of diversifying the field of contestants beyond the statuesque blonde with striking blue eyes that has become the Icelandic stereotype" said "There is no Miss Iceland stereotype..." One week later, in response to Rafnsson's statement, 1,300 people applied to become Miss Iceland, including several nontraditional candidates, such as:

Sigríður Guðmarsdóttir, 48, a female governmental minister in Reykjavik,
Reynir Sigurðbjörnsson, 47, a male electrician,
Ása Richardsdóttir, a 49-year-old female producer in the fine arts industry,
Matthildur Helgadóttir-Jónudóttir, an female event manager also in her 40s,
Brynhildur Heiðardóttir Ómarsdóttir, a female literary critic,
Sigríður Ingibjörg Ingadóttir, a female Member of Parliament for the Social Democratic Alliance
Guðrún Jónsdóttir, a spokesperson for Stígamót (organization that fights sexual abuse against women),
Hildur Lillendahl, a feminist in Iceland,
Björk Vilhelmsdóttir, a city councilor of Reykjavík and feminist,
Þórdís Elva Þorvaldsdóttir, a writer and actress

 

[Bulldog Force]

Right... obviously I just missed the new one. Please merge mods - thanks.

 

[muzby]

Medicine and law are a bit different to business etc. I've worked in a couple of different places and applied for a few more during/post uni and not once been asked for a transcript

to answer that i'll need to refer to the words of a man much smarter than i am:

any company worth their salt will ask for a transcript of results

then i'm assuming it wasn't a highly sought after position?

particularly fresh out of university, if there is no actual work experience and the role is going to involve anything even remotely related to the degree studied, the academic transcript is a good indicator as to how the employee will perform.

yes, there are people who do well at work and have either not studied or didn't apply themselves when they did study, but overall you will find these people are outliers, which is why good companies will utilise the transcript as a guide..

 

[muzby]

understandable mistake..

the new one has only been going for a few days, afterall..

 

[Scott Gourley's Lovechild]

I would of been boned if my employer asked for a transcript!

 

[soc123_au]

Quality thread fail.

 

[Bulldog Force]

Quality thread fail.

 

[dogslife]

I think most employers see the interview process as the most important part. If you're interviewing for a role where you're going to have to interact with other people, it won't matter what your gpa is if you've got the personality of a pot plant

 

[Drew-Sta]

This is true. Office mix / fit is important.

 

[woodyk2]

As an employer I enjoy this talk.

 

[muzby]

I think most employers see the interview process as the most important part. If you're interviewing for a role where you're going to have to interact with other people, it won't matter what your gpa is if you've got the personality of a pot plant

This is true. Office mix / fit is important.

it's a mix of both.

no point getting along with everyone if you don't know how to do the job.

cultural fit plays an important part, and this is why good employers run psychometric testing as the final stage of an interview process. this helps to identify underlying personality traits and behaviours that may not have come out in the interview.

reminds me of a great employment related joke that kind of fits with this discussion.


a circus manager puts out an ad for a new juggler after his last one got eaten by a lion.

first applicant comes in, and the circus manager asks "can you juggle 3 balls?"

the applicant says "yes".

manager: "can you juggle 4 balls?"

first applicant: "no sorry, 3 is my maximum"


next applicant comes in. manager asks "can you juggle 3 balls?"

second applicant says "yes".

manager: "can you juggle 4 balls?"

second applicant: "yes"

manager: "can you juggle 5 balls?"

second applicant: "yes. i can juggle up to 7 balls."

manager: "great, you're hired"

second applicant: "don't you need to see me juggle first?"






and in other employment related humour not related to this discussion:

[youtube]YHy06FMsezI[/youtube]

love peter serafinowicz.

 

[Didgi]

Even in law and med I don't think a transcript is as important as most think. We've got employment-relevant skills competitions run by massive law firms and the med students are doing placement from basically their second year, so there's a massive weighting placed on that sort of thing. I value the practical success I can put on my resume over my GPA - not that I'm not trying to keep that as high as possible though.

 

[dogslife]

Transcripts are good if you're going for a graduate role, but that only helps you get in the door, you still have to interview well. I didn't bother with them though as I already had a job

 

[Drew-Sta]

it's a mix of both.

no point getting along with everyone if you don't know how to do the job.

cultural fit plays an important part, and this is why good employers run psychometric testing as the final stage of an interview process. this helps to identify underlying personality traits and behaviours that may not have come out in the interview.

I don't put a lot of stock in the psychometric stuff. I think they bottle reactions and anticipated responses in situations where they're not clear or cut and dried. Often, context is important to answer and to remove context removes the actual intent behind the decision process.

The eneagram isn't bad at classing people into fairly flexible groups, but the stuff I've done for employers in the past is really just a wank.

Even in law and med I don't think a transcript is as important as most think. We've got employment-relevant skills competitions run by massive law firms and the med students are doing placement from basically their second year, so there's a massive weighting placed on that sort of thing. I value the practical success I can put on my resume over my GPA - not that I'm not trying to keep that as high as possible though.

Agree. A law student might be a poor 'book smarts' person, but phenomenal when in the courtroom. Employers have for too long tried to homogenise employees in the pursuit of 'ideal' candidates and missed excellent employees because they couldn't work out how to manage them.

 

[Non Terminator]

love peter serafinowicz.

One of the only reasons I have Twitter..

 

[Apey]

God dammit. Been 3% and 1% off a HD on my first two assignments respectively.

This shit used to bug me more than it should have at Uni :lol: Think the worst was getting 83 for an elective that I really enjoyed (although it had absolutely nothing to do with the rest of my degree).

I think the grade system is a bit silly sometimes.

demonstrating a comprehensive knowledge in the field you are studying (eg getting Distinctions & High Distinctions) is a lot harder as it requires you to put in time AND effort..

Pfft. Only in some subject areas maybe.

 

[Monk]

Brought my chooks esky to work. Great way to find out who the cool kids are.