Dec 12 2008
Ipod Evals
This morning as I lay in bed before I got my son up and got him ready for school I was listening to my Ipod and enjoying the early morning peace,and I drifted off to that commercial awhile back where various people were talking about what was playing in their Ipods,i’ve also seen in some celebrity interviews where the celeb is asked what their listening to on their Ipod,and it got me to thinking about what if in the future people were asked to leave their Ipods for evaluation for a job instead of your traditional resume,strange thought I know,but I think you would get to know a lot more about someone than you would with a resume,because I would think most of us know what to say on a resume and how to make ourselves look really good on paper,(that’s why they like to invite you in for a face to face interview because maybe they’ve figured this one out too by now),because I don’t think your Ipod lies about who you really are,and I think it tells alot about oneself. I know for me as I pondor the thought of being evaluated based on my musical choices I don’t know whether to laugh or be a little concerned,my musical choices in my opinion signal someone who is either musically multi-faceted or mad ,my tastes range from India Arie and Celine Dion to Kanye West and Korn and I just found out about this group from Finland today called Nightwish and i’m crazy about there sound and can’t wait to put some of there music on my Ipod too,but, I may just be overthinking ,I tend to be overimaginative sometimes,I don’t think most employers would want to suffer through the annoyance of first of all taking the time to listen to potential employees Ipods let alone determine whether or not to hire us because of or despite them,wayyyy too much work I would think, so…we’ll just stick to the tried and true method(s) that seem to have worked out so far and I will keep imagining a more entertaining world,at least to me anyway.
