So all of us are far too familiar with the horrific tragedy that played out in Newtown Connecticut On December 14th 2012, just a week before Christmas Day. Such a tragedy and what I always find amazing is how the community that it happens in really comes together, supports each other. Its almost like Christian fundamentalism doesn't exist in such time, they just help. I wish I could see that happen more often than it actually does.
If there is one definite time the Newtown community should be even more close knit after this tragedy, its now. never should such a devastating event like this one be churned for profit. But of course, they have barely buried their loved ones and someone already wants to take a shot at filling their pockets
Hollywood Director Jonathan Bucari, known for 2011's made for TV movie "The Sacrificial Lamb" Has announced he wants to make a movie based on the Newtown Tragedy. Huffington Post quotes Burcari as saying he had chosen a different town that was close by because he "didn't want to upset the residents so soon after the killings"
What a joke this guy is! If he wants to be sensitive to the residents of Newtown then he shouldn't be trying to make a movie out of the event to begin with. These people in many cases lost their world when they lost their children to that maniac, and now some movie making maniac wants to twist the knife some more? Out of the question!
If Bucari wants to make a documentary, why not make one on the importance of keeping these kinds of weapons out of the hands of the populace so things like that wont happen. That man was able to do the things he did because he had access to "unreasonably powerful weapons That have no business in a home" as one parent testified, weapons, he continued "that belong in an armory, not in a home weapons locker."
How about doing a professional documentary expose on unreasonably easy it is to get our hands on, as civilians, on these ridiculously powerful weapons that can fire a hundred rounds a minute (that might be an exaggeration mind you. I don't know how long it would take to go through a clip with a hundred rounds)
The town that Bucari has chosen to shoot this film says its just too soon. I'm making a fair guess of where he wont be shooting this "documentary". In fact if I was one of the residents of Newtown, CT, I would be telling this guy where to go and how to get there. In fact I would rally the town together and sue the guy if he actually did make and release the film. This is a film that just simply should not be made. Its inconsiderate, its a money grab. Bucari has no business making a film about a horrific event like this. Its not a post 9/11 thought process here. Let the victims rest in peace, and let the survivors heal
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Face to Face and Old School Employers
I love my Internet. Its so useful in several different ways. But there is one way that different companies have moved to in using the Internet that I actually really don't like. In fact, I don't just dislike it, I absolutely loath it!
I recently found myself looking for employment as the job that I had went south after near three years of working there. Here is my problem: I rarely walked out of the house to look for work. In fact I think ninety five percent of the time Ive been looking for other work Ive been sitting behind a computer screen filling out online application!
Its super annoying and super inconvenient. I know what your thinking: "how can that be that much of an inconvenience to you? I mean your getting an obscene amount of applications out there! You're getting your name out there"
But that's the problem. Where I'm getting my name out there...I'm not getting my face out there. Its frustrating and I really hate not giving the prospective employer a face to the name when I turn in a paper application.
Guess what? So do most employers. Many of them are old school employers who want to see a face turning in an application, not a computer screen with raw data. Yes, that indeed tells them the hard data of what they need to know, granted, but it doesn't tell them anything about the person applying.
What this boils down to is the human element. Online applications may be great for getting many of them out in the shortest amount of time, but at the same time for the old school employers, and many people who own businesses today who are not so much from that era, online applications leave a bitter taste in their mouth because of that lack of human contact that tells so much more than what raw data ever can.
This is why I find it so refreshing when I find a business or corporation or whatever, that still primarily uses paper applications. Don't get me wrong, I understand exactly why many companies have gone the route of online employment applications. Its very noble and admittedly it saves them a huge amount of money, and it really helps on paper waste besides, because they can simply print out the ones they find interesting. I don't agree with using it. But I think that many good people are passed over for a position because the employer looked at the raw data, but didn't look at the person behind it.
The raw data, in my opinion, is not as telling as seeing the personality of the person typing in the fields and hitting send. I much prefer talking to the hiring manager in person as I'm turning in my application. I want my first impression to be in person, not in pixels.
I recently found myself looking for employment as the job that I had went south after near three years of working there. Here is my problem: I rarely walked out of the house to look for work. In fact I think ninety five percent of the time Ive been looking for other work Ive been sitting behind a computer screen filling out online application!
Its super annoying and super inconvenient. I know what your thinking: "how can that be that much of an inconvenience to you? I mean your getting an obscene amount of applications out there! You're getting your name out there"
But that's the problem. Where I'm getting my name out there...I'm not getting my face out there. Its frustrating and I really hate not giving the prospective employer a face to the name when I turn in a paper application.
Guess what? So do most employers. Many of them are old school employers who want to see a face turning in an application, not a computer screen with raw data. Yes, that indeed tells them the hard data of what they need to know, granted, but it doesn't tell them anything about the person applying.
What this boils down to is the human element. Online applications may be great for getting many of them out in the shortest amount of time, but at the same time for the old school employers, and many people who own businesses today who are not so much from that era, online applications leave a bitter taste in their mouth because of that lack of human contact that tells so much more than what raw data ever can.
This is why I find it so refreshing when I find a business or corporation or whatever, that still primarily uses paper applications. Don't get me wrong, I understand exactly why many companies have gone the route of online employment applications. Its very noble and admittedly it saves them a huge amount of money, and it really helps on paper waste besides, because they can simply print out the ones they find interesting. I don't agree with using it. But I think that many good people are passed over for a position because the employer looked at the raw data, but didn't look at the person behind it.
The raw data, in my opinion, is not as telling as seeing the personality of the person typing in the fields and hitting send. I much prefer talking to the hiring manager in person as I'm turning in my application. I want my first impression to be in person, not in pixels.
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