Advice

If I could give advice to the upcoming classes in English 304 that will be taking it with Ms. Rogers I would say, have fun! Ms. Rogers is a great teacher that loves what she is doing and reflects that in class very well. English 304 is not the most exciting class in the world but Ms. Rogers makes it very interesting by the biggest assignment dealing with a web page that the whole class contributes to. The cool thing about the web page is that it is not just for class, the client we converse with actually uses it for their business. This class is a great way to understand how a business works and what type of documents are preferred by many employers. Do all of your assignments in this class and try to make it worth your while and you will do great!

FINALS!!! AHHHHHHH

I am going to use my blog this week to complain an explain why finals week is the worst weeks of the year. Most people already know that the week of finals is horrible, dreadful and pretty much makes u want to quit college. I would like to give a few ways that might help the scary week and make it a little more, well, not scary. I think that Clemson University should give at the least 3 days off of school to start studying before finals. I don't think it is fair to start the Saturday before the week. That is probably the worst thing the school could do. Boo to the school. I love Clemson but what a dumb idea. I also believe that if a student has two finals on one day they should have the right to switch it to a more convenient day to at least give them a try at making a good grade. Some things should change during the week of finals. Another thing that makes this time scary is the word... CUMULATIVE... what a scary word. One of the biggest reliefs in a college students life is knowing your final is not cumulative, hurray for the teacher. Well for the next week i will be preparing to make really good grades on finals, god knows i need to!

Friend or Foe?

The article that was given for us to read, I believe is very common and very smart in a successful company. How do you know if who you are hiring will get along with your present business or employees? When interviewing a candidate for your business it is hard for managers to learn about the character of the interviewee without asking personal questions which in turn might be crossing the line in the interview process. The part of the article that explains where a company had a program to train and keeps their employees at a seminar for about 10 hours to see if they were fully committed was a great idea. The only downfall is that after the seminar the employees might be a little tired with the way company does their business, but all around that shows that company that the candidate wasn't right for the job to begin with. Companies all around the world are starting to bring programs in to see how well an interviewee will gel with their current employees which helps their business to grow without hardships.

Team Work

Team projects are kind of difficult in college I am not going to lie. You might say I even despise them. It is very hard to get an entire group together to wrok on a project with so many different schedules and agendas. Most people in group work just dont want to come and meet, so they dont. On the other hand some people do not even have time most nights because of work, other classes or athletics. Concerning our group, I think this year in my business writing class, we have been able to do very well as a group and get a lot accomplished. Although we have had some instances where everyone has not been there but all in all we are able to do everything in time and at very high quality. In the future some things that might make the experience better is scheduling meetings when the team first gets together and make dates and times. Another idea is to send out e mails when the meetings are coming up. The problem of not coming to meetings seems to be the only mishap when it comes to college students and their studies. Hopefully these tips will help make our groups stronger.

OH Halloween!

I love Halloween. I love the time of year where everything starts to change along with the leaves. Dont get me wrong, summer is my favorite, but i do love fall. And at the beginning of every fall is Halloween. It is awesome because evryone gets to dress up and look stupid and no one cares! This year for Halloween I was the devial and I had the best time. My freshmen year my room mates and me dressed up and trick or treated around Lightsey Bridge 2 and we got so many things. We at one point even got cupcakes. Halloween is the best time of year to be spooky and scary and everyone wants to get into the spirit.

Interview

The interview that was conducted last week I thought was a great way to practice before having an interview for a real life job. Dressing up and being on time was a really key part of the interview which gave an idea of a very professional surrounding. It started out introducing me and telling the interviewee my name where I go to school and what I am currently doing in my personal life. I feel like I should improve on that part of my interview because I never say anything that shows credibility of why I should have to job I am interviewing for. I usually say something about track and I think I should say more about school. Next I was asked what type of achievements I have been awarded and why I would like the job.
The interview was very informative on what I should remember to say. One thing that I thought went very well was the question of what is my weakness. I have always wondered exactly what to say because you do not want to exactly give a bad trait. I have learned that u should say a trait that bothers u but not necessarily bad. An example would be being articulate. The interview was rather short but to the point. I am glad we did this in our class because it is a way to get your resume written and have an example of an interview.

Kegerrator!!!!!

I thought that the most interesting presentation was about building a keggerator for your house. What a weird thing to do a presentation on but very interesting. I always wondered what you could do to keep a keg cold but I never thought u could put in in a frig and make a tap on the outside. He did a really good job explaining every step while being extremely funny. One of the things that I loved about his presentation were his pictures on the slides and that he gave examples. He also explained his favorite things about his kegerrator which made it really funny.

CLEMSON FOOTBALL

So I would like to talk about the Clemson University football team. I love football. I really do love football. I grew up watching it all of my life and now that I go to Clemson i love Clemson football. I know people on the team here, I support almost everything that Clemson does and I will always take pride in this school, but what is happening to our football team? We do this every single year. We start out wonderful winning so many games and being at the top of the list on every sports list. After the beginning of the season we lose one game and a dominoe affect starts and we suck, for the rest of the season. I am tired of seeing such a good football team do so bad at such a great school. Get with it TIGERS.

Smart Resume Writing

At the resume website I chose to look at the article dealing with job hopping. I never knew that the more jobs you have the less reliable or loyal you look to a hiring manager. The article dealing with job hopping explains great ways to make your resume look like u are more qualified. Some of the tips they gave were not bulleting your jobs. Instead of listing every job it is a better idea to give a summary or collecetion of the skills you picked up at each job. When you are creating the summary it is important to make connections between each skill to create a story. Another way to explain your many jobs, if this pertains to you, is to describe if there was a merging between companies where your current job changed names. This shows the hiring manager that you were loyal to your past companies and that you did not switch a job. Job hopping does slow the search process down, but if you have the right ideas on how to persuade and represent yourself acurately there is nothing to worry about.

What to Do at An Interview

The web sites we looked at with different articles on, things to do and not do at a job interview was very interesting. Looking at the different tips while conducting a phone interview and improving your chances of getting a job over the phone was really informing. Another one that I thought was really interesting and I personally think every manager should use when hiring someone is the personality test. I can imagine that if there is not in indepth interview witht he future employee then the manager would not be able to find out who the person is that they want for the job. All managers might see is that at an interview most candidates put on a front of what they think will come across as acceptable to get the job. I am not saying that trying to make yourself like your hopeful future employees is bad, i just think that a personality test make help make sure employees get along and work better together than employees that have no idea whats going on in each others live. The last article I read shocked me the most. The article explained how some people lie about being married and even take off their wedding rings before they go to the interview. I never knew that being married would make you less able to get a job. So many things can make or break you in the midst of finding a job and these aticles are very informative and helpful for my future.

Me in 10 Years

In ten years I hope that iIwill have a husband and a family. I hope that i will be far into my job dealing with fashion design either it be in a magazine company or a clothing company. I hope to in 10 years to have a house and the cars i would like to always own. I am not sure if I would like to have kids in 10 years but i know i would like a family one day! I would really love to have my dream dogs, and Italian Greyhound and a saved Greyhound from the race tracks. I hope in 10 years I have become a very successful person and that I am very happy.

Text Is Not Linear!

2.0
The title of the movie i just watched is Text Is Linear, I think that is very clever because text isn't linear unless it is typed on a computer. Web 2.0 in the movie is good for someone entering the workforce because it shows them how to write a program. In the movie they were showing us how different commands such a and how it could do different things in there program. At the end of the blog is says, " we will have to rethink everything." In my opinion i think that means that the world is always changing and that each program gets changed everyday and to keep up in the work force people will have to think out of the box and differently everyday.

Me

Hi.... My name is Katie Farnan

I am currently a Junior at Clemson University and loving everything about it. I am originally from Atlanta, Georgia but I am starting to appreciate everything South Carolina has to offer. My major here at Clemson is Business Management with a minor in Communication Advertising. I am a member of Track team here and I compete in the High Jump. One of my favorite things about Clemson and South Carolina is that I have met a lot of wonderful people that I hope to keep in touch for a long time...... well thats me and you will see a lot more of my blogs later on in the semester!