I did that once. Gave an employee random U bolts, nuts, PVC plates,
hose clamps etc. and said "mount this camera to this tower about 6 feet
up". He did it, 7 years later is still with us and the camera is still
in place.
Steve Jones wrote:
just give them a box filled with random junk from the warehouse and a
truck-stop bathroom. tell them to "build it". Come back in 20 minutes.
Youll be able to find out alot about a person when you give them
unknown resources and no real instruction or direction.
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:17 PM Brian Webster
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Sure you do ;-)
Thank You,
Brian Webster N2KGC
www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com>
www.Broadband-Mapping.com <http://www.Broadband-Mapping.com>
-----Original Message-----
From: AF [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] On Behalf Of Adam Moffett
Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2019 9:19 AM
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Assessing life skills
I don't know anybody with a ham license :(
On 5/30/2019 8:35 AM, Robert wrote:
> Check for a ham license...
>
> On 5/30/19 5:28 AM, Adam Moffett wrote:
>> When I was young I went exploring. I'd ask my mom if I could
go for
>> a bike ride. I never really specified where, and just kept
ranging
>> farther and farther from home. I'd end up in creeks, culvert
pipes,
>> climbing fences, walking through woods, construction sites,
quarries,
>> and basically anywhere else I didn't get kicked out of. I got
there
>> on my bike so in terms of parental permission I put it all
under the
>> category of "going for a bike ride". I only got arrested once,
but I
>> probably deserved it a few more times.
>>
>> I also took things apart and used bits of wire and a battery to
play
>> with the components. At an early job they were impressed that I
>> correctly used the word "potentiometer" in a sentence. I also
>> plugged a DC motor into a 120V AC outle --a valuable lesson
there. I
>> also melted a NiCad battery on the carpet when I left it on the
>> charger too long.
>>
>> My hobbies included model trains and my RC car. I could tell
you the
>> difference between a parallel and series circuit when I was 10. I
>> tagged along with my brother when he went out shooting with his
Ruger
>> 10/22. I slept out in the woods for the fun of it, and sometimes
>> didn't bring anything but matches. Played with fireworks, made my
>> own fireworks with homemade black powder and/or match heads.
>>
>> My dad made me do drywall, set fence posts, change the belt on a
>> lawnmower, and so on.
>>
>> Every success and every failure contributed to a set of skills
that I
>> took for granted until I encountered people who didn't have them.
>> Things like spatial reasoning, basic electricity, use of basic
hand
>> tools, and a general sense of time, distance, and direction.
>>
>> So the question for AFMUG is how do you find out whether a job
>> applicant is the curious explorer who wants to know how everything
>> works? How do I attract that applicant to begin with? I may want
>> specific skills too like a juggler who can juggle, but I really
want
>> people who can figure stuff out and won't be deterred by every
little
>> bump in the road.
>>
>>
>
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