Re: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-23 Thread purplkat
THANK YOU!!! THANK YOU!!! I just got a job after coming off of 2 years of unemployment and have ALWAYS hated that question. Now I can be better prepared for it if/when it comes up in another interview. Katheryne who hopes her next interview will be when she retires from this job that I JUST

Re: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-21 Thread Heather Rose Jones
On Jun 20, 2007, at 9:28 PM, Sylvia Rognstad wrote: On Jun 20, 2007, at 10:21 PM, Sheridan Alder wrote: The trendy thing nowadays is asking applicants to provide an example of a time that you had to deal with a difficult situation, customer, etc. Try to think of something, even if it

OT: job interviews (was Re: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-21 Thread Andrew Trembley
Sylvia Rognstad wrote: On Jun 20, 2007, at 10:21 PM, Sheridan Alder wrote: The trendy thing nowadays is asking applicants to provide an example of a time that you had to deal with a difficult situation, customer, etc. Try to think of something, even if it seems pitiful at the time - like,

RE: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-21 Thread Rickard, Patty
: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:55 PM To: Historical Costume Subject: [h-cost] volunteering I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, but it looks like it could be fun. I've met some of the other

Re: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-21 Thread Sarah Nucci
I'm actually on staff to recruit, supervise, and train volunteers for a large museum. For the most part, if you don't have a criminal record and are fairly normal (read, not looking at womens parts) then we accept you. Frankly, if a museum needs volunteers they will find you a placement

Re: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-21 Thread MaggiRos
--- Heather Rose Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you know you're going to be dealing with this style of interview (or think you might be), it can help to create a mental list of experiences to use as examples for a wide variety of scenarios. In fact, it's okay to write things

RE: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-21 Thread Rickard, Patty
To: Historical Costume Subject: Re: [h-cost] volunteering What does interpreting mean? On Jun 20, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Joan Jurancich wrote: At 08:54 PM 6/19/2007, you wrote: I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy

Re: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-20 Thread Joan Jurancich
At 08:54 PM 6/19/2007, you wrote: I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, but it looks like it could be fun. I've met some of the other ladies and they're nice. Wish me luck. I don't

Re: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-20 Thread Sylvia Rognstad
What does interpreting mean? On Jun 20, 2007, at 8:19 AM, Joan Jurancich wrote: At 08:54 PM 6/19/2007, you wrote: I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, but it looks like it could be

Re: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-20 Thread Joan Jurancich
Interpreting means, roughly, making the physical aspects of the historic site meaningful to visitors. For example, at Sutter's Fort we have a reproduction of a farm wagon that was used in the 1840s to move to California from Missouri. I like to tell people that it is the 1840's moving van.

Re: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-20 Thread Sheridan Alder
Costume [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:54:34 PM Subject: [h-cost] volunteering I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, but it looks like it could be fun. I've met some

Re: [h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-20 Thread Sylvia Rognstad
On Jun 20, 2007, at 10:21 PM, Sheridan Alder wrote: The trendy thing nowadays is asking applicants to provide an example of a time that you had to deal with a difficult situation, customer, etc. Try to think of something, even if it seems pitiful at the time - like, when my sister tries to

[h-cost] volunteering

2007-06-19 Thread Dawn
I'm going Wednesday night to turn in my application to be a volunteer at a local historic site. They do 1860's. Nothing fancy, it's a farm house, but it looks like it could be fun. I've met some of the other ladies and they're nice. Wish me luck. I don't know if they're going to interview me