That's the end. This will probably be my one and only rant type blog.
-Patsy
A few posts back, Brianna posted about one of my biggest pet peeves. After reading her rant about 9 year olds with cell phones, I got thinking about the things I never had as a kid that kids today have. I just graduated from college, so I've filled out a lot of applications lately, and a question that pops up on a lot of them is "What makes you a qualified candidate for this position?" I wish it was reasonable to answer "I grew up in the 90's." I've decided 90's kids are the most employable people out there. Maybe we didn't grow up with all of these crazy technologies (reading a electronic book! video games on your phone! car windows you don't have to crank! google!), but we grew up with a lot of things that really made us better people. For example, the version of Microsoft Word loaded onto my first computer did not have spell check, so when I didn't know how to spell a word, I had to look it up in the dictionary. So, employers, you have a girl who can not only spell words like beautiful, definitely and through all by myself, I can also right click and spell check when I get it wrong. Spell check isn't my only example. I might not have done my reports on an iPad in elementary school, but I remember many long hours sitting in the children's section of the library researching for reports. I'd start with the encyclopedias, and then use the online card catalog to find books, get them off the shelves, and physically open them and find the information. Sometimes I'd even have to use the index (whoa!!) or a glossary (double whoa!!). When someone needs information these days, they just hop on google, and expect the information they need to be found easily. Us 90's kids appreciate the speediness of technology, but we also know what to do when technology fails. We know how to use a computer and a book. Who wouldn't want that kind of person around their workplace? By this point, most of us have had the painful experience of teaching someone significantly older than us how to use a computer, e-mail, Facebook, DVR or even a VCR. I'm scared that someday we'll have to have similar painful experiences teaching people younger than us how to use an index or pencil sharpener. So, what I'm saying is, if you are a person who is hiring, hire a 90's kid. Chances are, we'll know what to do if you send us your staff manual in a PDF format or if you hand us a book.
That's the end. This will probably be my one and only rant type blog. -Patsy
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