So far I have noticed that this Diddy show mirrors thoughts I have had far more than I want to admit. While the contestants are overly dramatic, occasionally unprofessional, and sometimes downright stupid, they still are doing what I am doing; working hard to get a job.
I realized this at my internship today. When I went looking for something to do (in the words of Jim, "Never be bored Alex!) I was hit with the question, what do you want to learn to do? And my response, was immediately "Anything you can teach me. I want to learn everything."
The reason it reminds me of Diddy, is because one character on there (I see them as characters and not humans for the most part) has nicknamed himself "CanDo" as in "I can do anything". And I admire that spirit and I know you need that to succeed. But what I can't admire is his on air work-ethic. He never seems to work on things that he considers "below him". And I can't admire that.
So that got me to thinking, I want to learn things so I can do everything there is but this can cause me to do the tasks slower because I need to learn them once. Cando on the other hand can do things that he know realtively fast. So which is the best benefit to employers in today's economy. Would they rather have a young, willdo attitude with a learning curve, or a slightly more experienced cado person that might not be able to do as many things?
9/09/2008
I don't want to work for Diddy. (At least not yet)
I love to watch T.V. It is a great way to break away from the real world and get lost in pro sports, edgy dramas, or daydreams on Scrubs. All in all T.V. is a lot of fun, but most people (including me) don't expect to learn a whole lot from some of the programming. I would think that is doubly true for reality shows, and quadruply true for reality shows on VH1. It's not that I have anything against VHI, but the shows I watch on there (and I do, a lot) like I Love Money and I Want to Work For Diddy are not what I would call intellectual material. Usually I watch those train wrecks for the crazy people in them, not the ones that should make me think. But I have to say that watching Diddy this week made me think about my own job search.
I don't want to work for Diddy but I do want to have some of the qualities that I think Diddy would admire. And one of those qualities is leadership in a team. I get the question all the time in interviews and online forms, "Do you consider yourself a good leader?" I do and clearly Poprah on "Diddy" does as well. But as I watch the show I ask myself, in a team setting what is leadership? Is it harnessing the best aspects of your team or is it seeing their weaknesses and solving their problems? Personally, I want to get as much out of my team as possible and then mnimize error as we go. Kim is a little more hands on. Getting a job is a cut-throat market, and in that respect Kim's antics work. But at the same time, who can work with a stubborn person? The question is then, which style do employers want to see? What do you guys think?
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