The Trials and Tribulations of The One About Vague Job Titles
Wow. Quite a show today. Where to start… {INSERT FLASHBACK SOUND EFFECT AND WAVY LINES}
1 PM: Our first guest, Bob Fannin, Principal Consultant of Global Project Management LLC of Greenwich, CT, who was going to fill us in on the field of Project Management called and said that he had the flu. I briefly freaked until he said, with a hoarse voice and stuffed nose, that he would still do the interview via phone. (I hope that he is doing better now and wish him a speedy recovery). Breathing a sigh of relief, I thanked him and went on to other work.
1:25 PM: I get a call from a nurse working the annual blood drive at C.W. Post that Darlene Johnson, my co-host, fainted after her first ever, noble attempt at donating blood (this should in no way discourage anyone from donating blood). She was stretched out on a gurney in the student union pale as sheet and groggy. This may be dramatic but she looked up and said, “It looks like you are on your own…” Indeed…
1:55 PM: Our second guest for the 3rd segment of the show, Rita DiStefano, Human Resources Consultant for the firm of Portnoy, Messinger, Pearl and Associates, shows up early. This is a good thing.
2:00 PM: Everything seems great. I start the show: The One About Vague Job Titles. I make it through what I consider the hardest part of the show – the What’s Happening bit – when we report on the NYC and LI business events. The extraverted part of my extreme introverted-ness (yes, I am an introvert) kicks in and I manage to get through it filling the webwaves with my banter… I realized after the segment that I wasn’t breathing for 15 minutes.
2:17 PM or so: We come back from the break, I introduce Bob Fannin…. and there is no response… So I introduce him again… and there is no response. Technical failure on the Genter – the piece of equipment that gets phone calls on air. Joe, the engineer looks miffed and is playing around with cables and buttons and sliders and stuff to try to get the thing working. Bob was on the phone, I heard the poor guy wheezing but he couldn’t hear us and we couldn’t get him on the air. So, I turn to Rita DeStefano and begin our interview about the vagueness of Human Resources. We try a couple more times to get Bob on the air to no avail. The interview with Rita continues.
2:28ish PM: I talk to Bob on the phone during the break, explain the situation, let him know that we would try one more time in the 3rd segment to get him on. If that didn’t work we’d have to try again some other time. Again, wishes for a speedy recovery and huge thanks for his patience and willingness to be interviewed through his illness. I suddenly realize that I have no interview for the 3rd segment after we finish up with Rita.
2:30 PM: We…are… back… from the break. I give it one more try with Bob to no avail. I cut him loose, Joe apologizes one last time, and I finish the Human Resources interview with Rita. A slight panic ensues until I realize that her current job is also vague – she is a consultant! So we discuss the field of consulting with her for the rest of the segment. Thank you Rita for staying and loving the experience! Darlene calls during this segment and Joe relays the message that I “shouldn’t get too comfortable… So, You Wanna Job… isn’t a one man show…” thanks Darlene…
2:45 PM: I finish out the show with no problems… except for the fact that I was talking too much and had to cut short the Worst Jobs in History bit. PHEW!!
All in all, I got a great interview from Rita DeStefano who obviously loves her job and, with enthusiasm, fleshes out the vaguenss of human resource and consulting. What a ride…
We should have the show archived by early next week...
Next week : The One About Careers in Finance when we plan on speaking with a financial planner and a financial analyst – only on So, You Wanna Job… Wednesdays at 2 pm EST on WebRadio WCWP!
1 PM: Our first guest, Bob Fannin, Principal Consultant of Global Project Management LLC of Greenwich, CT, who was going to fill us in on the field of Project Management called and said that he had the flu. I briefly freaked until he said, with a hoarse voice and stuffed nose, that he would still do the interview via phone. (I hope that he is doing better now and wish him a speedy recovery). Breathing a sigh of relief, I thanked him and went on to other work.
1:25 PM: I get a call from a nurse working the annual blood drive at C.W. Post that Darlene Johnson, my co-host, fainted after her first ever, noble attempt at donating blood (this should in no way discourage anyone from donating blood). She was stretched out on a gurney in the student union pale as sheet and groggy. This may be dramatic but she looked up and said, “It looks like you are on your own…” Indeed…
1:55 PM: Our second guest for the 3rd segment of the show, Rita DiStefano, Human Resources Consultant for the firm of Portnoy, Messinger, Pearl and Associates, shows up early. This is a good thing.
2:00 PM: Everything seems great. I start the show: The One About Vague Job Titles. I make it through what I consider the hardest part of the show – the What’s Happening bit – when we report on the NYC and LI business events. The extraverted part of my extreme introverted-ness (yes, I am an introvert) kicks in and I manage to get through it filling the webwaves with my banter… I realized after the segment that I wasn’t breathing for 15 minutes.
2:17 PM or so: We come back from the break, I introduce Bob Fannin…. and there is no response… So I introduce him again… and there is no response. Technical failure on the Genter – the piece of equipment that gets phone calls on air. Joe, the engineer looks miffed and is playing around with cables and buttons and sliders and stuff to try to get the thing working. Bob was on the phone, I heard the poor guy wheezing but he couldn’t hear us and we couldn’t get him on the air. So, I turn to Rita DeStefano and begin our interview about the vagueness of Human Resources. We try a couple more times to get Bob on the air to no avail. The interview with Rita continues.
2:28ish PM: I talk to Bob on the phone during the break, explain the situation, let him know that we would try one more time in the 3rd segment to get him on. If that didn’t work we’d have to try again some other time. Again, wishes for a speedy recovery and huge thanks for his patience and willingness to be interviewed through his illness. I suddenly realize that I have no interview for the 3rd segment after we finish up with Rita.
2:30 PM: We…are… back… from the break. I give it one more try with Bob to no avail. I cut him loose, Joe apologizes one last time, and I finish the Human Resources interview with Rita. A slight panic ensues until I realize that her current job is also vague – she is a consultant! So we discuss the field of consulting with her for the rest of the segment. Thank you Rita for staying and loving the experience! Darlene calls during this segment and Joe relays the message that I “shouldn’t get too comfortable… So, You Wanna Job… isn’t a one man show…
2:45 PM: I finish out the show with no problems… except for the fact that I was talking too much and had to cut short the Worst Jobs in History bit. PHEW!!
All in all, I got a great interview from Rita DeStefano who obviously loves her job and, with enthusiasm, fleshes out the vaguenss of human resource and consulting. What a ride…
We should have the show archived by early next week...
Next week : The One About Careers in Finance when we plan on speaking with a financial planner and a financial analyst – only on So, You Wanna Job… Wednesdays at 2 pm EST on WebRadio WCWP!
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