Here's a lovely live-action short from Christmas 1950, starring Santa Claus and his three elf workers, Pepe, Zippo and Click. It's odd, because I'm sure I've seen these same names scrawled in graffiti on a bus bench in old town Pasadena: yesterday's Christmas elves become today's gang members.
I love the family portrayed in this film. No needy children here, just Christmas greed wrapped up in a holiday hymn: a glimmer of the mercantile Christmas yet to come.
The second day of job search boot camp was kind of like the first, only in reverse. The first session dealt with taking your LinkedIn network and using it to find contacts with various companies. They also turned us on to several job sites that are designed to narrow your search rather than cast the widest net.
One of the great things about these seminars is that these folks are recruiters, and they are giving us the inside scoop on how recruiters go about finding qualified candidates for job openings; how they search and what they look for in resumes and profiles.
The second half of the afternoon was interview advice, and a lot of this was pretty self-evident. I did pick up a few ideas, though, so it wasn't a total repeat of what I already know. Tomorrow is mock interviewing with actual recruiters, with a critique afterwards. That will wrap up the three-day workshop.
I still haven't done any Christmas shopping.
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