What Kind of Resume Do You Need for That Job?

[milee]

Yesterday, DS #2 is sitting in his Minion theme tighty whiteys happily eating his breakfast, when he decides to let us know his latest career plan.  Bear in mind he's 10 and just about the friendliest guy you've ever met.

DS #2: I think I'm done with school.  I'm ready to go out and start working.

 

DH: Allright.  We can probably help get you a job with the landscape company mowing grass.  Or you might have to start at the bottom and dig ditches for a while.

Me:  Of if you want to travel and experience some different things, we can help you get an internship at the coal mining plant.

[At this point, if it had been DS #1 who we'd been teasing, he'd be pitching a hissy about how we weren't taking him seriously, but DS #2 just lets it all roll off his back... smiling.]

DS #2:  I was thinking that I'd go be a Sith Lord.

Me: You watched Star Wars all weekend didn't you?  Hm, OK.  Well if you want to be a Sith Lord you're probably going to need to pull your math grades up a little bit.  I hear Sith School can be hard to get into.  You should also make sure your resume is ready with no typos. 

DS #2: [giggling]

Me:  You just want us to call you Darth ______ (insert DS #2's name here), don't you? 

 

[Formerly SK]

For a couple years both my kids wanted to be Jedis when they grew up.  I told them they had to go to college to become one.  They had it all planned out. 

[billisonboard]

I was the Sped teacher in a Special Education Individual Education Plan meeting.  I told the parent we needed to start a plan for post high school employment.  She informed me that her DS #1 was going to live off of DS #2's trust fund so we didn't need to worry about it.  The next year, she complained that there wasn't any career development plan.  I reminded her of what she had said the year before and indicated that I just wasn't sure what classes one needed to take to prepare them to "live off their brother's trust fund."  (The other teachers and principal just shook their heads at me. )

[shanendoah]

He has read the Jedi Academy graphic novels, I hope?




I was hoping I could find a new Craigslist posting for the job that I always thought "What kind of resume do you need for that?" whenever I saw it, but apparently, they've hired enough mercenaries for now.

[hoops902]

::Me: You watched Star Wars all weekend didn't you? Hm, OK. Well if you want to be a Sith Lord you're probably going to need to pull your math grades up a little bit. I hear Sith School can be hard to get into. You should also make sure your resume is ready with no typos. ::

*waves arm slowly across your field of vision*  "My resume is fine, you aren't concerned with typos"

[milee]

Nov 12, 2014 17:20:17 GMT -5 shanendoah said:

He has read the Jedi Academy graphic novels, I hope?

No, but sounds like something I should look for him for Christmas. I could understand a kid's desire to go to Jedi Academy, but the Sith thing is pretty funny. Especially coming from this kid who is the kindest, sweetest guy ever. DH and I laugh at how he'd go off to Sith School and they'd all end up being friends, talking nicely to each other and signing peaceful songs.

[milee]

Nov 12, 2014 17:20:17 GMT -5 shanendoah said:

I was hoping I could find a new Craigslist posting for the job that I always thought "What kind of resume do you need for that?" whenever I saw it, but apparently, they've hired enough mercenaries for now.

There are actually quite a few jobs that I can't figure out what kind of resume you'd need to get. Just last night DH and I were at a Scotch tasting dinner/talk.  Really fun event where they paired 5 courses of food with 5 different Scotches all from the same house but made in different ways. Anyway, the guy leading/narrating it was a handsome, well spoken Scotsman and he had 2 lovely young assistants that appeared to just be there to mingle, pour drinks and look pretty. I'm guessing the resume needed for the girls was along the lines of the same resume needed for the models in the car shows, but I couldn't figure out what type of resume the Scotch dinner leader would need. They called him a Balvenie "Ambassador" and it sounded like he spent most of the time flying around the world to do dinners and promo events. No idea if they just pick a salesman type and train him in the Scotch background stuff or if they pick one of their guys that knows the process and try to make him into a salesman.

[tskeeter]

Nov 12, 2014 19:50:32 GMT -5 milee said:

Nov 12, 2014 17:20:17 GMT -5 shanendoah said:

I was hoping I could find a new Craigslist posting for the job that I always thought "What kind of resume do you need for that?" whenever I saw it, but apparently, they've hired enough mercenaries for now.

There are actually quite a few jobs that I can't figure out what kind of resume you'd need to get. Just last night DH and I were at a Scotch tasting dinner/talk.  Really fun event where they paired 5 courses of food with 5 different Scotches all from the same house but made in different ways. Anyway, the guy leading/narrating it was a handsome, well spoken Scotsman and he had 2 lovely young assistants that appeared to just be there to mingle, pour drinks and look pretty. I'm guessing the resume needed for the girls was along the lines of the same resume needed for the models in the car shows, but I couldn't figure out what type of resume the Scotch dinner leader would need. They called him a Balvenie "Ambassador" and it sounded like he spent most of the time flying around the world to do dinners and promo events. No idea if they just pick a salesman type and train him in the Scotch background stuff or if they pick one of their guys that knows the process and try to make him into a salesman.

I though when you got the salesman gene, it came with the Scotch gene.


I think the real qualifications for the Scotch Ambassador job are charming, good looking, capable of staying relatively sober, and willing to travel.  And mostly keep your paws off the lovely young assistants.

[shanendoah]

I'm pretty certain that there is a Sith kid in the Jedi Academy books. C has read them with Pop Tart, but I haven't. Just know they exist (because they are on her shelves).

[Bob Ross]

Meh.  You're a rich business owner.   Sounds like you need to step up the training for his future position as "entitled heir".  

He can Sith Lord on the side.

[Rocky Mtn Saver]

Doesn't it end badly for most Sith Lords? 

We've always called my nephew Darth Cranium because he had a big ol' bald head as a baby.  It was perfect when he later became obsessed with Star Wars. 

[Pants]

Well, he needs to have some fear. Because fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. And hate leads to the Dark side.

Also some bad ass light-saber skills probably wouldn't go amiss.

[Rocky Mtn Saver]

Nov 13, 2014 17:36:08 GMT -5 Pants said:

Well, he needs to have some fear. Because fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. And hate leads to the Dark side.

Also some bad ass light-saber skills probably wouldn't go amiss.

So, as parents, you are obligated to instill fear in him.    It's your sacred duty to help him achieve his goals. 

[Rocky Mtn Saver]

Nov 13, 2014 17:46:41 GMT -5 @anne81 said:

DS swears he can use the force, I just can't see it.

He wanted to be Anakin Skywalker for Halloween but settled for Darth Vader.

My nephew proved it one day by standing in the center of the automatic doors at the grocery store concentrating hard on keeping the doors open.  He's right... the doors did stay open!  One cannot question proof like that!