Michele Armstrong please stick to questions

My title might sound mean, but I felt like her presentation was rather lacking. She was pretty much just reading powerpoint slides at the beginning. That's okay however, because she was awesome about answering our questions, and was very knowledgeable about the topic at hand.

Human Resource Management... that's something the small business I've worked at for the past 7 years could really use. I'm sure everyone with a job says something to a similar tune. People are people, and most of us are pretty @#$%ed up. The hardest part of my work day is dealing with people. Could you imagine if your job title was basically "Person who deals with people"? That's pretty much what a human resource manager is. Maybe the fact that they're honest about what their job is makes it easier for them. The rest of us are in denial. "I'm just a salesman, I shouldn't have to deal with this person!" Nope, you're wrong. Most of us have to deal with people, whether coworkers or customers, so person who deals with people is in our job title. Maybe it's all those other responsibilities we have to deal with that are dragging us down. "Alright, so you'll give me $60k a year. That should cover dealing with people, but how much are you going to pay me for programming?"

I found Michele's advice on interviews invaluable, and was happy I took extensive notes. There's all these things that are just expected, and we're JUST EXPECTED to know about them. It is in a sense its own culture. I find that the only way I can really learn about culture is by immersing myself in it. I'm going to take as many interviews as I can get. I'll keep screwing them up until I get it right.