Did I remember to actually submit anything? I'm fairly certain I submitted American Tezukas, because I remember the revised description, and I know I'd be on jtvh's Hell Hell, but was there anything else?
Also, panelists, seriously, PUT THAT SHIT ON YOUR RESUME. Any sort of public speaking/PR style experience will look amazing for a quote-unquote real job.
As someone looking for jobs right now, that seems like a good idea.
Only if it's somehow relevant to the job you are applying for. If you have a general resume online or a job page profile, then sure. On a resume document that you send in, you should tailor it to the things that are relevant to the position. If you're applying to a job where you sit in a back room and write code for a financial company, your ability to present a panel on giant robots to a room of fanboys probably isn't going to impress anybody. If you're going for a marketing gig, on the other hand, then any voluntary public speaking or presenting could be helpful, regardless of the topic.
Oh... actually as someone that sits in a back room writing code for financial software among other things, I'd like to know a candidate has some random capacity to communicate.
This. Effective communication is a rare skill in general. It depends on the career field how valuable it is, but it will always hold some value and help set you apart from the pack. Depending on how formal you want it to be in your resume, you could list the panel experience as a supporting note under "communication skills"
Communication skills are valuable, yes. The question is how to demonstrate that you have them on your resume. I suppose if that is the only presentation you have ever given, or the most complex one, then it's worth mentioning. Like I said, it seriously depends on the job.
If you've got something better, give preference to that. If you present the panel serially instead of just once, that's a plus too. Lots of people can talk about their hobbies and interests, but when you ask them to present on a different topic they fall flat. If I am looking at hiring you, I want to know if you can communicate about work stuff. Also, presenting, conversing, and negotiating are all different skillsets, so you should represent them separately.
It would be a lot easier for panelists to know who to go to with questions if there were some sort of uniform. Even just baseball hats or something similarly inexpensive.
This year, all staff should be in the black ConnectiCon polo OR a plain black shirt if they don't have a polo. Though, a few of us do cosplay. I'm trying to work out how to make it obvious I'm staff in a costume…
It appears Rym/Scott/Mysterious third party person is scheduling now, 3 of my panels were approved.
Communication skills are valuable, yes. The question is how to demonstrate that you have them on your resume. I suppose if that is the only presentation you have ever given, or the most complex one, then it's worth mentioning. Like I said, it seriously depends on the job.
If you've got something better, give preference to that. If you present the panel serially instead of just once, that's a plus too. Lots of people can talk about their hobbies and interests, but when you ask them to present on a different topic they fall flat. If I am looking at hiring you, I want to know if you can communicate about work stuff. Also, presenting, conversing, and negotiating are all different skillsets, so you should represent them separately.
Fair point, one does not always translate to the other, and it's up to the applicant to present a clear connection between their experience and qualifications.
As a funny side note to what you were saying, I would consider myself a pretty good reverse-example. At work, I'm known as a strong speaker and have had to brief Admirals on several occasions, and thought it'd easily translate to presenting my hobbies. However, at Connecticon last year, I had a room to myself (first panel ever) and gave a dud speech about board games. It was good practice though, and between that experience and the YouTube show I started hosting, I'm much more able to speak about my hobby. Followed it up with an excellent panel at PAX East, which I was very happy with.
Yep, me too. I'm pretty great at presenting work stuff, but when it comes to personal stuff I'm pretty meh. I'm also better on stage than in one-on-one interviews. It's probably because I'm used to working with people of all levels regarding work stuff, but when it comes to personal stuff I tend to associate with really smart people and those who already have common base knowledge. I'm not really practiced in low-level conversation of my hobbies, just high-level stuff!
I do put con stuff on my resume, but I list it subtley. I group con stuff as "Small/Large Group Public Speaking & Management" and put it under my skill list. This way you're giving the interviewer a chance to ask you questions about the topic and for you to elaborate. Depending on how I think the interview is going, I'll focus on the areas that they'll find the more intereting.
We should make an FRC shirt. Someone else get on that.
I am excite, I am 95% done panel on Monopoly and going to be working on Box Stuffing this and next week. I have to stay this may be the most outrageous panel I have ever pulled off in sometime.
Probably the same reason my Hip Hop panel goes on at the same time as your Bad Movie panel. Which also reminds me, Friday looks fucking stacked content wise, more so than the other days.
What's the chances of going to see a midnight showing of Pacific Rim Thursday night?
I don't know is the Spotlight Theatres Frontstreet is doing a midnight showing, but we are negotiating the rights to some awesome live-action 80s movies… Those will be screened from Midnight-10am.
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If you've got something better, give preference to that. If you present the panel serially instead of just once, that's a plus too. Lots of people can talk about their hobbies and interests, but when you ask them to present on a different topic they fall flat. If I am looking at hiring you, I want to know if you can communicate about work stuff. Also, presenting, conversing, and negotiating are all different skillsets, so you should represent them separately.
As a funny side note to what you were saying, I would consider myself a pretty good reverse-example. At work, I'm known as a strong speaker and have had to brief Admirals on several occasions, and thought it'd easily translate to presenting my hobbies. However, at Connecticon last year, I had a room to myself (first panel ever) and gave a dud speech about board games. It was good practice though, and between that experience and the YouTube show I started hosting, I'm much more able to speak about my hobby. Followed it up with an excellent panel at PAX East, which I was very happy with.
We should make an FRC shirt. Someone else get on that.
I would offer up lodging but I don't think anyone would want to stay 45 minutes away from the Con.