>> >> My wife and I went out to see MADAGASCAR 2 last night with our son >> and one of his friends. The Warren was sold out, which made me >> sad, so we went on to Norman to watch it there. It was great. >> >> While we were in Norman, we ate at Santa Fe Steakhouse. With >> peanut shells all over the floor, no one notices the mess your kid >> makes. A big plus. >> >> The server that took our order was cute as a bug’s ear, confident, >> and had a husky voice like Kathleen Turner. (I’m an observant >> writer, trained in my craft, so I notice things like this. My >> wife, also very observant, laughs at me.) Given the fact that many >> servers in restaurants around Norman are also college students, I >> asked the server if she was, indeed, a college student. She said >> she was, majoring in nursing, and graduating in May. >> >> (I keep looking for someone majoring in Anthropology as a personal >> quest because I keep thinking I’d like a masters in that. Sadly, I >> haven’t found anyone yet. It’s a personal quest. I know they >> exist, but they must be like leprechauns. Or maybe independently >> wealthy so they don’t have to work. I refuse to believe that >> they’re really lab rats getting paid for having audacious >> experiments performed on them by professors that were banned from >> working in the real world. But I digress…) >> >> Anyway, after learning about Folio 21 from Sarah Cole last week and >> being impressed with what the program entails, I asked Liz (yep, I >> always get people’s names and can generally remember them hours and >> sometimes months later – especially young women with husky voices >> like that) if she’d heard of Folio 21. She hadn’t, and she’s >> worried about finding a job. >> >> And she’s GRADUATING IN MAY! >> >> So I told her to go to Career Services and look into the Folio 21 >> program. (Sarah, I used your name shamelessly!) She thanked me >> for the info, and even stopped me on the way out while on an >> extremely busy shift to thank me again as we left. I made her >> promise to tell at least five friends. Kind of a PAY IT FORWARD >> thing. >> >> If you slept through class or were thinking about lunch/dinner (or >> some significant other out to destroy what little life you have) >> while Sarah was talking about this, here’s a recap: President >> Boren has paid for every student this year to have access to this >> service. Folio 21 provides a website resume that you can control, >> alter, and even split off into separate pages for different job >> applications. For $25 per year after you graduate, the site will >> remain there for you. >> >> Since you guys are going to have at least 13-15 jobs throughout >> your professional lives (and apply for jobs many, MANY more times >> than that), and since the world has gone high-tech, I think Folio >> 21 is a fantastic weapon to have in your job-hunting arsenal. More >> people should know about it. >> >> Now I’m challenging you guys. I want you to please tell your >> friends about Folio 21. I want you to Facebook and MySpace about >> it. I want you to blog about it, and your experience signing up >> for it when you do that. >> >> Adam, Christy, Will, somebody should really feature this >> information at the Daily and archive it on-line somewhere. And a >> few success stories based on Folio 21’s performance shouldn’t be >> hard to find. Think of them as human interest pieces. >> >> Information about Folio 21 can be found here. >> >> http://www.ou.edu/career/Students/OurServices/Folio21.html >> >> If you have any questions, lemme know. >> >> Best, >> Mel >> >> > > Deborah Chester > John Crain Presidential Professor > Gaylord College of Journalism & Mass Communication > 395 W. Lindsey Street > Norman, OK 73019 > (405) 325-4192 > [log in to unmask] > > >