Can we reinvent our persona?
By danjenkins
@danjenkins (646)
United States
May 1, 2007 11:18am CST
Human Resource (employment) managers believe "the past is prelude". This means that they believe a person will always be what they have been. That we cannot change. Do you believe that we can overcome our failures and become better than we have been? Can we reinvent ourselves? Can we bury our past and create a new future?
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@nameerf (99)
• United States
1 May 07
Having worked in management and read hundreds of resumes, I believe that they are a good starting point to determine whether someone will work out in your company or not. I'm not saying that people can't change. Occassionally you'll get someone who hasn't stayed at any one job for more than a year that will work for your company for 10 or more years. Sometimes you find that the person that worked at their last job for ten or more years isn't a good fit for your company after you hire them. We can overcome our failures but the first step is to spin it properly in the resume. When an employer is going through resumes depending on the position, they can get 5 to 300 resumes. On the lower end the manager will read all of them. On the upper end you have to cut quickly. It's all about how you sell yourself on the cover letter and on your resume. I don't believe you can bury the past but you can create a future.
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@danjenkins (646)
• United States
1 May 07
I hear what you are saying. I was really looking at the bigger picture than just applying for a job. I'm asking if we can get a new concept of who we are as a person. If we view ourself as a failure, then others will see us as a failure too.
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@sunita64 (6469)
• India
1 May 07
I personally feel that human beings are the only animals who have the capacity to come out of their past and create a new future.What I was in last 30 years of life now I am a changed person. Earlier I used to need company to travel now I am much of a confident person and travel long distances all alone and comfortable too.
@danjenkins (646)
• United States
1 May 07
I agree that we change in many ways. When I was in high school I would get embarrassed if the teacher called on me to answer a questions (even though I usually knew the answer). Now I speak frequently in front of groups of people from 10 to hundreds. A co-worker recently told me he could not imagine me not being confident. It is a matter of learning our strengths and learning to get the butterflies to fly in formation! Also, we need a pile of failures to give us a platform for success. And, we need to get our expectations to conform to reality rather than to pollyanna.
@sunita64 (6469)
• India
1 May 07
That is true, even I never used to raise my hands for answering but my teachers always tried to bring me in front and out of my shyness. Now I myself guide biotech students and every friday conduct seminar so that they do not hesitate in presenting what they have learnt.
@anjalisk2005 (1492)
• India
2 May 07
made is like water..he blends himself with give situation as water to the container it is put in
..so man can change and it is a part of his life..
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@danjenkins (646)
• United States
2 May 07
However, in order for a person to be authentic, their core values must be real. Living by situation ethics and pragmatism (whatever works) cannot lead to an authentic persona that people will believe and respond to. We must find out who we were before the junk of life attached to us, and "get back to being the real me that I was created to be."
