Really? According to everything else I'm reading, we're discussing how the market for music has changed, and that certain people associated with the industry believe that it is time, by force or by flow, to make a change. And, how the majority of the system doesn't want to.
If you'll read the parent comment to my post, and you didn't so I forgive you, you'll see that someone mentioned a retail music salesman that is complaining about needing an internet business to stay in business.
The allusion that I was trying to draw together here is:
Music industry (Licensing, Marketing, Retail) = Same attitude: The new economy is bad and we want to do it the old way forever.
Now, since you didn't understand the comment the first time, here's the tag I forgot to include -
"If he didn't run an eBay store on the side, he'd be out of business."
It sounds like your store friend thinks this (eBay marketing) is a bad thing. At least he had the good sense to use the new tools to sell and stay in business. Now, instead of complaining that the business model changed, he should be talking about how it's opened up whole new markets and embrace them with open arms.
Oh...wait. That complaining attitude sounds familiar. Where have I heard it before?
Better yet, when you have titles that don't mean anything outside of the company you worked for. Try telling a recruiter that you were a T-Grade with RF endorsement and listen to the silence. Or that my first job didn't have a title, it was just work that the company happened to fill for a few years.
Only a few of the recruiters I've dealt with in the past want titles. apparently the experience section isn't enough for these jokers and they're hiring based on previous titles held. Usually, they're sorry they asked.
That's pretty common. My online profiles don't have my address or phone number in them, for obvious reasons (Cornerstone America, aaaagh!) But I do have a line in most of them that says "You may contact me, Jim Bob at emailaddress. I am currently located in City, Ohio. You may download a Word copy of my resume at website. I am not interested in contract only positions."
My favorite lines from recruiters, usually repeat offenders:
"We don't have any way of knowing who the resume belongs to, it's anonymous." "I didn't know you were located in Ohio. They are looking for local candidates only." "This is a 6 month contract position..."
I've only had one actually track down the address I used in the blurb, go to the website, download the resume, and contact me at the email. Turned out to be a crap job, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt for a while.
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Really? According to everything else I'm reading, we're discussing how the market for music has changed, and that certain people associated with the industry believe that it is time, by force or by flow, to make a change. And, how the majority of the system doesn't want to.
If you'll read the parent comment to my post, and you didn't so I forgive you, you'll see that someone mentioned a retail music salesman that is complaining about needing an internet business to stay in business.
The allusion that I was trying to draw together here is:
Music industry (Licensing, Marketing, Retail) = Same attitude: The new economy is bad and we want to do it the old way forever.
Now, since you didn't understand the comment the first time, here's the tag I forgot to include -
"If he didn't run an eBay store on the side, he'd be out of business."
It sounds like your store friend thinks this (eBay marketing) is a bad thing. At least he had the good sense to use the new tools to sell and stay in business. Now, instead of complaining that the business model changed, he should be talking about how it's opened up whole new markets and embrace them with open arms.
Oh...wait. That complaining attitude sounds familiar. Where have I heard it before?
Better yet, when you have titles that don't mean anything outside of the company you worked for. Try telling a recruiter that you were a T-Grade with RF endorsement and listen to the silence. Or that my first job didn't have a title, it was just work that the company happened to fill for a few years. Only a few of the recruiters I've dealt with in the past want titles. apparently the experience section isn't enough for these jokers and they're hiring based on previous titles held. Usually, they're sorry they asked.
That's pretty common. My online profiles don't have my address or phone number in them, for obvious reasons (Cornerstone America, aaaagh!) But I do have a line in most of them that says "You may contact me, Jim Bob at emailaddress. I am currently located in City, Ohio. You may download a Word copy of my resume at website. I am not interested in contract only positions."
My favorite lines from recruiters, usually repeat offenders:
"We don't have any way of knowing who the resume belongs to, it's anonymous."
"I didn't know you were located in Ohio. They are looking for local candidates only."
"This is a 6 month contract position..."
I've only had one actually track down the address I used in the blurb, go to the website, download the resume, and contact me at the email. Turned out to be a crap job, but I gave him the benefit of the doubt for a while.