Tuesday, June 17, 2008
logo merchandise
All summer long our college is devoid of most of the student population. The only people left here are those who don't have money to leave, those who are taking classes, and those with jobs here. I am one of those trying to learn in this heat and I have never stayed here during the summer before t his year. One thing I have noticed about this observation is is that there is also another population that is a bit more transient and not quite as stable as the other three.
All summer long our school hosts kids sports camps and various conferences. Now that I have looked into it I realize that there are camps every single week for every sports imaginable and there is also a conference every week. That is why when I walk around this summer I see many more high school kids than usual and every adult it seems is dressed to impress. After discovering the schedule of these types of events I decided to try some of them out just for fun.
The sports camps offered here are a bit too expensive and I am too old, but the trade shows and job fairs are perfect. I went to my first trade show last week at the sports stadium. I was dressed like I normally am so that these recruiters would try to get to me first; they like students the best. I walked around that hall for hours talking to people about various jobs in electronics and collecting the promotional gifts. I think I must have gotten promotional products from every single booth. Next time I think I will bring a shopping cart for all for the tradeshow giveaway items. Now my wardrobe is stocked full of logo merchandise of companies I will never work for.
While I was there I tried not to give off too much information because if they were to talk technical at all I would have no idea what they were talking about. I am a liberal arts major who has never even seen the inside of his computer let alone a technology expert.
Mike @ 1:38 PM