The other day while I was at church, a sweet, kind, elderly woman was sitting behind us as she does most Sundays. And, as is also the case, we visit for a while before the mass begins. Well, this week, she caught me off-guard...waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy off-guard.
My friend asked me if I ever watched the show, Dog, the Bounty Hunter. I responded "no," but, acknowledged that I had heard of it and had seen short bits of it when channel-hopping. What came next silenced me as she loudly proclaimed that she thought I looked like "Dog."
Well, we were seated in an area with several people, so her 'kind' words were overheard by about a dozen people. My mouth was hanging open and my eyes were wide as I tried to process just where this conversation was headed. That and the laughter around us brought me back to the realization that 1.) she said I looked like a man, 2.) a man with facial hair, no less; and, 3.) again, she said I looked like a man! However, to her benefit, she quickly realized that she had only shared part of what she wanted me to know. It was not so much that I looked like a man, but rather, she thought my long, blond hair looked nice...like the "Dog's"! Okay, maybe, but, I was still being compared to a man...with facial hair!
So, I went to the Internet and checked up on the Bounty Hunter just to see what, exactly, I was being compared to. Sorry, Dog, but I was not feeling better when I clicked on the link. First, I discovered that Dog has a name, Duane Chapman. Second, I'll give credit where credit is due...the blond mane looks nice and is very well styled. But, I'm still having trouble getting past the facial hair. Anyway, I decided to research the career of Bounty Hunter as I thought it might be fun. Besides, I'm often checking out career options as part of my work. So, my first stop was to visit one of my favorite career websites, O*Net. With approximately 900 occupations listed in the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics' database, I proceeded to see what I could find under the heading of 'Bounty Hunter'.
What came up first was Hunters and Trappers. Right behind Hunters and Trappers was Tour Guides and Escorts followed closely by Umpires, Referees and Other Sports Officials. Additionally, Agricultural Workers, All Others, Fishers and Related Fishing Workers, Logging Workers, All Others also appeared. The list continued on with Commercial Pilots, Production Workers, All Other, Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers, and Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other. And finally, Travel Guides, Fish and Game Wardens, Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists, and Municipal Clerks rounded out the list of occupations displayed based upon the Relevance Score.
Somehow, none of these occupations, standing on their own, matched what I believed to be Dog's line of work, based upon my own personal research of his website. So, I proceeded to go through the lists of skills, knowledge, and abilities of some of the occupations to see if there was a way to match tasks required in the execution of Dog's line of work.
For example, O*Net describes : "Patrol trap lines or nets to inspect settings, remove catch, and reset or relocate traps" as a function of a hunter. I could see where it would be most helpful for Dog to have a very good understanding of the skills necessary to effectively patrol, inspect, remove, and/or relocate. Additionally, to be able to "Travel on foot, or by using vehicles or equipment such as boats, snowmobiles, helicopters, snowshoes, or skis to reach hunting areas" would be extremely valuable. However, as described under Umpires, Referees and Other Sports Officials, the ability to "Resolve claims of rule infractions or complaints by participants and assess any necessary penalties, according to regulations" might be a bit out there...particularly "according to regulations." (http://www.online.onetcenter.org/, retrieved 3/16/2011).
While the occupation of Bounty Hunter has not been demonstrated as a "High Demand" occupation in our tri-county area, I have to admit that the Dog does have nice hair. So, having looked through the lists of skills, knowledge, and abilities in the above occupations, and being unable to find any information from O*Net on the Dog's line of work that I could effectively share with job seekers, I decided that I'd rather look into the hair thing and checked up on Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists. After all, my friend did clarify that she meant my hair looked nice like Dog's; but, I'm still struggling with the facial hair thing.
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