Is it just me or do more and more researchers misinterprate their own findings? They are not the only ones; apparently so do teachers. One of my teachers that was a marketing specialist from the UK showed us the following example in his course on 360 communication:
A given article states that research points out that on average 14 % of the world population interupt the sexual act for a phone call. To him this meant that the cell phone was becoming more and more important. Not being convinced I asked him what the numbers were before this research… silence…
So than how did he now if it decreased or increased? …silence…
Continue reading ‘Research (mis)interpretation’
Passing by a Fnac store on an ordinary Sunday I don’t imagine seeing anything else but big gray closed roll door. This Sunday at the Fnac in Rue de Rennes (close to the Montparnasse train station) was different though: they installed something called a “vitrine audioactive”Lit with a noticeable orange backlight, four CD’s are shown behind the glass and as soon as you tough them the CD starts playing. It made a lot of head turn and most people stopped to give it a go. What a way to promote your products (and your store) outside shopping hours!
Today was the last day of the expositions of (among others) Martine Barrat and Larry Clark in the Maison Europeenne de la Photographie. I was unsure if I would like it because I’m generally picky when it comes to museums. Either way the cold, hotel like, entrance didn’t get me very enthusiastic. Continue reading ‘Photography museum’
When I first saw the poster of the Largo Winch movie I thought somebody had made a mistake with the release date:
Apparently this was not at all the case; following their link to the Largo Winch movie blog we see that the release is indeed planned for 17 December 2008. The site contains all sorts of insight on how the movie is made, pictures of the cast, and small interviews with everybody on the set. The goal seems to be to create a buzz then, but I can’t help but wondering if people wouldn’t have forgotten about it by December.
So more to come then?
Salary has never been my main interest in a job but if a company is not willing to pay me more than 300 Euros, I assume that they are looking for somebody that doesn’t bring more than 300 euros worth of additional value into the company.
Yes I know that I’m not a professional yet, and that the learning process I am in costs a lot of money to a company (If you’re lucky to find a company, willing to give you that attention) But from what I’m hearing (from interns, teachers and professionals) it is quite simply a fact that most of the 300 euro companies are just taking advantage of their interns. Meaning a lot of work, but not much of a challenge, let alone a decent learning experience.
And quite frankly, how can it be any other way? A company that fixed the salary above 1000 will not be likely to accept just anything: they expect a lot from their intern. A company that doesn’t fix an income seems to want to base the salary on the person, which doesn’t seem like a bad idea either. But if a company fixes an income at 300 euro I tend to think that they do not care who comes in for as long as he’s cheap. I guess you would only settle for that at the point that you don’t think that you can do any better, you got refused by all the other companies offering higher salaries, or you were just too late finding anything…
So where is the interest for a company to put salaries that low? I would say to get the jobs done that nobody wants to do.
Me, I’m mainly looking for a company where I can put my qualities into action to help the company advance. In return I expect a company to supply me with sufficient challenges so that I can have I variable day of work in which I can expend my knowledge (and as a result my qualities) which places me and my employer in an everlasting win-win situation.
So where do I talk about money? Nowhere! Why? Because there is simply no way that you can find a company that complies with the above that is unreasonable about your salary
Update: I found an internship in february of this year, and in the whole search I only got confirmed what I wrote.
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