Finding Work

Finding work seems to be very difficult. I talked to a guy who hires people and says he gets hundreds of applications for each position he has open. Computers are used to weed out the top candidates now days. So a computer scores each resume based on words within the resume and then the top however many are put in front of the hiring manager. So if everyone is equal then the odds of getting your resume to the hiring manager are less than 10%, probably less than 5%. These numbers will grow. I am trying hard to find full time secure employment. I don't know if it exists anymore. Since things likely won't be much better for the next election in 2010 expect a different congress. Congress has been controlled by Democrats for the last 3 years. While Bush still is blamed they controlled the House and Senate during the downturn and if it doesn't go up fast will be in control during those elections. After 4 years of Congressional control expect some backlash from the public.

College football figures out who plays for the national championship today. I am hoping for a game of TCU vs Alabama. Wouldn't Alabama be ticked losing to a Mountain West team two years in a row? The only issue with this is Boise St. Two years in a row would probably be left out of a BCS game while going undefeated during the regular season. Lucky for them Texas probably has only a 3% chance of losing. UNLV basketball is doing well too. 6-0 with wins over Louisville and at Arizona. Looks like March will be a fun month too.

My Heisman ballot right now,

Kellen Moore - Boise St.
Colt McCoy - Texas
CJ Spiller - Clemson
Mark Ingram - Alabama
Toby Gerhart - Stanford

I'll put my final one up next week. Don't care much for the award as it is more of a campaign than anything else. Seems players from the same schools win it all the time. Alabama and Tennessee have never had a winner with all the great players that went to those schools.