Episode one of As Recommended featured an eclectic mix of guests that helped tell the story of my production experience and fortitude. This episode is different. This time we discuss why I should NOT be considered for employment. And, it’s not what you think. Perspective is dynamic, have a listen and decide for yourself if you want me on your team.
Stay tuned for the next episode. @iheatheri @fordstudiob
Episode one of As Recommended featured an eclectic mix of guests that helped tell the story of my production experience and fortitude. This episode is different. This time we discuss why I should NOT be considered for employment. And, it’s not what you think. Perspective is dynamic, have a listen and decide for yourself if you want me on your team.
Stay tuned for the next episode. @iheatheri @fordstudiob
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Hi I'm Heather Irvine and you're listening to episode two of as recommended. Episode One of as recommended featured an eclectic mix of guests that helped tell my story of production experience and fortitude. As a standalone episode, as recommended has been downloaded over 1500 times from all over the world, and from a myriad of different electronic devices. This episode is different. This time we discuss why I should not be considered for employment. And it's not what you think perspective is dynamic. Have a listen and decide for yourself if you want me on your team. In the summer of 2020, just after I'd achieved my Master's at Eastern Michigan University in April, professional opportunities were dry and difficult to come by. So I made my own. With over two years of reflection on this upcoming interview, it is clear to me how I have evolved into a confident, impassioned, lively and creative college instructor. I've written several syllabi that I'm really proud of, and they've proven to be extremely successful. And I have data to back that up. This production acts as an audio recommendation segment and in this edition, I talk with a noteworthy member of my endorsement Council, Dr. Dennis Patrick O'Grady. Dennis, this is Heather. Hi. Hi, my name is Dennis Patrick O'Grady. I am a professor in the communication program at Eastern Michigan University. And I know Heather quite well, as an undergrad, I was their Academic Advisor. And then in graduate school, I had her in two of my courses. And I also served as the chair of her project committee. Anything for me any reasons why an employer should not consider hiring me. Other is a really good writer, she she writes incredibly well. And she always submitted her papers, like early, she was one of the few in the class that submitted her paper before the deadline. In fact, most of it after the deadline. So because she always set the bar for what I was expecting in a paper. And often she exceeded what I was expecting in the paper, I always started by reading for paper for, you know, just that a little repetitive or a little boring, having to always be on paper first. And that's true. For me, I stress out if I am not on top of it in production, it's a lot about pre production, being ready. And having that done. So I could scoot that behind me, you know, hit submit and start moving on to the next thing. So for me, that's important. I had so much fun thinking about your class, I be out running with my dog and thinking about your class and how I was going to attack a certain project that was really fun for me. Loved it. Oh, I can see that. Right. Yeah, I can see that in your contributions and your performance in class. And I mean, there's that's what you want as a professor, right? Yeah. I mean, you want, like you who are engaged and enthusiastic and interested and want to learn. And that's, that's the whole? That's why we do that. Yes. So one of the challenges with having Heather as a student is that she was always thoroughly prepared for class. So I would give a pretty fair amount of reading every week. And she would not only do the reading, but she would have notes about the reading. And she would always have something intelligent and insightful and thought provoking to say about what we read. And then we put pressure on me as a professor. That made me feel like I have to come up with an insightful essay about the reading, and I have to be prepared. And Heather was always prepared for my class. Any other reasons why I shouldn't. My employer should not consider me. Yes, I have. I have one. Okay. I'm saying this as someone who teaches and does research and interpersonal communication, and things that I have pretty good interpersonal communication skills myself, but Heather is incredibly friendly and warm. And a lot of the students in the Class, became her friend, and looked up to her and saw her as a mentor. Now, she's still, she's still always professional is always mature, but she just generate this positivity, and this warmth, that is really appealing. And it's such a joy to have someone like that in class on one hand, but on the other hand, it makes me feel a little unhappy. And he's the embodies everything that I teach about it. Oh, my God. That's one of the greatest sound bites ever. This is so interesting. Because, you know, it usually comes back to a story, right? Because I'm a storyteller. And I was running, I was running a half marathon once and I was just going about my business. It was a beautiful morning, and I just wanted to hit like an eight minute pace. And I did I did really well, hitting like an eight minute pace elite was really great, until someone tapped me on the shoulder right after the race ended. And he says, You know what, I was following you the entire race, because I liked your pace. And you were so consistent and just kept going. And thank you for helping to pace me. But it occurred to me in that moment, that a lot of the time that when we're just doing what we're doing and trying to be good at what we're trying to do, or what we're focusing on, that we are pacing other people that we are, that they're looking at us for, how they can be too, and how they can keep up and how they can stay right in stride. And that's what I say to you that with the with what you just said, I think you pace the class in that respect. Yeah, yeah. And I think it also reveals that you sometimes don't realize the impact that you have on other people. Yeah, and I'm just gonna have more relevance, what you're just saying is, I would say that you are very rhetorically sensitive. And the best way like that you're really good at kind of picking up on the cues of the people around you, and the situation that you're in, and you're adapting it. So you are sensitive to what other people need or don't need at particular points in time. Wow. That's pretty cool. Guess what? That's making it in the show. Well, thank you so much, Dennis. I look forward to working on this podcast and and listening to this back. I'm really excited about it. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your time. And best of luck and have a good rest. Thanks you as well enjoy the rest of this gorgeous day. All right, Dennis. Take care. Okay. All right. Thank you. Bye. Bye. Well, that was amazing. Thank you so much, Dennis. Thank you for listening to episode two of as recommended. Production is in the doing and I'm hungry for more. I am in blossom mode. Just beginning to reap what I've sown, either get on board or move over. This interview was conducted on an MSL condenser microphone, a zoom h6 interface and edited with Adobe Audition. A huge thanks to my friend and mentor Dr. Dennis Patrick O'Grady. Thanks for playing along. I'm Heather Irvine and this is as recommended