Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 alpha 4/15/85; site sdcc12.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcc3!sdcc12!rich From: rich@sdcc12.UUCP (rich) Newsgroups: net.singles,net.social,net.flame Subject: Re: Salemanship Message-ID: <357@sdcc12.UUCP> Date: Sun, 9-Jun-85 19:30:59 EDT Article-I.D.: sdcc12.357 Posted: Sun Jun 9 19:30:59 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 11-Jun-85 08:01:31 EDT References: <968@peora.UUCP> <1424@mtx5b.UUCP> <344@unc.UUCP> <396@unc.UUCP> Reply-To: rich@sdcc12.UUCP ({zz1rs}) Organization: U.C. San Diego, Academic Computer Center Lines: 27 Xref: watmath net.singles:7242 net.social:640 net.flame:10449 In article <396@unc.UUCP> fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann) writes: >>>Dale Carnegie's book is quite a good one for a salesman. >>>Let's face it, we're all salemen some of the time. > >Then the employers said that technical skills are not enough. You must > sell yourself. >So the students practiced salesmenship. > > >Next thing, employers are going to demand students who are able to >separate themselves above the crowd, but without becoming unconventional. >Smart, but not intellectual. Prudent, but not afraid to take risks. >Social and well-rounded, with many hobbies, but hard working and dedicated >to the job. A family-oriented man who will put his job ahead of his family. >Feet on the ground, no head in the clouds, but a regualar church-goer. > >Just tell us what you want, and that's what we'll become. > > Frank Silbermann > ANYBODY OUT THERE FROM PALATKA, FLORIDA, OR THEREABOUTS? Damn yuppies. -rich