new hiring process, pros and cons Options

[*incoherent*]

so, i was talking with someone about this about 2 minutes ago and wanted to know what everyone though of how it went being the first time it was implimented.

i didnt want to put this just randomly in another thread, i wanted it to be seen.

so, pros and cons.

pros
-i liked the idea of nominations.

cons
-nominations seemed like endorsements which we did away with due to the fact that only people were picking their friends. i did talk to many mods, and noted it for myself too, that mods werent nominating just friends. i was nominated by 3 people i didnt even talk to.

-not everyone seems to get their chance. just because they dont stand out, doesnt mean they shouldnt be given a shot. sure, there was the discussion thread, but how much of that was taken in when nominations were made?

[sadolakced acid]

^ however, a newbie who hasn't posted a lot isn't likely to meet the requirements, are they?

although, yes, i do agree that generally, if you know someone, like with inside jokes and convos and all, then that can't be emulated by simply reading back posts, but reading back posts can help give a general idea of a person.

i'm sure mods wouldn't be like... they're not my friend, so although their posts seem quite intelligent, i don't know them personally and thus will not nominate them.

[KissMe2408]

i'm sure mods wouldn't be like... they're not my friend, so although their posts seem quite intelligent, i don't know them personally and thus will not nominate them.

Well, i know this might sound weird, but I didn't really know Michael (Mipadi) too well, I just knew that EVERYONE was talking about him and talking about him joining the staff team. I think I was one of the only mods that didn't nominate him. I recognized his avatar quite well, but for some reason it didn't click for him to be a mod. Then after seeing all this buzz about him, I went to read his posts to learn more about him in general. And I thought he was a really intellegent guy, but it does take more the intelligence to become a good staff member. I just didn't see him around too often. That's one of the problems I see with this system, Sometimes the really good people go unnoticed to some mods (for example the whole michael thing to me). He posts more in the debate and technology sections, where I don't go as often as other parts of CB.
lol well my point is:

Pros- i very much like the discussion thread in the lounge. I thought it was helpful for both the staff and the members. Plus the members got to say more on who they think is qualified to become a staff member

Cons- People can go unnoticed for a staff position. (I'll use the example of Michael again here. Oh, and even though he was still choosen for being a mod, and had a bunch of nominations, it still can happen, you know. It happened to me. Also, i'm sure there were some people that went unnoticed, especially in the design staff/xanga/myspace area. When I had to list nominees i think i spent an hour looking for people who were qualified and had good attitudes. I think half of them didn't even accept the nomination or didn't even know they were. I'm bound to have missed a bunch, It's hard weeding through people sometimes, especially in the design staff)
-there are no applications. I think it is important that the members write down why they want to be part of the staff, how they would contribute, etc. Gigi had a good way of putting it.

I'm sure there are more pro's and con's . Those are just the ones off the top of my head