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?

[*disco infiltrator*]

You guys are missing the point of the nominations and not applications...we don't WANT people who would otherwise go unnoticed...

I hated the applications. They were suck-up things and some people just had way too much of an ego to write them without coming off cocky, or they would put way too much and even if they were qualified, I wouldn't want to hire them because they were just trying way too hard. I want people to just naturally stand out, not stand out because they put a lot of crap on their application.

[*Libertie*]

You guys are missing the point of the nominations and not applications...we don't WANT people who would otherwise go unnoticed...

I hated the applications. They were suck-up things and some people just had way too much of an ego to write them without coming off cocky, or they would put way too much and even if they were qualified, I wouldn't want to hire them because they were just trying way too hard. I want people to just naturally stand out, not stand out because they put a lot of crap on their application.

I agree. I think the best way to show that you WANT a position on staff is to just be patient and prove you can handle it. I don't mean by mini-modding by any means, but the qualified people will be seen and chosen. Obviously, though, not every person who is fit for the job will be picked, because if that happened we'd have WAY too many people on staff. From what I gather, the only point really of putting in an application is to say "Hey, I'd like to be a mod" and then the rest depends on posting history, attitude, etc. No matter what method we choose, not everyone will be happy and the people who stand out as being most qualified will still be chosen.

I particularly liked this method. I would never have submitted an app, the whole idea just scares me. I just don't think highly enough of myself to try to convince a group of people that I'm qualified for something. To me, people who are fit to be on staff don't HAVE to tell everyone to consider them. And do note that I am NOT denying that several people here are qualified. I'm just saying that I don't think the results would have been much different by any other method.