Oil Drilling Project

skierxjes
skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
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I am the MOST uncreative person on Earth, so here I am, asking strangers for input.

I had to do a project this semester for a class. We had clients who picked who they wanted working on their project.

My company is an Oil Drilling company based in the town my college is in. Our scope was to do a job analysis, create a job description for a certain position, create a point based disciplinary system and create a pre-employment job test.

My professor is, I don't even know how to describe her. She wants nothing less than perfect and amazing work.

We have to create a tri-fold board and be creative with it. Any ideas are fair game, as long as it is doable within a few days, as we present on Thursday (I know, my group sucks and put this off way too long)

SO, what I need from you lovely people, is ideas on something creative, preferably interactive, and adult. (My professor specifically said if it comes in looking like a 5th grade science project, we fail the class)

So help, PLEASE!!!
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  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Bake a cake!

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  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    If you want to bake a cake, you have to do it by the book.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQp5l4-sfFA
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    I'm going to tell you the same thing I tell my kids when they wait til the last minute:



    Good luck with that.
  • skierxjes
    skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
    It's not that we waited, we've talked about it throughout the semester, but we never came up with anything that was.. different. All of our ideas are generic and not impressive.
  • ThePlight
    ThePlight Posts: 3,593 Member
    List your ideas, perhaps we can help you spice them up a little/change them around, so that they SEEM impressive? :)
  • Mother_Superior
    Mother_Superior Posts: 1,624 Member
    I am the MOST uncreative person on Earth, so here I am, asking strangers for input.

    I had to do a project this semester for a class. We had clients who picked who they wanted working on their project.

    My company is an Oil Drilling company based in the town my college is in. Our scope was to do a job analysis, create a job description for a certain position, create a point based disciplinary system and create a pre-employment job test.

    My professor is, I don't even know how to describe her. She wants nothing less than perfect and amazing work.

    We have to create a tri-fold board and be creative with it. Any ideas are fair game, as long as it is doable within a few days, as we present on Thursday (I know, my group sucks and put this off way too long)

    SO, what I need from you lovely people, is ideas on something creative, preferably interactive, and adult. (My professor specifically said if it comes in looking like a 5th grade science project, we fail the class)

    So help, PLEASE!!!

    For analysis, maybe have a picture of a guy shrugging with a thought balloon saying something like, "This job is really hard."

    For job position, create a janitor job. it's mostly sweeping up, right?

    For the point based disciplinary position start with something like, "If you do a bad job, you lose a point. If you lose too many points, you'll be fired."

    If I'm going too fast, I'll slow down and give you time to catch up...

    For the pre-employment test, you really just need a question or two. For instance, for the janitor job, "Can you sweep?" Maybe give a multiple choice of ways to hold a broom. If they can answer those two correctly, I'd say hire. Otherwise it would need to be something like,"Can you drill oil?" "Can you CEO?" You get my drift.

    If your prof. is really a perfectionist, and if you're getting your pictures out of magazines, trim carefully and try not to be sloppy with the glue stick.

    Easy, peasy...
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  • skierxjes
    skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
    I am the MOST uncreative person on Earth, so here I am, asking strangers for input.

    I had to do a project this semester for a class. We had clients who picked who they wanted working on their project.

    My company is an Oil Drilling company based in the town my college is in. Our scope was to do a job analysis, create a job description for a certain position, create a point based disciplinary system and create a pre-employment job test.

    My professor is, I don't even know how to describe her. She wants nothing less than perfect and amazing work.

    We have to create a tri-fold board and be creative with it. Any ideas are fair game, as long as it is doable within a few days, as we present on Thursday (I know, my group sucks and put this off way too long)

    SO, what I need from you lovely people, is ideas on something creative, preferably interactive, and adult. (My professor specifically said if it comes in looking like a 5th grade science project, we fail the class)

    So help, PLEASE!!!

    For analysis, maybe have a picture of a guy shrugging with a thought balloon saying something like, "This job is really hard."

    For job position, create a janitor job. it's mostly sweeping up, right?

    For the point based disciplinary position start with something like, "If you do a bad job, you lose a point. If you lose too many points, you'll be fired."

    If I'm going too fast, I'll slow down and give you time to catch up...

    For the pre-employment test, you really just need a question or two. For instance, for the janitor job, "Can you sweep?" Maybe give a multiple choice of ways to hold a broom. If they can answer those two correctly, I'd say hire. Otherwise it would need to be something like,"Can you drill oil?" "Can you CEO?" You get my drift.

    If your prof. is really a perfectionist, and if you're getting your pictures out of magazines, trim carefully and try not to be sloppy with the glue stick.

    Easy, peasy...
    tumblr_inline_mssrsxeJ5N1qz4rgp.gif

    All of that is already done. That was the hard part. The "easy" part is supposed to be coming up with the visual to our presentation.

    Right now, our only idea is to cut out a person, stick it in the middle of the tri-fold board, and have "To hire" on one side and "Or not to hire?" on the other.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    I am the MOST uncreative person on Earth, so here I am, asking strangers for input.

    I had to do a project this semester for a class. We had clients who picked who they wanted working on their project.

    My company is an Oil Drilling company based in the town my college is in. Our scope was to do a job analysis, create a job description for a certain position, create a point based disciplinary system and create a pre-employment job test.

    My professor is, I don't even know how to describe her. She wants nothing less than perfect and amazing work.

    We have to create a tri-fold board and be creative with it. Any ideas are fair game, as long as it is doable within a few days, as we present on Thursday (I know, my group sucks and put this off way too long)

    SO, what I need from you lovely people, is ideas on something creative, preferably interactive, and adult. (My professor specifically said if it comes in looking like a 5th grade science project, we fail the class)

    So help, PLEASE!!!
    Perhaps you should reconsider your major.
  • DanIsACyclingFool
    DanIsACyclingFool Posts: 417 Member
    I am the MOST uncreative person on Earth, so here I am, asking strangers for input.

    I had to do a project this semester for a class. We had clients who picked who they wanted working on their project.

    My company is an Oil Drilling company based in the town my college is in. Our scope was to do a job analysis, create a job description for a certain position, create a point based disciplinary system and create a pre-employment job test.

    My professor is, I don't even know how to describe her. She wants nothing less than perfect and amazing work.

    We have to create a tri-fold board and be creative with it. Any ideas are fair game, as long as it is doable within a few days, as we present on Thursday (I know, my group sucks and put this off way too long)

    SO, what I need from you lovely people, is ideas on something creative, preferably interactive, and adult. (My professor specifically said if it comes in looking like a 5th grade science project, we fail the class)

    So help, PLEASE!!!

    For analysis, maybe have a picture of a guy shrugging with a thought balloon saying something like, "This job is really hard."

    For job position, create a janitor job. it's mostly sweeping up, right?

    For the point based disciplinary position start with something like, "If you do a bad job, you lose a point. If you lose too many points, you'll be fired."

    If I'm going too fast, I'll slow down and give you time to catch up...

    For the pre-employment test, you really just need a question or two. For instance, for the janitor job, "Can you sweep?" Maybe give a multiple choice of ways to hold a broom. If they can answer those two correctly, I'd say hire. Otherwise it would need to be something like,"Can you drill oil?" "Can you CEO?" You get my drift.

    If your prof. is really a perfectionist, and if you're getting your pictures out of magazines, trim carefully and try not to be sloppy with the glue stick.

    Easy, peasy...
    tumblr_inline_mssrsxeJ5N1qz4rgp.gif

    All of that is already done. That was the hard part. The "easy" part is supposed to be coming up with the visual to our presentation.

    Right now, our only idea is to cut out a person, stick it in the middle of the tri-fold board, and have "To hire" on one side and "Or not to hire?" on the other.

    All the hard work has been done for you. Watch some episodes of "The Apprentice". See if you can get Omarossa to make an appearance.
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Paste an ipad to the cardboard and then ask your "would you hire?" to some cat gifs or thus guy

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  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    When did MFP add a "Please Do My Homework For Me" section to the forums.

    I guess we actually aren't all here for the same things
  • Contrarian
    Contrarian Posts: 8,138 Member
    We shouldn't be doing your work for you. Paddle your own canoe, as an overdressed sparrow fart once said.

    Also, I read this quote somewhere "Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for." - Marian Wright Edelman ".
  • skierxjes
    skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
    Wow, sorry for asking for suggestions. I forgot how this place operates, especially for the people who troll the forums and spend all day on the internet.. Like being back in junior high, except you're all old enough to be my parents ;)
  • DanIsACyclingFool
    DanIsACyclingFool Posts: 417 Member
    Paste an ipad to the cardboard and then ask your "would you hire?" to some cat gifs or thus guy

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  • DanIsACyclingFool
    DanIsACyclingFool Posts: 417 Member
    Wow, sorry for asking for suggestions. I forgot how this place operates, especially for the people who troll the forums and spend all day on the internet.. Like being back in junior high, except you're all old enough to be my parents ;)

    I'm not old enough to be your father....

    but The Apprentice is a gold mine of material...
  • california_peach
    california_peach Posts: 1,809 Member
    I am the MOST uncreative person on Earth, so here I am, asking strangers for input.

    I had to do a project this semester for a class. We had clients who picked who they wanted working on their project.

    My company is an Oil Drilling company based in the town my college is in. Our scope was to do a job analysis, create a job description for a certain position, create a point based disciplinary system and create a pre-employment job test.

    My professor is, I don't even know how to describe her. She wants nothing less than perfect and amazing work.

    We have to create a tri-fold board and be creative with it. Any ideas are fair game, as long as it is doable within a few days, as we present on Thursday (I know, my group sucks and put this off way too long)

    SO, what I need from you lovely people, is ideas on something creative, preferably interactive, and adult. (My professor specifically said if it comes in looking like a 5th grade science project, we fail the class)

    So help, PLEASE!!!

    Why do you have a create a tri-fold board for a job analysis, create a job description for a certain position, create a point based disciplinary system and create a pre-employment job test? Why is this a group project? This seems absurd. Go to your local SHRM chapter.
  • ihad
    ihad Posts: 7,463 Member
    Wow, sorry for asking for suggestions. I forgot how this place operates, especially for the people who troll the forums and spend all day on the internet.. Like being back in junior high, except you're all old enough to be my parents ;)

    In that you're asking other people to do your graded homework project for you, you may want to rethink your perspective.
  • skierxjes
    skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
    Wow, sorry for asking for suggestions. I forgot how this place operates, especially for the people who troll the forums and spend all day on the internet.. Like being back in junior high, except you're all old enough to be my parents ;)

    In that you're asking other people to do your graded homework project for you, you may want to rethink your perspective.

    I asked someone to do the job analysis and write the job description and come up with the pre-emp test and discipline policy? I must've missed that post.
  • skierxjes
    skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
    Where did the old people trolls go? This was my entertainment for the evening :)
  • ihad
    ihad Posts: 7,463 Member
    Wow, sorry for asking for suggestions. I forgot how this place operates, especially for the people who troll the forums and spend all day on the internet.. Like being back in junior high, except you're all old enough to be my parents ;)

    In that you're asking other people to do your graded homework project for you, you may want to rethink your perspective.

    I asked someone to do the job analysis and write the job description and come up with the pre-emp test and discipline policy? I must've missed that post.

    Your ability to creatively organize and present your work is part of what's being tested. Many HR professionals see fantastic analysis ignored because they don't spend enough time figuring out how to communicate it in a way that engages and influences key stakeholders. This is just as important as the work you have done to date, and a key differentiator in successful individuals.
  • LiftAllThePizzas
    LiftAllThePizzas Posts: 17,857 Member
    Wow, sorry for asking for suggestions. I forgot how this place operates, especially for the people who troll the forums and spend all day on the internet.. Like being back in junior high, except you're all old enough to be my parents ;)
    You didn't do your homework in jr high? That explains why you're having problems now.
  • skierxjes
    skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
    Wow, sorry for asking for suggestions. I forgot how this place operates, especially for the people who troll the forums and spend all day on the internet.. Like being back in junior high, except you're all old enough to be my parents ;)

    In that you're asking other people to do your graded homework project for you, you may want to rethink your perspective.

    I asked someone to do the job analysis and write the job description and come up with the pre-emp test and discipline policy? I must've missed that post.

    Your ability to creatively organize and present your work is part of what's being tested. Many HR professionals see fantastic analysis ignored because they don't spend enough time figuring out how to communicate it in a way that engages and influences key stakeholders. This is just as important as the work you have done to date, and a key differentiator in successful individuals.

    My client couldn't give a **** about the visual. If it were up to him, we wouldn't waste time even doing one, he has received what he needed from us. The only part my professor grades is our visual, the client grades us on everything else.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    Where did the old people trolls go? This was my entertainment for the evening :)

    On behalf of the "old people"...

    ...I suggest instead that your entertainment for the evening be the homework assignment you and your team waited so long to finish.
  • skierxjes
    skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
    Where did the old people trolls go? This was my entertainment for the evening :)

    On behalf of the "old people"...

    ...I suggest instead that your entertainment for the evening be the homework assignment you and your team waited so long to finish.

    Oh, I am working on it. I have quite a few tabs open with suggestions others have passed my way. And thanks to the small suggestions each one made, I have many possible ideas now :)
  • kuntry_navy
    kuntry_navy Posts: 677 Member
    talk about hand safety, I spent some time in the oilfield...those fools get a hard on talking about pinch points and hand safety.
  • DavPul
    DavPul Posts: 61,406 Member
    Where did the young slackers go?









    Oh, still here.
  • skierxjes
    skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
    Where did the young slackers go?









    Oh, still here.

    And not going anywhere! :wink:
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    I don't understand how we are supposed to come up with ideas for a presentation when we don't know the details. YOU may know them, but all we have is some vague description of a tri-fold board, an oil drilling company, and "don't make it look like a 5th grader did it". That's not much to work with. It's like asking someone to write an essay for you without giving them the prompt. :huh:
  • skierxjes
    skierxjes Posts: 926 Member
    I don't understand how we are supposed to come up with ideas for a presentation when we don't know the details. YOU may know them, but all we have is some vague description of a tri-fold board, an oil drilling company, and "don't make it look like a 5th grader did it". That's not much to work with. It's like asking someone to write an essay for you without giving them the prompt. :huh:

    As I said in my intial post: My company is an Oil Drilling company based in the town my college is in. Our scope was to do a job analysis, create a job description for a certain position, create a point based disciplinary system and create a pre-employment job test.

    That's what the project was. Now, we need to creatively present it. After speaking with a few people via message, a tri-fold presentation for doing a job analysis and job description doesn't make sense.

    Each group had vastly different project scopes, ours just so happens to have been hmm "boring" and making a "pretty visual" for it isn't as easy as some others.

    A previous group had a scope on on boarding and laid their board down and glued a train and track to it and had signs with "All aboard for on boarding" as an example.
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
    I guess I'm one of the old people now :sad: :sad: :sad:

    Maybe it's my time spent as a high school teacher, but I'm also of the opinion that you should do your own homework. Your teacher assigned it because she believes the skills required will be valuable to you in your chosen career.

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