30 Day Report Card
2007-11-16 | Filed Under Business Management |
We’ve been on line for 30 days. We’ve done okay, I think. Here’s a progress report.
We have added a few registrants every day. Since about 1/4 of the registrants have signed up anonymously, compiling decent demographics is not possible, nor will we divulge anyone’s name or any other data about members here. I can tell you that the average level of registrant, when college students are taken out of the equation, is a Vice President or higher with a reputation, significant credentials, and usually amazing work behind them. Some are in the publishing industry, some in the packaging industry, and some in the printing industry.
We have few postings from this group, however, and that worries me because if the brain power of the people who have registered here were to be put together for good purposes, it would completely change the world.
We have tried to put some strategic alliances together to get more of the graphic arts food chain completed. We have colleges and universities on board, we have some industry associations on board, and we are now going to begin talking to associations and groups that focus on the experienced white collar out-of-work crowd. We’re going to advocate for everyone. We want to have the best source of people in the US available for hiring managers in the graphic arts on Hireskills.com. We’re using Hi-Res Kills as an outreach vehicle that entertains, educates, and innovates in the graphic arts. It takes time and it takes money. No one has done it before, but we’re doing it. It’s only a matter of time before some camp follower comes along and tries to do the same thing. In the meantime we’ll continue to work hard to bring you innovation.
We put an exclusive agreement together with Workblast.com. They’re the first to put an online studio on your pc so you can generate your own video resume. I believed when I started talking with Nick Murphy (Workblast’s CEO) and I still believe today, that video introduction to candidates will save graphic arts companies thousands of dollars each year. An interesting aside - Nick went to ASU (played football there, too)- I went to USC. Next Thursday night the two teams play and in all likelihood the loser will be out of BCS bowl contention. Friends and allies business, enemies in football. It’s all good!
We had a comment from a man who runs a premedia company for one of the largest corporations in the US - he has a WWW background and thought our name needed tweaking. Hireskills.com he thought might be a wee bit ho-hum. I agree, but we’ve been building this brand for 7 years and it’s not ready for a facelift. We started this Hi-Res Skills blog/alternative hiring site with a name that was a play on words. Turns out that omitting one little letter in the name gives us a totally different identity - so we changed the name yesterday to Hi-Res Kills. We’ll see how that goes. If you have opinions, let’s hear ‘em. I’m opening my kimono for scores of readers, be honest - this is a blog for crying out loud!
And about crying out loud. If you didn’t see me mention earlier that the collective brain power and experience of the people registered on this site could change the world, I’m doing it again. The industry could use your thoughts and so could I. My goal is for this company to be a significant agent of change in the graphic arts industry. We have a small staff and I probably ought to sleep sometime. Give me your thoughts!
We’re growing at a reasonable rate. We’re bringing in people who have done amazing things in their lives, we’re on course to achieve the goals I’ve set for this organization. It’s not like Colonial House where I only had 6 weeks to make a 17th century colony successful on TV. We have more time to do thoughtful things, plan and execute and consistently grow our constituency, technical offerings, and value to the industry.
We’ve had great discussion on the CPG side. We are going to be adding a little bit more buzz every day. There’s no People Magazine for the graphic arts industry - we may bring a little more interesting “what we just heard” kind of stuff to the site.
It has been an interesting first month. I’ll report back on the 2nd month in Mid-December.
Thanks for being here!
MrHillEcoSkis
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