The New Suit: A Communication Talent Resource

I have been in the works of a new direction for The Suit this past week since Monday. I have been transforming the site to support that new direction. Hopefully by the end of the week you will see the end results.

I am bringing on additional unpaid contributors.  I had been using this site for my own purpose of exercising my writing and showing developed work so I can use this as my own portfolio.  I figured that if this is helping me why not others?  I decided to make this change because of the problem America faces in finding jobs.

It is not acceptable anymore to fill out a job application or to send employers your resume, face it, if it does not have key words or phrases that computers are programed to see, if the computers can read it, then you are out of luck.  Employers are receiving hundreds of applications and don't have to time to really care about hiring you.

For Communication majors, on average, it takes 1-2 years to find employment, some reports are also saying 5 years.  That is too long for gained talent to waste while finding work, if in the field you want.  Since employers have evolved therefore, we need to evolve.

The-Suit.com is now for those who specialize in the Communication field.  Whether for journalism, Film, Advertising, Public Relations, Theory, etc., The-Suit.com is open for free lance writing, and posting your talent with video editing, magazine covers, etc.

Use The-Suit.com as if it were your current job.  Exercise current talents and use this site to gain new ones.  When applying for jobs, include your personal URL that will be provided with all your work to show.  Also, The-Suit.com will work hard over the summer to get employers to notice this site for potential employment.

Much more will come, in the mean time this is what we will start with.  Make this the one stop resource for employers.

Interested?  E-mail dgpehrson@the-suit.com to learn how to apply.

Justin Bieber - You Deserve It!

This commercial is almost everything that I believe in concerning the entertainment industry and electronics.  I will admit, this commercial is not all that great for a Superbowl ad but I have to commend Justin Bieber for being such a sport.  Justin, you deserve it!

The Response

Seeing how I am new to blogging, I was searching for feed back from friends and family on Facebook to see what worked and what did not.  Spencer made a simple request, "write about ME, ME, and nothing but MEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!"

I knew this was too easy so I took it one step further -- I made a video.

Feed Me

I have now been working on this experiment for almost a month and my reader response is incredible.  No, I have not written much and if you have read about "My Apple Platter," then you would understand the part as to why.  Now I have my computer back and before I post my video, I would like to receive some feed back.  I have already heard some comments but I would like to build off more.  What works?  What doesn't work?  Anything you would like to read about?  Should I stick with cooking or continue to write on a variety of topics?  Any other comments you would like to make?

My Apple Platter

My intentions of my social experiment was to post a video of how to make trifle and to provide continuous blogs but both have come to a sudden stop. I am writing from my university because I lack my computer.

Over the past two years I have watched my computer have different misfortunes with the hardware. I only thought of them as minor and that I would worry about it later. Last week, my box fan tipped over on my 1st Generation MacBook Air making it completely flat. I was laughing and started to call it my Apple Platter.

I decided to call Apple because I had the 3 year extended warranty. I explained the damage that was done but they told me that they did not cover accidental damage but since I am having issues with the RAM, fan, processor, and battery it is covered so to send it in. They recommended that I drop the computer off at Simply Mac. They took my computer and told me they will have it back the following day.

After 3 days of waiting I called them and they finally confessed to me that because of the damage my computer's warranty was voided -- this is what Apple told them. I laughed and said that it still works and that the hardware was not damaged but had factory defaults. They still said that they refuse to repair it but offered me a "generous" discount of $709.00 to fix everything, which the average price was $1,500. **I can buy a new computer for less than that.** Well, tomorrow will be a week and I should have my computer back.

I have a question, if Apple said they can fix what was not broken then why did they have me turn it in and then refuse to repair it?

**Will post pictures soon, you may want to consider other computers if Apple will not honor extended warranties.**