This weekend - woot woot

There was a lot of stuff going on this weekend; lots of fun activities and events. To start off with, I attended my first Cal Black Alumni Club event at Pican in Oakland on Friday night. It was a homecoming event. I met a lot of great Alums and will be attending more of their events in the future.

Then on Saturday I had my last employee recruitment, selection and placement class. Our teacher Nicole Jackson is a great educator. She really knows a lot about recruiting, especially the legal environment surrounding recruiting and how to get the best talent. I will also miss learning from all of my classmates but effective performance management starts on Wednesday so I should meet new classmates. For our last class we had to do a presentation which I posted on slideshare so go check it out. After class I was walking to the mall and ended up right in the middle of the lovefest parade. It was fun. Good music, people in weird outfits; everyone was just having a good time. After I got my pretzel, I took the BART home. It was packed because of the USC/Cal game. Saturday night I went to the PEERS Sweeney Todd Ball in San Mateo. It was fun. There was singing, dancing and a show. I particularly enjoyed dancing the grand march and being part of the chorus. I met some cool people and can't wait for the vampire ball next month.

On Sunday I got my hair done and went shopping at Macy's. Got some great business clothes. Overall it was a busy but fun weekend. I hope you had a good weekend too.

Mid week update

I went to the dentist this morning. I still have healthy teeth. I saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs last night. It was much better than 9. And it was in 3D! The story was funny and the voice acting was good. The animation style was nice, the colors were bright and the characters were drawn well. Monday night was kickboxing night so that rocked. I'm learning about social insurance and the recruiting process at my company since I have to make a presentation about that on Saturday. I'm looking forward to starting Effective Performance Management next Wednesday.

My first week

I had a pretty good week. My colleagues are friendly, knowledgeable and work-oriented. I got started on a couple of projects at work. I am doing an HR audit and updating some systems. But I felt a little tired at first, still am so hopefully I can make it to cardio kickboxing tonight but we'll see. I am almost finished with my paper for class. I am learning a lot about HR from the certificate program and my job. Have a good weekend and see you next week.

New beginnings

The weekend was fun like I thought it would be. I thoroughly enjoyed returning to cardio kickboxing. East Bay Waltz was great too; I saw some old acquaintances and met some new ones while dancing the night away. The Ghirardelli Square festival had delicious chocolate and great music.

I began my new job today. I had a good first day filled with orientation and project assignments. I'm excited to start my projects. I also got started on my paper for my Employee Recruitment, Selection and Placement class.