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.

Final HR Systems and Tech class

So Wed night was the final HR systems and tech class. I earned an A in it. I think I also earned an A in my Essentials of HR class. We had to do presentations for our final. Mine was on how to build your professional network and you can find it here on SlideShare. Other classmates focused on solving problems for their employers such as having a policy manual to increase customer service, making paper systems electronic and paperless, comparing ERP vs SaaS, using Google Sites to create wikis and share information easily, etc. It was a great class with a lot of smart people in it. I learned a lot and I hope to keep in contact with my classmates and teacher.

Also this past Tuesday I went to SwingGoths at the El Rio in San Francisco. It was fun and I met some nice people but I don't think I'll go back because I didn't really like the instruction style or the music. Cardio Kickboxing is still going strong.

I am going to a Japanese festival on Saturday. Will report back later.

Have a good weekend!

My HR Systems and Technology class

What is technology and how can we solve problems (using it)? That is what we are learning in my HR systems and technology class taught by Pixar’s project manager Jun Cruzat. This is the second class I am taking for UC Berkeley Extension’s certificate in HRM program. So far we have learned about HR systems and technology, the future of work, project management, change management and processes. In two weeks I will present to the class a problem I (and many others) have had. That problem is how to grow your professional network (I will post my presentation on Slideshare after I have presented it).

Our homework in this class has been to write blog posts that relate to class topics. That is why I started this blog and many of my classmates including Roy, Lara, Vicki and Venni have blogs too. I look forward to learning more in this class and I can’t wait to take the other classes in the program.