Holland Dombeck is the Editor and resident Gen-Y’er here at Fistful of Talent. She joined the group in August of 2011, with the sole responsibility of making our writers look like rock stars. She also spits the news and serves as producer on our podcast, The CYA Report. Check her out on Twitter and LinkedIn, or email her at hdombeck@kinetixhr.com, for all things Fistful. (Side note – she’ll respond faster if you put this your subject line: Go Noles!)
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10.5 QUESTIONS WITH HOllAND DOMBECK
1. The elevator just closed and you’ve got 30 seconds to pitch the random reader on who you are and why they should read your rants. Go..
Oh me? I’m the editor at Fistful of Talent. It’s this groovy little blog about HR and what not.
No, no, they don’t let me write.
Elitists.
2. Now for the mundane – break down your location, title, company/firm and what you do for a living..
I’m the Marketing Coordinator at Kinetix, the RPO firm for growth companies, by day and the Editor at Fistful of Talent, well, still by day. I have a pretty sweet gig. This guy, Kris Dunn (you may have heard of him), signs my checks.
3. One more question that everyone expects. What’s the reason you’re in this game? (why do you do what you do?)
I got a flavor for my field at an early age through the organization DECA, which is a marketing education club for high school students, (It’s actually a goal of mine to become a DECA advisor and give back to all the kiddos one day) and went on to major in Marketing in college. By the time I finished my degree, about half of everything I learned was obsolete. Marketing is a living breathing entity, that grows and evolves daily. Never a dull moment, always something to learn, thus the appeal.
4. If you’ve ever been to a professional baseball game, you know batters from the home team get to pick their own theme music as they walk from the dugout to the plate. If we ever have a FOT convention, what theme music will you come out to to pump the crowd up and why?
Really just about anything by 311. 311 is my all time favorite band and I’ve spent a small fortune attending their concerts and festivals. Check them out on tour and experience the hype for yourself.
5. Let’s stick with the baseball theme. If you’ve ever been to a pro game, you also know that the visitor doesn’t get to pick their own music. The home team picks that for them, and it’s usually less than stellar, as a means of attempting to crush them. If you could pick theme music for your arch-rival to walk into a conference room to, what would it be and why?
I’m a people pleaser. It’s one of my best and more aggravating qualities. With that being the case, I’m going to offer up my opponents some words of encouragement instead. They’re going to need it…
6. Finish the following sentence – “When I’m interviewing, I can tell within one minute that this thing isn’t going to work out because _________…”
It’s been a hot minute since I’ve interviewed someone, but good golly poor hygiene was always the kicker.
7. Name the actor/actress who will portray you in the movie about you. Why the heck is that a fit?
Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother. We share that same quirky cuteness…
8. List three of your favorite books to pander to the educated segment of our readership…
This question for some reason is really hard for me to answer. I’m a pretty huge nerd and love to read. I’m even a book club. But nothing really jumps out as an ultimate favorite. Here are 3 books I really like and think you should check out:
20 Something Manifesto (for you fellow gen-yer’s)
Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
The Great Gatsby
30 before 30 - I have about 10 off the list, only 20 more to go…
9. List three of your favorite movies to connect with the segment of our readership that doesn’t like to read…
1. Empire Records – I’m a 90′s junky. I still have a copy on VHS and can recite every line. Quiz me.
2. Blow
3. A League of Their Own
3.5 A Christmas Story
10. Let’s reach out to what remains of our readership. Who’s your favorite Old-School Rapper and why?
The Notorious B-I-G, son. (How you living Holly Dombeck?) In mansion and Benz’s Givin ends to my friends and it feels stupendous…
A girl can dream.
10.5. My first car was a <blank> and here’s how it defined who I am….
Okay, we established in the last question that it wasn’t a Benz, but it was something equally large a spectacular: 1985 Grand Marquis. One working window and no AC. If I had more space, I’d tell you about getting a tint job in the dead of south Florida summer. Really the only thing spectacular about that car was 1. We were born in the same year – 80′s babies, holler! And… 2. It only cost me $100 in cash. True story.
I upgraded 3 mos later to a ’97 Saturn SL1, $3,000 cash, that I drove through the better half of college and passed it down to my little brother. I took that baby on a total of thirty-seven, 500+ mile road trips, and I only had to replace the windshield 3x. True story.
I started paying my way at a pretty early age and never really got the appeal of a car payment.
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