The movie “The Internship” deals a lot with human resource management. The story revolves around two older men who must go through a variety of trials in order to gain a job for Google. The film relates to HR and my current job through these trials.
Early on in the film, we see the two main characters working together to try and sell a product to a customer. The two are shown to use special salesmen tactics to get the customer interested in their product and both of them play a role in the sale of the item, and both of them also know the person they are selling to. This is relevant to HR because both of these men are using their own strengths when it comes to the sale and almost get the product sold before they find out their business is …show more content…
The two are thought to be too old and inexperienced in current day technology to get the jobs they want at the company. Glass ceilings are an important part of HR management because it can determine who is hired for positions and how far they can go before hitting an invisible barrier. Glass ceilings are definetly in my company as well. Even though i am experienced in using photoshop and other graphic media tools, i can’t rise as high as i should because my age is too young to have such an important role in the company. The two are able to break through the glass ceiling at the end of the movie by showing their job experience in dealing with people outweighs their inexperience in technology. I don’t think glass ceilings are that easy to break in real life as shown in the movie, but the movie does do a good job of showing how the glass ceiling effects how they are treated by the other interns and the Google staff in a realistic …show more content…
The characters have to show their aptitude at doing certain tasks the company requires and they are reviewed based on their performance. This is similar in how people get jobs at my company. While experience and education is necessary, the work itself is a big part of being hired. To become a graphics designer, i was asked for a portfolio of my work in order to be considered. I didn’t have as much experience as working in the field but my work itself was what got me hired. In the movie, the interns are shown to not have much job experience, but demonstrate their ability at working the products during the internship itself. So the interns put together their own portfolio throughout the film and are hired based on
Early on in the film, we see the two main characters working together to try and sell a product to a customer. The two are shown to use special salesmen tactics to get the customer interested in their product and both of them play a role in the sale of the item, and both of them also know the person they are selling to. This is relevant to HR because both of these men are using their own strengths when it comes to the sale and almost get the product sold before they find out their business is …show more content…
The two are thought to be too old and inexperienced in current day technology to get the jobs they want at the company. Glass ceilings are an important part of HR management because it can determine who is hired for positions and how far they can go before hitting an invisible barrier. Glass ceilings are definetly in my company as well. Even though i am experienced in using photoshop and other graphic media tools, i can’t rise as high as i should because my age is too young to have such an important role in the company. The two are able to break through the glass ceiling at the end of the movie by showing their job experience in dealing with people outweighs their inexperience in technology. I don’t think glass ceilings are that easy to break in real life as shown in the movie, but the movie does do a good job of showing how the glass ceiling effects how they are treated by the other interns and the Google staff in a realistic …show more content…
The characters have to show their aptitude at doing certain tasks the company requires and they are reviewed based on their performance. This is similar in how people get jobs at my company. While experience and education is necessary, the work itself is a big part of being hired. To become a graphics designer, i was asked for a portfolio of my work in order to be considered. I didn’t have as much experience as working in the field but my work itself was what got me hired. In the movie, the interns are shown to not have much job experience, but demonstrate their ability at working the products during the internship itself. So the interns put together their own portfolio throughout the film and are hired based on