37 CAMPUS LIFE KELLY’S 5 WAYS TO NAIL ELLSWORTH 'AUSTIN' OPENS TO ACCLAIM
JOB INTERVIEWS By HAYDEN PIGOTT Longhorn Life Staff
Everybody goes through it. Sometimes it can be extremely tough, other times it can be a breeze, but we have all been there. We have all been interviewed. Being interviewed for a job or internship can be incredibly scary. You can want something so bad and be nervous, or it can be a last ditch effort to find something. Either way it is hard to be really good at interviews. But we have compiled a list of our favorite tips to help you get through this interviewing season. 1: PREPARATION Do not go into an interview without doing any research on the company. Even if you are interviewing to be a cashier at a store for a summer job, you should know the mission statement or have a general idea of what the company does. If you are interviewing for an internship or a salary-based job, do some serious digging into the company. You should know what the company does on a day-to-day basis, you should follow their social media accounts, and, if it is a job where they publish things, you should have a favorite article. 2: THE HANDSHAKE Has anyone ever told you to have a really firm grip or to out-grip the person you are interviewing? This is wrong. You should never try to intimidate someone who is interviewing you, so match the grip of the interviewer. If they have a really weak grip, make your grip weak. If they try to break your hand, try to break their hand. Just follow along, this is their show and you are playing a part in it. 3: THE OUTFIT No matter where you are interviewing, whether it be Vineyard Vines at the Domain or Frost Bank, dress up slightly better than the level with which they
wear clothes. So if Vineyard Vines does casual jeans and tops, wear a dress and a blazer. If Frost Bank is business casual, go full suit. This shows that you are willing to make an effort in your job and that you cared enough to get dressed up. Plus it makes it all the better when they tell you that you won’t be required to dress as formally.
4: HOW TO ANSWER THE NEGATIVE QUESTION They will always ask you something negative, like “tell me about a bad boss you’ve had.” The best way to answer those questions is to not really answer them. For the bad boss question, lie. Say that you haven’t had any bad bosses and you hope you never do. Because if you talk about a bad boss experience it can reflect badly on you, especially if the person you are interviewing does the things your bad boss did. If they ask you something else, just avoid the question, say something like, “I don’t have experience with that, but I do have experience with [something positive].” 5: THANK YOU NOTES After you have interviewed for a job send a thank you note. If the company is millennial-based you can send an email to the person who interviewed you. If it is a more old school company take the time to write a personal, handwritten thank you. Get stationary for your notes that reflect who you are, if you are bright and happy get bright and happy notes. If you really love UT go buy the notes that have the longhorn logo on them. Just make sure what is inside is kind and you make the interviewer feel special.
“During job interviews, when they ask, ‘What is your worst quality?’ I always say, ‘Flatulence’. That way I get my own office.” Dan Thompson
By Raga Justin
The Daily Texan Staff Originally Published On February 20, 2017
Anthropology freshman Manuel Ortiz gazes at a starburst of multicolored glass windows, set high in the stark white walls of the newly-opened “Austin” exhibit, located right outside of the Blanton Museum of Art. “I felt very at peace in there,” Ortiz said. “It was calming.” Nearly 2000 people attended Sunday’s opening ceremony of the late artist Ellsworth Kelly’s ‘Austin.’ Mayor Steve Adler and University President Gregory Fenves were among those to speak during the ceremony, as well as Blanton director Simone Jamille Wicha and Kelly’s longtime partner Jack Shear. Hundreds more visitors waited in lines, which wrapped around the Blanton, to spend a few moments inside the long-awaited freestanding structure. The exhibit is the only one of its kind Kelly designed during a career as one of the most notable American artists in the postwar era. Kelly died of cancer in December 2015, only months after work on the site began. But yesterday, Shear said his memory would live on through “Austin.” “It’s hard to be here on this day,” said Shear, director of the Ellsworth Kelly Foundation. “People keep asking me what Ellsworth would’ve thought (and) I think that his life is reflected in this building in so many ways. Having this here, having
Ellsworth’s home here in ‘Austin’ means so much to me, and I’m sure Ellsworth would have said the same thing.” After designing what would later become “Austin” in the 1980s for a private collector, Kelly decided he would rather have the building accessible to the public, said Blanton’s marketing director Carlotta Stankiewicz. Local art patrons Jeanne and Mickey Klein approached Wicha in 2012 with the abandoned plans, proposing to build the exhibit at UT. Kelly agreed to the collaboration in January 2015. Wicha called the work a “game-changer” for Austin. “It makes this city an international destination for the visual arts, and I hope it continues to inspire creativity,” Wicha said. Mayor Adler said the city of Austin is “incredibly fortunate” to house the culmination of Kelly’s career. Adler also said the moment would go down as one of his favorites in his time as mayor. “Ellsworth Kelly, his ‘Austin’, is going to become immediately an iconic feature for this city,” Adler said. “Austin, which is known for its vibrant, creative culture, has now risen to new heights. It’s a great day.” Correction: A previous version of this article stated that nearly 200 people attended the exhibit’s opening. The actual attendance was close to 2000. The Texan regrets this error. Ellsworth Kelly’s “Austin” exhibit draws hundreds on it’s grand opening at the Blanton Museum of Art. “Austin” is Kelly’s only permanent installation. Photo Credit: Elias Huerta