Friday, June 3, 2011

Taco Bell Query

Summer had arrived and with it the need to find employment for the teenagers in my house. Not that it’s imperative they work but it will help feed their endless need for stimulation. Because life is just so damn boring…I mean, obviously. You can only eat so many hot pockets or play Call of Duty for thousands of hours before even that gets old. And cleaning their room or mowing the lawn is not an option.

So what is there available to offer their insatiable appetite? Not only to occupy their time but provide them with extra money for more games? Fast food franchises, sackers at the local grocery store, or mowing other people’s lawns. In other words, a lot of work for a little pay, at least until they develop more skills. Then they will be able to offer an employer more and receive more in return.

This led me to ponder the similarities between this situation and the query process. We are essentially offering employment to agents, not the other way around. Most of these agents have incredible skills and are offered wonderful opportunities every day. When we send our query and pages we are essentially saying read this and come to work for me. Take a look at what I can offer you, are you interested? You may have to work really hard and be paid very little or not at all for quite a while but it’ll be worth it. I promise.

We shouldn’t feel too discouraged if we are turned down, instead we should take a good look at what we are offering.

Minimum wage at Taco Bell might not be what their looking for…unless you thrown in free Volcano Nachos. ‘Cause those are just awesome.

12 comments:

  1. That picture is priceless, and oddly poignant. I love your analysis here!

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  2. Taco Bell is looking good spellers I guess. The teenager in my house can't wait to go to work - at Gamestop. They need the discount off of the games.

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  3. That sign is amazing. Says it all, doesn't it? LOL :)

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  4. Where do you find this shift?

    So I should just write Free Volcano Nachos at the bottom of all my queries? Done!

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  5. Volcano nachos? I have never heard of those! Must try them.

    Who knew that Query Hell and Taco Bell were so similar. Great analogy!

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  6. Lol! Great analogy, but really, that picture made me laugh so hard! :)

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  7. I never did like their customer service. Now I know why.

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  8. I LOVE that picture, definitely made me lol! And now I'm craving me some Taco Bell! Your analogy is spot on! ;)

    ~Loren

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  9. I love this comparison. I've honestly never thought of it that way before, but it definitely works. And adore the picture, of course, because it's twelve kinds of amazing. Go Taco Bell!

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  10. You know we don't have Taco Bell on this side of the Atlancic. It's Mexican, right? Always make me curious to try it.

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  11. lol! sign is hilarious!

    Great analogy too. Not only are we offering Taco Bell employment. We're offering it in a world full of engineering jobs at Intel :S

    But still every once in a while, someone sees the potential in Taco Bell. :)

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