Ding Letter Party Gets Dinged
In an ironic twist to the debacle of this year's recruiting process, Chicago Business' attempt to throw a "Ding Letter Party" to lift the spirits of GSB students was, itself, dinged.
With despair and hopelessness rising as ding letters came rolling in, Ryan McGlothlin, ChiBus editor emeritus, floated the idea of a ding letter party. In the proposal, GSB students would share their pain by posting ding letters on a public bulletin board; various liquid substances, meanwhile, would be provided to allow students to forget about the constant parade of dings. However, at the February 21 GBC meeting, the ChiBus proposal was publicly and unceremoniously dinged.
Not only did the ding letter party get dinged � it wasn't even granted a closed-list interview. ChiBus had to rely on the open list to broach the topic at the GBC meeting. The idea suffered the same fate as most open-list interview candidates � it received a polite hearing, yet was dinged almost instantly.
"Thank you for your offer to throw a Ding Letter Party for GSB students," said the ding letter party's ding letter. "Unfortunately, we cannot offer you the opportunity to host a ding letter party at this time. We are considering other ding letter events whose qualifications more closely fit our business needs. In the event that another suitable ding letter opportunity arises, we will keep your ding letter party offer for future consideration.
"If your interest in throwing a ding letter party continues, we encourage you to keep in touch when full-time ding letters come out in the fall. The outlook for ding letters looks promising this year, and we expect renewed interest in a ding letter party.
"Again, thank you for your interest in throwing a Ding Letter Party, and best wishes in your ding letter endeavors."
Outgoing GBC president Manoj Mehta was quick to point out that the party was not, in fact, dinged. "What you have to understand is that ding letter activity is highly volatile in this economy," explained Mehta. "We are not rejecting the idea outright; we are simply delaying a decision until the ding letter outlook is clearer."
With despair and hopelessness rising as ding letters came rolling in, Ryan McGlothlin, ChiBus editor emeritus, floated the idea of a ding letter party. In the proposal, GSB students would share their pain by posting ding letters on a public bulletin board; various liquid substances, meanwhile, would be provided to allow students to forget about the constant parade of dings. However, at the February 21 GBC meeting, the ChiBus proposal was publicly and unceremoniously dinged.
Not only did the ding letter party get dinged � it wasn't even granted a closed-list interview. ChiBus had to rely on the open list to broach the topic at the GBC meeting. The idea suffered the same fate as most open-list interview candidates � it received a polite hearing, yet was dinged almost instantly.
"Thank you for your offer to throw a Ding Letter Party for GSB students," said the ding letter party's ding letter. "Unfortunately, we cannot offer you the opportunity to host a ding letter party at this time. We are considering other ding letter events whose qualifications more closely fit our business needs. In the event that another suitable ding letter opportunity arises, we will keep your ding letter party offer for future consideration.
"If your interest in throwing a ding letter party continues, we encourage you to keep in touch when full-time ding letters come out in the fall. The outlook for ding letters looks promising this year, and we expect renewed interest in a ding letter party.
"Again, thank you for your interest in throwing a Ding Letter Party, and best wishes in your ding letter endeavors."
Outgoing GBC president Manoj Mehta was quick to point out that the party was not, in fact, dinged. "What you have to understand is that ding letter activity is highly volatile in this economy," explained Mehta. "We are not rejecting the idea outright; we are simply delaying a decision until the ding letter outlook is clearer."
posted by B.I. @ 10:28 PM
