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Dormill and Stiura wrote:

Trust me, all you really need for the office is a good idea of how TWI runs and some ideas on what new RPs can be done.

You can even go a step further and organize upcoming events, like this year’s Isle Cup.

Personally I'd like to have resided in this region for a little longer before running for any office. I don't personally feel like I am ready.

Nights edge wrote:

When I was asked this I had to bite my tongue and not say "To flesh out your affirmative action diversity quota" because I really wanted to, but I also wanted the job so I gave the generic "I want to put what I learned in education into real-world experience" answer instead

I went for the ballsy approach on my first job - which was for Waitrose, an upmarket supermarket chain in the UK. It was a full day interview, where in the morning we had the "team building" exercises - build a bridge out of paper and straws.

In that session, the group I was with wanted to make some big arse suspension bridge - which I knew wouldn't take the weight that was expected. So, probably rather undiplomatically, I suggested a pontoon bridge as it was low, minimal risk and would take the weight. We slowly brought the group round to my idea (I remember one chap was obviously fuming my idea trumped his). Surprise surprise, my idea worked.

When it came to the face-to-face interview, they raised this as to why I was adamant to go with my idea. I bluntly replied that I knew, from experience, the other ideas would fail and that the only logical course of action was the pontoon. Yes, it was dramatically different and didn't get the approval of all the observing managers but it fitted the task outlines and out-performed all the other bridges by miles. I went on to state that I knew I was likely over qualified for stacking shelves, but they needed someone to not only be able to stack shelves but to be polite and well spoken for the customers. The chap interviewing me seemed to smile and nod in agreement, lady from HR looked like she was about to get triggered by this young, white privileged male.

Walking out of the interview and driving home I was adamant I'd blown my chances and probably made a complete arse of myself. Not long after I get home (so about 40 minutes after I left) the chap rang me and offered me the job. Said I had a few more hoops to jump through but "the job was mine".

I should point out I'm quite timid and withdrawn in normality and play it safe - but that day something tweaked and made me act the way I did. Haven't acted like that in interviews before or since.

Tracera wrote:

Infantymen would feel second class to commandos, would they not?
Also, I used divisions there not in the military sense of division, but in the everyday sense as the troops being divided.

Literally calling one group "standard" and the other "elite" is too sharp of a difference. They can know that the other guys are more elite, but actually calling them that isn't a good idea. Special people can be special, but your line troops should not be made to feel inferior by their actual name. Call the special troops something other than "elite". That's a descriptive, but lame title. Look at what that unit actually does. They could take their name, and their sense of eliteness from a special task they perform. "Ranger" or "Guard" or something like that would make far more sense.

Use normal names for units, otherwise nobody is going to know what you are talking about.

Tracera wrote:

Infantymen would feel second class to commandos, would they not?
Also, I used divisions there not in the military sense of division, but in the everyday sense as the troops being divided.

According to the country, in South Africa Commandos are militiamen. We aren’t saying there aren’t elite but using the term is what we are saying you shouldn’t do. Commandos aren’t any better then Line Infantry they just have special training for a certain job. There is a reason that the USMC has no special units, the closes they have are Recon.

Wellsia wrote:

According to the country, in South Africa Commandos are militiamen. We aren’t saying there aren’t elite but using the term is what we are saying you shouldn’t do. Commandos aren’t any better then Line Infantry they just have special training for a certain job. There is a reason that the USMC has no special units, the closes they have are Recon.

I just wanted something unique for my nation, I'll consider these proposals but I see nothing wrong with calling a more specialised unit 'Elite' and the normal ones 'Standard'. They won't feel inferior as they apply to be elite, though training is significantly harder.

A solution could be if Elite is a logical consequence when you start as Standard and train hard enough to meet the requirements to be 'promoted' to the Elite.

Duzdho wrote:

Duzdho Overview

by Duzdho

Overview

I. Government

Capital: Vodho
Government Type: Republic
Head of State: Namdar Azarkhshov
Motto: Greatness Is Forever
Anthem: Greatness Is Forever

II. Demographics

Population: 880,000
Languages: Duzdho And Minority Languages
Religions: 98% Muslim (95% Sunni and 3% Shia)

III. Geography

Terrain: Largely mountainous. 
Some farmlands in some green valleys.
Cities:
Vodho (66,527 people)
Bodom (57,219 people)
Hezum (19,489 people)
Simol (15,883 people)
Canub (14,060 people)
Safed (10,094 people)

IV. Economy

GDP (Nominal): $704,000,000 USD
GDP per Capita: $800 USD
Industries: Petroleum, Gold, Silver, and Lead

V. Defense

Name: Duzdho Defence Council
Strength: ~18,000-20,000
Equipment: 
• Kalashnikov Rifles (AKM, AKMS, AK-74, AKS-74U)
• Degtyarev Machine Guns (DShK, RPD, DP-28)
• Simonov Rifles (SKS)
• Anti-Tank (RPG-7, RPG-18, SPG-9, 2A19) 
• ATGMs (9K111 Fagot, 9K115 Metis)

Read factbook

Oh ya, my factbook
Its small but rounds up my nation

Epic Muslim nation let's talk

Duzdho wrote:

Duzdho Overview

by Duzdho

Overview

I. Government

Capital: Vodho
Government Type: Republic
Head of State: Namdar Azarkhshov
Motto: Greatness Is Forever
Anthem: Greatness Is Forever

II. Demographics

Population: 880,000
Languages: Duzdho And Minority Languages
Religions: 98% Muslim (95% Sunni and 3% Shia)

III. Geography

Terrain: Largely mountainous. 
Some farmlands in some green valleys.
Cities:
Vodho (66,527 people)
Bodom (57,219 people)
Hezum (19,489 people)
Simol (15,883 people)
Canub (14,060 people)
Safed (10,094 people)

IV. Economy

GDP (Nominal): $704,000,000 USD
GDP per Capita: $800 USD
Industries: Petroleum, Gold, Silver, and Lead

V. Defense

Name: Duzdho Defence Council
Strength: ~18,000-20,000
Equipment: 
• Kalashnikov Rifles (AKM, AKMS, AK-74, AKS-74U)
• Degtyarev Machine Guns (DShK, RPD, DP-28)
• Simonov Rifles (SKS)
• Anti-Tank (RPG-7, RPG-18, SPG-9, 2A19) 
• ATGMs (9K111 Fagot, 9K115 Metis)

Read factbook

Oh ya, my factbook
Its small but rounds up my nation

Woo, a nation that has a smaller population than me! Let's talk.

Dormill and Stiura wrote:

Trust me, all you really need for the office is a good idea of how TWI runs and some ideas on what new RPs can be done.

You can even go a step further and organize upcoming events, like this year’s Isle Cup.

I want to run but I am really bad at making speeches.

Celtin wrote:

I'm not looking forward to this weekend. I manage a family restaurant and it's Mother's Day. Anyone else work in the industry?

Huh? Where are you from? When is Mother's Day there?

Here it's was on May 4th.

Athara magarat wrote:

Huh? Where are you from? When is Mother's Day there?

Here it's was on May 4th.

In the USA (and I assume that's where Celtin's from because I'm a jingoist) it's May 12th

Nights edge wrote:

The only country on Earth that matters is Thailand

This, but unironically

Athara magarat wrote:

Huh? Where are you from? When is Mother's Day there?

Here it's was on May 4th.

The US. Mother's Day is Sunday