This past weekend, I had a BLAST volunteering at the 2024 KitchenAid Senior PGA of America Championship at the beautiful Harbor Shores golf course in Benton Harbor, Michigan. My role was "Standard Bearer" which allowed me to be inside the ropes and as close to the action as you can be.
Through my experience, I couldn't help but wonder how my role as Standard Bearer coincided with Recruiting. 🤔
⛳ 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞
As a Standard Bearer I was committed for 3 days, walking 9 miles each round with the players and caddies for 5 hours each round. The weather varied with sunny, warm skies to dodging thunderstorms. I had to mentally take small wins, three holes at a time opposed to viewing it as an 18 hole project. I even had to strategically decide when to drink water given the lack of bathroom access!
𝐼𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑠. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑐ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑡𝑜𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑙. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛, 𝑓𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑐𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛, 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑏𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑙, 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤, 𝑒𝑡𝑐.
🏌♂️ 𝐀𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥
I had to accurately keep track of changing scores and ensure I had the most up-to-date information reflected on my scoreboard (bearer). The players and spectators eyes were locked on my work after every shot.
𝐼𝑛 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑜𝑝𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑙𝑖𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑘𝑠. 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑑𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑠 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑖𝑙.
🏌♀️ 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧
As a Standard Bearer, I was a reflection of the Southwest Michigan community, the PGA of America, as well as the passionate network of over 1,000 volunteers. While I had so much fun, it was a job that required me taking it seriously to amplify others.
𝐴𝑠 𝑎 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑟, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 DISHER Talent Solutions 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑑. 𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑓𝑎𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑝𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛.
I greatly enjoyed my time volunteering at this event. My next goal, how can I be a Standard Bearer at The Masters?!
#Golf #TalentAcqusition #Process #TA #Hiring #HumanResources #SrPGAChamp
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