In my recent superday, 3 out of the 8 candidates were Eagle Scouts.
This was brought up in my interview. I was asked why I thought they see so many Eagle Scout applicants.
I said that it was because of our commitment to achieving long term goals. I worked for over 8 years to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout. To me, I feel that it gave me the discipline to work hard toward long term objectives(like a career in banking).
By show of hands, who here is an Eagle Scout? Do you see many others in the industry?
You are the only dick sucker here. No eagle scout here
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Interesting spin of BS with the answer. I wasn't thinking of anything long term when I was 15.
Eagle here too. I would agree and say constant achievement and improvement. In addition, there is so many other aspects like the frat like atmosphere that develops social intelligence. Nevermind the aspects where you train to survive, learn useful knowledge, and get exposures to a lot of different topics. I always think of scouts the civilian version of the rangers. A lot of the people in my scout troop are now U.S. Army Rangers or Marine Recon and they say why there are significant differences, training was a breeze because they had previously learn the core concepts and the mentality.
hey all - longtime reader first time poster.
I am also an Eagle, and I have to say the most important thing I learned on my way to becoming an eagle scout was confidence. I never, ever hesitate to speak in front a crowd, speak my mind (when appropriate), or defend my point of view. Being put into a leadership position at age 15 may not seem to be a big deal, but I learned a lot from it.
that said - i love the way you spun being an eagle OP, never thought of it that way. A GS MD saw that I had it on my resume and talked for 5 mins about how he wished he finished (he quit at life) and how much of a big deal he thought it was.
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Sorry had to quote this as only those familiar with Scouting would truly understand this
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Eagle Scout here
Me too. Worked as a lifeguard/sailing merit badge teacher at our council's camp in the northwoods for a summer, too.
Were you interviewing for a job in Utah? SLC seems to be Eagle Scout central. But not too many out here in New York. Scouting is not exactly a northeastern kinda thing.
Midwest. Decent amount out here it seems.
Eagle Scout here too
Eagle Scout...can't really think of ways it made me a better banker.Only came up at one interview that I can recall.
I've never really been impressed with Eagle scout as an accomplishment after college. Sure, for admissions and shit to get into school, its great but as far as meaningful real life accomplishments to talk about/put on a resume, there are better things.
Of course. It is not a featured part of a resume, but it's something I keep in the footnotes along with piloting hang gliders.
Fair point, after I wrote that I thought about it and I guess its probably more useful as a 'connection' or common ground type thing than it is an actual 'bullet point' on the resume.
My director mentioned something about it before my manager did even though he is an Eagle himself. Now my manager gives me a hard time about always being prepared. Is it just me or are Eagle Scouts more and more rare these days?
Honestly, my first question to any guy that says they were an Eagle Scout is what their Eagle project was. It seems like the BSofA have gotten a lot softer in their requirements for this project over the last few decades. A family friend's kid was asking for donations for his project which consisted of putting together school supplies bags/baskets for an underprivileged elementary school. That type of shit is not an Eagle project because it literally culls nothing from the knowledge you've acquired as a scout. Not saying it doesn't help the community, but in my mind there's a big difference between some making school supplies baskets and someone constructing a covered shelter in a park or a memorial of some type.
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