Career Essay : A Career As A Career

Throughout my childhood and up into my middle school years, I had a solid plan for my life: to be an air traffic controller. It seemed like the perfect career for me. I am a highly organized and alert person. I like structure and to have control over the situations that surround me. And, most importantly, I find great satisfaction in helping others to meet their objectives and safely land at their desired destination. Air traffic control was the only career for me. I had my whole life planned out, including the exact airport where I would work. No one or nothing could sway me from the goals that I had set for myself.

The past few years I have had many unique opportunities and made many different decisions on the direction my life is taking. I have had multiple goals and challenges and where I am today has been formed with factors I did not always anticipate. For the last few years, I have worked in management, but before that I worked a variety of jobs. The different jobs I have worked have provided insight as to where I am now and how I would like to spend the remainder of my life.

“I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile” (Walter Chrysler). Deciding on what one wants to be in life can prove to be a demanding task. There are so many, yet limited, different opportunities in the world to have an excellent career and make a decent living while doing something one loves. It is limited because there are only a few specific career paths that someone could take to make good money. It is very difficult to make a fulfilling living being a garbage man. There are many different opportunities because, within these specific careers, there are usually various paths to take. Someone who has dreams to be a

Typically, when someone hears ‘medical field’, automatically you think of people with white lab coats and a stethoscope around their neck ready to take your vitals. Obviously this comes to mind because these doctors and surgeons are the face of the medical field, but in reality there is so much more. There are actually about 300 different occupations one can have in the health care field. A large part of that is nurses. Nurses are the basis of the medical field; they are almost as important as the patients themselves. They have always been a major part of our lives. Nurses have been with us since we first opened our eyes, from birth to broken bones, nurses were there. They have very difficult and extensive careers, they dedicate their lives to their work and to their patients. Some nurses spend long nights away from their family and friends to help others, at times their shifts can last as long as 24 hours. In my opinion nurses are the real super heroes, for this reason I have decided to pursue a major in nursing. I still have a lot to learn and many years of schooling to go, but personally its worth the wait.

I am always up for a challenge, and asking for new things to do. Three months after I started, my boss made me the online scheduling coordinator. This role entails scheduling requests that patients send in. It also helps out with the training of new employees to Charlotte Radiology. With every job I had, I have started at the bottom and worked my way up. The restaurant that I worked at for eleven years, I started prep-work in the kitchen, then I worked my way up to hostess, then waitress, then assistant manager. I worked closely under our general manager for the years that I worked there. She was always someone I looked up to, and she received a lot of respect from the other employees. Her managing and work skills were very prominent throughout the community. To have that amount of respect and being well known for her managing and customer service skills is something I want to be recognized as. My goal in life is to be a leader and for people to look up to me as a role model. I am very excited about going back to school and getting my degree, and I feel like it will help me to grow in my spiritual, profession, and personal

In 2005, my father bought a Shell Gas Station in Lake Geneva. From the first day, my dad taught me how to count money and work the cash register. I had to stand on a step stool to see over the counter. For the first couple years, I had to work with someone at all times because of the cigarette and alcohol sales and a lot of the customers would tell me there were child labor laws against it but I would just shake my head and say no. I loved being there and working because I was spending time with my dad and the family we built within the business. During the summers, I would get up with my dad at four in the morning to go and open the store. Throughout the years I learned to do more and more and by the age of 10, I knew how to count money, cut

Throughout the past couple of months, I have done a lot of research on people in their life long career as well as what it takes to be in these careers. Through interviewing many different people and reading many articles, I feel I am ready to enter the adult workforce because of my values and the way I view others. Despite this, this class has shown me that there is still more I have to learn for the future. When I finish school, I would like to become an orthodontist and open my own practice, being the employer rather than the employee. On the other hand, during college, I will still have other jobs where I am employed by someone else. I feel these jobs can help me to be the best boss possible for my employees. In particular, this class

I interviewed Officer Greenlee, who is a close friend. She works as a Correctional Officer for the Peoria County Jail, I interviewed her while we were on duty on Saturday, April 16th.

During my Freshman year, I obtained a job at Jake’s Supper Club just down the river from my house as a dishwasher. I worked there continuously for two years working my way up to buss boy and exposition food prep. This first official job for me taught me reliability, loyalty, how to compete in the workforce and successfully cohere with co-workers of all ages and backgrounds. Seeing my avid interest in woodworking, my youth group leader, Aaron Lee, asked me to be his construction assistant when the school year ended. I jumped on the opportunity and worked across midwestern Wisconsin and Minnesota during the summer of my Junior year and a month the following summer. During the first summer working with his crew, I had an incredible experience learning the tricks of the trade. I worked on three different sheds, a horse barn, and an entire house project from baseboards to truss. Lifelong skills that can forever be applied, were acquired at a teenage level; teaching me critical thinking, planning skills, strife for perfection and tests of endurance to push through the 13 hour truss days. I learned what it takes to be a residential contractor which is a possible occupation I could

In April 11, 2005 I started as general labor. I used to stack bags of different weights of 40 lbs. 50 lbs. and 51 lbs. on wooden pallets. After a year I learned how to operate a Forklift, later I also learned how to mix the different product in order to be able to bag them. After 6 years I was able to perform all of the different job on the warehouse including how to drive an 18 wheeler truck. Before my 7th year I was promoted to floor supervisor. Now I was in charge of a group of 8 to 10 people. A year later now I was in charge up to 20 to 30 people. Mid way on my 8th year I was promoted to Warehouse and Scale House Assistant Manager. I was in charge of 70+ people. I learned how to operate a heavy truck weight scale.

My whole life I have always wanted to do something where people will remember me. I went threw millions of career choices before I came to the conclusion of a nurse. It’s not something that will get me into History books, but its something where all the people I help will remember what I did to care for them or their loved ones. My mom went to school to become and RN, but dropped out when she became pregnant with me. After that story was told to me, I didn’t want to be anything related to nursing. It wasn’t until my step mom went to school to be LPN that I realized it would be possible for me to do. I saw how much happiness it gave her, and I want the same thing. She loved helping the patients by treating them, and helping their families

For the longest time I could not decide on a major and a career to study throughout college. When I came to Georgia Southern University I discovered that they had a major that was very interesting to me. Sport Management id the ideal major for my interest and me. Since I love sports I figured that this would be the career for me. A degree in Sport Management helps to prepare for success in sport related occupations.

My Career Plan The future is uncertain for me, but it is important to develop a career plan that will provide financial support and personal fulfillment over the course of my professional life. To make this transition from school to a professional career, I am going to plan a plan that will help me stay focused and motivated in meeting my goals and objectives. In the next paragraphs, I will explain my ten-year plan for my

In the contemporary world university degree is very important and many students enter the university each year to earn their bachelors or Master’s. Usually people use their university degree to advance their careers and to achieve success. But those people who have ambitions and who determinate with their career plans, the best decision is to continue education and to develop and improve theoretical knowledge and practical skills in chosen field. Besides educational background, practical experience also lays important role in the career. Due to my current obligations (work/life) I have the desire to receive further education cannot interrupt my current career and do not have an opportunity to attend traditional classes and to devote

Finding a specific career path can not only be difficult, but it can also induce bouts of anxiety, anger, and sadness over a crucial part of an individual’s life. Settling on a career can be unnerving when thinking about the fact that this is the career that you spend thousands of dollars on in college, that this is the career you will work in until you retire. With this course, I’ve found that it has been easier to narrow down a goal towards finding a career. Through career assessments, different assignments and discussions, I have realized what my barriers and strengths are. Overcoming these and improving these skills or applying them to an actual career assisted me in narrowing my goal as well. I am now able to clearly see the advantages and disadvantages of my career goal and to think clearer about the next steps that I will take after this course.