Career Shadowing Reflection

He has always found a way to provide for my family and give us everything we need. When work gets tough and clients are being stubborn, not once has he thought about turning his back on his company and finding a new job because it has always been the financial support that keeps a roof over my families’ head. When it comes to holidays and birthdays, even when money is tough, my parents have always found a way to make us feel loved and special, even if that means my dad works on the weekend or has to work a job at night. Not only does his small business provide for me and my family, but it has shown me firsthand what it means to persevere through struggles. I know that sometimes having his own small business has added more stress to his life because he has to find the work, do the paperwork, buy materials, and actually complete the job instead of just getting told where to go and what to do by a boss, but I also know he does it for his family. And that’s what small businesses are all about, family and community. Another important life lesson it has taught me is how important it is to network and get to know the people you are working with. Sometimes he gets calls for jobs from clients he worked for over five years prior, but they kept him in mind. Or he will get calls from people who got referred by their friends or even another contractor, and it has showed me that it is really important to create relationships with people because someday it could benefit you in amazing

The interview with Chere Smith provided me with a great deal of experiential knowledge that are essential for my professional and personal life. Chere inspired me as a manager as well as a leader. The first thing I learned from this interview is that it is important to shared the mission, vision and the values of the organization you work for in order to have a meaningful career. Moreover, I learned the significant impact that managerial planning, coordination, decision making, time management, effective communication, participative leadership and motivation have on the management role. In addition, I also realizes that it is crucial to maintain work-life balance and flexibility as one move up the management ladder. The overlap between Chere experiential knowledge and propositional knowledge from Supervisor Management class give me the whole picture of what it takes to be a healthcare manager. In conclusion, this interview showed me the importance of the administrative and management role every healthcare manager plays in delivering quality healthcare.

Career shadow day was a great opportunity that made me question possible careers for myself. I shadowed Sean Spotts, an employee at Siemens Industry Inc. He is a Mechanical Engineer, or someone who applies physics and material science to design or maintenance of mechanical systems. Even though he is not in my goal career of architecture, through him, I got a glimpse of how mechanical engineering and architecture can go hand in hand. I shadowed him during a trade show on April 27th. After shadowing Sean Spotts and seeing his work life, I have come to the conclusion that architecture is more than just design, but also has components of engineering, a fact I am sound with.

I shadowed Dr. Martin Skie at the University of Toledo Medical Center when I started contemplating a career as a physician. He is an orthopedic surgeon and I had the privilege to shadow during several surgeries, and throughout clinical rotations. I spent over fifty hours shadowing him over the course of a month. I also had the opportunity to shadow Dr. Zachary Ginsberg, an intensivist, in Kettering Medical Center’s intensive care unit. I was able to discuss the patients, their conditions, the lab results, imaging studies, medications, procedures, and the science behind the thought process while shadowing for over one hundred hours over several months. Both opportunities provided insight into different specialties and sparked my interest.Since

Mexican cartels, which control most of the cocaine and methamphetamine smuggled into the United States, bring in 25 billion to 40 billion in their global operations every year, one way to slow the drug trade down would be to legalize marijuana. If we did this the government could regulate the trade between the two counties and the cartels would have to pay taxes to the Mexican government and this could be helpful to the people of Mexico and weaken the cartels.

Communication - Communication is very important to our well being as a company. The CEO will only be seen or heard from when there is an issue with business or there is a big decision to be made that can not be made by the workers and managers themselves. They make decisions and give instruction through our CFO who then distributes that information between to the personal assistant. The information then goes to the floor supervisors and the DC. From there it can go to the regular employees and therapist so that everyone is on the same page.

After spending an entire day job shadowing the director of tennis at River City, I do not want to pursue this field of study. Before I began this job shadow, I knew that I did not want to go into this profession because I have dreams of working on Wall Street in New York City. I thought that job shadowing a tennis teaching professional would be a fun, and enjoyable, way to spend the day. Cy Lystilla, one of my tennis coaches, is the man who I job shadowed for this project. Throughout the day, I learned a ton of new information about his responsibilities as the director of tennis. If I would not have taken the time to job shadow Cy, I would have never known about all of the little tasks he has to complete before the end of his day.

The gods of Greece have a very interesting history. They had many beliefs for the gods and goddesses. Citizens of greece for many years have believed that there was many powerful beings that controlled everything. All of them had a role. Greeks had an entire way of life due to the gods like: origin, art, legends, proficiencies,and types of gods.

You may be asking yourself what is a day like in grade school teachers life. I was curious of the same thing, which is why I chose to job shadow a Junior High School teacher/coach. I did my job shadowing experience with Chris Page, at Diboll Junior High. He works there as a seventh grade science teacher and a boys junior high athletics coach. This combination is very common in small school districts across Texas, that is, having a teacher double as an athletic advisor in their school system. I had the opportunity to experience this first hand recently and have had the chance to decide if this is what career I’d like to pursue.

Ignorant (adj.) lacking knowledge or awareness in general; uneducated or unsophisticated. Throughout George Orwell’s novel, Animal Farm, he emphasizes the danger of being a naive and oblivious animal during Napoleon's rule. He uses many examples to show that he believes ignorant animals are what causes a dictatorship.

During my time with them, I was able to differentiate between the functions, roles, and responsibilities of healthcare managers, while working with the following managerial positions. I was able to view them carry out various management functions of planning—closing of a pharmacy, getting annual goals for annual merits, discuss implementation of FY18 strategic planning, staffing--interviews, directing—manager/leadership meetings and staff meetings, controlling—weekly safety huddles addressing patient safety events, addressing staff concerns, and addressing staff behavior, and decision making—completing daily tasks and going to

I have accomplished lots of things in my lifetime. I have accomplished getting a job and getting my license to go to that job. I have accomplished working two jobs one is being a machinist and a referee.

The story is told from the point of view of a bright young man in search of a manager who could successfully lead and manage change. He wanted to work for and eventually become one, and so he spent many years traveling all over the world. He spoke with a wide variety of managers, but was rarely pleased with what he heard or saw. The “tough” managers ran profitable organizations at the expense of its workforce, and the opposite for those who he thought were “nice”. Just as he began to lose hope, the young man heard a story of a local manager whose employees enjoyed working with him and produced great results. To his surprise, the young man was able to schedule an immediate appointment.

This year, I spent my summer vacation in random locations around campus parked in front of my laptop. For the first time in my life I experienced where my career path could take me and what it would be like. Coming into this project, I had an idea of how the research process works from a past class, but I also knew there would be a lot to learn. Thus far, I would say I have learned a lot about myself and about research this summer. The overarching lesson was in patience. When I am excited about something new or have a question I usually take the shortest path to learning more. Usually, I answer my simple questions with a thirty second Google search. That strategy was clearly not going to work this summer. Instead, I learned to be patient with the process. I learned to look deeper in my literature review. I learned to use past research as a stepping stone for my current project. I learned that statistical analysis does not happen in an hour. I learned that good statistical analysis takes more than one run to find the numbers you are looking for. I learned that writing is a process. It takes several attempts to make a paragraph sound just right. This summer, I learned patience, and after months of waiting, I have also learned a lot about how peer, parent, and personality influences affect college alcohol use. In the end, I would say the lessons in patience were all worth the answers they produced.

This lesson mainly addressed aspects related to career development. This lesson encourages students to discover their academic and personal strengths, their skillsets, and their interests. Students then take those concepts and apply them to career exploration. They are able to link their strengths, preferences, and abilities to potential future career paths. Some of the specific aspects of career development that I addressed include applying planning and career exploration in setting and obtaining lifelong career goals, applying necessary skills for career readiness and success, and teaching students where and how to obtain information about post-secondary options. In this lesson students are encouraged to apply decision making skills to place different careers into the appropriate career fields. In doing so, they are also encouraged to begin thinking about careers that are of interest to them and what career goals they have for themselves. They will be given resources in order to continue career exploration outside of the classroom. While I do not expect sixth graders to fully decide their career path, it is my firm belief that it is never too early to get students thinking about careers and having them set goals in order to obtain the career and future that they desire. I also believe that this unit touches on social and emotional development as well as academic development. This lesson allows the student to collaborate with one another and work in groups as well as in pairs. This promotes relationship building and teamwork. It also allows students to take an inventory of their personal strengths and skillsets. This could boost self-esteem and promotes a sense of self-awareness. Lastly, this unit also encompasses academic development. Students will understand that good grades and academic success are key elements to obtaining the career that they wish to have. By being academically successful, this will allow them greater options and opportunity post high school graduation.