Workplace Observation Report

This article teaches you how to prepare for your first day on a new job. There are many steps to prepare: dress the part, arrive early, notice your “nonverbal”, start decoding the culture, take notes, pack a briefcase or messenger bag and go easy on yourself. You should be well prepared for your first day on a new job, because you want to give your manager or your boss a good reputation. Arrive early is the most important one, because you don’t want to be late on your first day of the job. The action I will take is if I am going to have a first day on a new job, I will follow the instructions

Experience: The first day is bound to be nerve wrecking, but I dealt with my nerves effortlessly and quickly. Even though the tasks I did were simple, I had fun filling out the papers and doing my job. Every now and then, one needs to step out of their comfort zone and do things other than routine tasks (work and homework), it is imperative to get fresh air.

I need to be organized on a day-to-day basis with our meeting agendas and current projects. Each week I prepare an agenda before the meeting, to do this I need to know what to prioritize in our meeting time. I also often largely plan out our projects. These projects help me and the other members to become more involved in our community and utilize our interest in helping others.

Teamwork is one of the greatest skills I’ve learned here at WWTC, I have learned to trust others as well as myself, I have learned to depend on others as well as allow others to depend on me.

Organizing is dividing up the tasks and arranging resources to accomplish them. I am associating my medium score on the perfectionistic style with my organizing skills. I tend to have an efficient, business-like approach to tasks.

I have observed other people use spreadsheets to document tasks. Often, employees use electronic calanders to assist in time management.

Research can be a very scary topic when it is first introduced to a class, and I was that scary student. Research to me was like learning how to swim for the first time with a life vest on, and my heart beating 100 miles per hour because I’m so afraid. Taking off my life vest and diving into this research course has been very rewarding for me. I have learned so much in such a short amount of time. It has open my eyes up to a variety of ways I can start and conduct my research. Research is not so scary anymore. In this paper, I’m going to tell you about the things that I have learned and perfected while taking this course.

Over the past two weeks, I spent the majority of my time in the field learning about the different types of work the department performs and developing a working knowledge of our operational and safety procedures. During this time frame, I worked alongside many of our crews and developed a working relationship with them.

Those who find it difficult to organize sometimes find themselves struggling with simple activities, and they usually have a higher stress level. “An organized person gives a much better business impression than someone who can't find a phone number, has an office piled with cardboard boxes or is always late for appointments” (Gracia) . One action that you can take to become more organized is to plan your day to day routine. Also, there are numerous training programs and books that are catered specifically to developing these important skills. The benefits to being an organized person are numerous, and will reap great rewards in every aspect of life. In my current profession, as an administrative assistant I assist over 30 physicians. Therefore, I have to be extremely organized. It is vital that I do not keep a messy office as I would get very stressed and lose track of important information. Also, in my opinion, it does not look very professional when your office is cluttered or you always looking for things. I have a system in place to make sure my desk is free from clutter. Even though I have not yet to perfect my organization skills, I feel that continuing to develop great organization skills will allow me to be more effective and efficient in the professional world.

So far this year we have learned how to be patient, work together, and to converse

The main thing that stood out for me was Universal Design for Learning, and how much “assistive technology” and “accessibility” tools benefits EVERYONE! There is no such thing as average! Even as adults we benefit from this approach!

Organization means using your space wisely. Using things like computers to hold lots of information and keep

Throughout the course of the semester, I learned a lot about myself through a series of self-assessments. When I first started this class, I thought I already knew myself and how I handled situations. I was surprised with my results. Many of the self-assessments gave me insight on what I could do better, like my time management, listening skills, and networking. On the other hand, I have more insight on how I deal with conflicts, leadership, and what my hygiene and motivators are. By reflecting on these results, I can either continue what I am doing or I can improve. Just because I have a good control and understanding of some skills and tasks, does not mean I should not improve upon them. Throughout the semester, two theories stuck out

I have most of my work diarised on outlook ensuring that I am meeting objectives, deadlines and service level agreements. I set myself time limits of when to complete tasks by to ensure prompt and effective delivery of service.

Over the course of three months I have learned more about the field of development and myself than ever before. There were many things that surprised me, both positively and negatively, but as a whole much more in the positive realm. Having a CO-OP directly in my field of study, especially as my first placement, has given me insight into what I already do well and areas for improvement, but also insight into where I see myself one day. Some of the integral skills my summer at GAC taught me were taking direction from multiple sources, stress management, and using French as a second language.