Informational Interviews

For my informational interview I interviewed Hasty Elementary School Counselor Candace Thurman. Mrs. Thurman earned her B.A. in Psychology from Salem College and a MA Ed.S in Mental Health Counseling from Gardner Webb University. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor and a Licensed School Counselor. Her maternal grandfather suffered from mental illness and was homeless. Seeing the impact his condition had on him as well as her family compelled her to choose a career in mental health. Mrs. Thurman worked in the middle school setting for 11 years. This year is her first year in an elementary school.

The Human Services Informational Interview was conducted on the phone I interviewed Tara Dakolios. She started in the Human Services field with a Master degree in Education from Virginia College and started working at the Hilton head Preparatory School. After working there for years she missed doing education and had an opportunity with the University of South Carolina Beaufort as an advisor. Before being in the Human Services Field she wasn’t aware of it being declared a major and knew she always had a passion for helping people. The skills utilized in the Human Services Field are being adaptive, organized, multi-tasking and time management. College help prepare her for the field in many aspects such as being a basketball coach and assisting

Many young students want to pursue a career in accounting but are still wondering whether the possibility of matching this job or not. In general, the accounting industry is considered the industry that many students including myself choose and study. Graduate, students easily find a job and have a steady income. Not only easy to find a job and a stable income, I began to choose accounting because of the peculiarity quite "comfortable" of the industry: not too demanding, picky, I just have to like working with the numbers and skills required when working with numbers. Since accounting is an indispensable part of all companies and organizations, so this is one of the best craft unemployment negligent that I want to purse.

I feel the the informational interview went fairly well. I actually had the opportunity to work for Mrs. Kaur last summer so I knew her a little bit and was comfortable asking her questions. Also, having some prior knowledge of her work and background allowed me to ask address concerns that I may have not been able to without that pre-exisitng connection. I was able to learn a great deal about what actually goes into running a business and also learned about the great range of skills required to create your own company/business. Even though I learned a lot about the actual pratice of having your business, I feel I missed out on the educational aspects. Because Mrs. Kaur had not pursued a education related to business, she was not really in

As an Accounting major, I am very interested and have become fond of learning about the varying business aspects within the sports industry. As a result, I decided to conduct my interview with a professional that is associated with the business operations of athletics. The person that I interviewed was Dawn Reynolds, the Senior Associate Athletic Director for Business and Finance here at the University of Miami. After initially getting in contact with Ms. Reynolds a few weeks ago, I was finally able to meet with her briefly and conduct my interview on November 30, 2010, in room 261 in the Hecht Athletics Center. Just to give a bit of background information about Ms. Reynolds, she is from Elmira, New York and now

My name is Markeshia Rhone and, I was one of your students last semester. The reason why I am contacting you is to conduct an informational interview. I'm seeking information from professionals in the fashion and costume designing industry. I wanted to know if you could be part of it. It should only take about 15, minutes of your of time. I'm not seeking employment, or anything. I just would like to know what it is like to work in the industry?

The person who I conducted my informational interview was Chang Wang, Esq. I was acquainted with Mr. Chang Wang through a class he taught at the University of Minnesota. Professor Wang is a man of many professions; he is a lawyer, a professor, an actor and a writer. I could tell that he is extremely accomplished in his many careers through the list of schools he has taught at, awards he has received, the many licenses he’s obtained, and the number of publications he has authored. Because of his busy schedule, I contacted him a month before the interview to solidify a schedule with him. I requested half an hour of his time, but he was very generous and gave me over an hour of his company. I wanted to interview Mr. Wang for my assignment because I always wanted to pick his brain and learn more about what he did at Thomson Reuters. Aside from completing this assignment and getting to know more about his work, I also had a different agenda of ultimately requesting a letter of recommendation in the

According to Robert J. LaBombard’s research on why college graduates can’t find a career, when graduate students got asked "Other than lack of work experience, what are the top two obstacles in your job search?” [More than 75 percent of respondents answered] "I don't know what positions are a fit for me." [And] “I don't know what to do with my major" (LaBombard). This is because students were indecisive in picking a major in college which caused them to just pick any major which they ended up dreading later on because of the difficulty in finding a

That articue that I choose to talk as written by Zack Budryk, and actually in this article makes references about the speech of TED Talk, management theorist Simon Sinek talks about what makes an effective leader. Indeed he states that a leader it’s far more than just authority, he says, “leader it's creating an environment that fosters cooperation and trust.” Also, Sinek states that leaders cannot control external factors, so the deciding factors are entirely within their organizations and it's up to leaders to set the tone. I really enjoy how Sinek describe the meaning of being a leader indeed he says, “The closest analogy I can give to what a great leader is, is like being a parent” because if all of us think about what being a great parent

Jennifer’s days vary because three and a half days a week she works at One Step Ahead Mobility and the other remaining days she works as a personal trainer in people’s homes. Also on Friday afternoons she works at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute so people with MS or those who have experienced a stroke don't have to exercise in a hospital, they can be in community center helping them have interactions with other people. When she is at the clinic she sometimes starts by conducting a group class with elders experiencing similar problems. Then for the rest of the day she sees clients, mostly elderly people experiencing different problems or disabilities. She works with them to strengthen themselves which sometimes includes walking on the treadmill, practicing their balance or working their core.

However, I work at Phalaborwa and I am currently there. I have a couple of questions to ask.

Conducting interviews is fundamental as a case manager. In order to understand more about good interviewing, I decided to watch an interview about an addict mother conducted by Dr. Phil. While watching this interview, I made some notes on attitudes and characteristics that I considered important for good interviewing. The characteristics will be presented in the following paragraphs.

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I have had many leaders I’ve followed over the years. An impactful experience was working for my brother. I was 20 and my brother 21 when I got a job for him as an automotive detailer. Up until that point I never looked at my brother as a leader. Over the year or two my perspective of him changed a lot, and I learned a great deal. These things came naturally to him. One thing I observed is how he consistently held his team accountable. So much so, if a coworker messed up. They would almost be afraid the consequence. On the other hand he also would acknowledge good work which showed respect. Over time I saw how the team progressed. Eventually my brother hardly even needed to be at work.

A group of enterprising executives belonging to various industries saw the opportunity to venture in the booming consumer financing business. Combining their strengths, Robert B. Jordan handled credit; Ruben Y. Lugtu Jr. labored on the financials while the late Wilfredo T. Anastacio took care of the human resources and operations. With the good demand and sound credit, the