I chose to do my interview in the field office and not over the phone. Feeling that by doing this interview in person I would receive more of a connection. I walk into work early this morning so I can interview Doug Ivie before everyone else comes into the office. When I arrive Doug is already here and working on programming tank level sensors. This week Doug is in the San Angelo office and not in the Denver, Colorado office where he is normally located. He comes to the San Angelo office every two weeks, staying one week at a time. So I take my lunch to the fridge and walk back to grab my computer so I can take notes and read him the questions I’ve prepared. Mr. Ivie is somewhat of an intimidating man when you first meet him. His appearance is extremely professional and serious, but once you get to know his true personality you realize he can be quite funny. When I interviewed him he was dressed in his usual tailored suite. It was a deep shade of navy blue with a crisp white shirt underneath and a navy tie decorated with white diamond shapes. He always has a pin of the American flag on the right side of his suit coat. He is a tall man, a little more than six feet, and he has hair that is salt and pepper colored. I had never seen him without a goatee until today. He said “it was time for a change” and he was “still a little unsure about it”. There is not much that Mr. Ivie is unsure about so this took me by surprise. His eyes are a striking dark brown and he always has a
The interview process is something we have all gone through in order to get any job. It may not be our dream job but it is a job and we all have to do this process in order to even be able to start working. In Katy Piotrowski’s article “Preparing for the Job Interview: Know Thyself,” she explains everything that you need to know and not know when going to a job interview. Graduating college and having a Bachelor’s degree of Science in Nursing is what I look forward to doing in the next two years. I will be discussing myself applying for a position in the nursing department. Being the right candidate for this RN nursing position in hospice care requires a lot of hard work and dedication, and that is why I am a good candidate for this position.
The elected official that I choose to interview is the Mayor of Avon Lake, Greg Zilka. I choose Mayor Zilka because although I don’t live in the city of Avon Lake, I work in the city at a pizza shop, and I appreciate how beautiful of a city Avon Lake is. I emailed the mayor’s office and within a day I got a response back, and after about ten emails between the mayor’s assistant and myself, the interview was planned. I appreciated how Mr. Zilka through his assistant worked with me and my schedule to try to find a time best for me to conduct the interview, and how he was willing to meet in person, call, or email me, to which we agreed to a phone call. Mr. Zilka provided answers to most of my questions, but because of a scheduled
After my interview with a former security officer at the 9/11 memorial, I learned a whole new perspective of the site. In comparison to what I had observed in my short time there, my informant, Ricky who worked the site for years was able to give me an insight on what I was not able to observe. At first, I was hesitant to bother my friend for an interview since I knew he was busy with his own family or even work. My plan was to interview officers at the memorial while they were on the job during my lunch break. After getting denied by countless officers at the memorial, I gave up and sent Ricky a message on FaceBook, asking if he had time this week for a couple of questions about his time spent working at the memorial. Since I have known him since I was a child along with his brother, without hesitation, he agreed and invited me to watch our favorite show “The Walking Dead” at his house on Sunday. I arrived at his house and I treated his family to dinner as a way of saying thanks for helping me with my assignment. However, during my interview, I didn’t feel like it was much of a formal interview, instead, I felt like it was more of a friend to friend conversation about his past experiences at a job. (I was literally laying down on his couch, petting his cat while interviewing him questions off my laptop).
For my In-Depth Interview paper, I chose to Interview my co-worker Senada Cufurovic whom I work with at Bank of the West. Senada finds herself culturally diverse as being from another country and culture. As long as I have known Senada from working with her for the past two years, I have never been able to get to know her background from where she came from until this opportunity to interview her came up.
As the end of the week approaching, I was getting nervous with conducting my one on one interview with Officer Alexander. Mr. Alexander is a cousin to one of my good friends, but I never met him before. The interview was scheduled Saturday February 18, 2017 to sit at Café Café on Clearview for breakfast. Mr. Alexander was not able to make it to Café Café, so he asked if I may meet him at home with his family. My friend offer to take me to her cousin’s house because I was not sure if that was a good idea. Upon arrival to Officer Alexander’s house he was outside washing his truck, and smoking a cigar. Which, I may add was not a pleasing smell to my nose for about fifteen minutes. After being introduced he asked his
My field site interview was at the County of Los Angeles Department of mental health. I had the honor to interview Jeremy Winn who is a mental health supervisor. At the La county mental health, they have staff on duty that can help clients with the necessary support and help they need in order to get the treatment plan they need. For instance, they have social workers, case managers, psychologist, psychiatrist and many more as part of their staff. The Los Angeles county mental health are strong supporters on the prevention and early interventions plan. It’s main focus is on evidence-based promising or community defined evidence practices, education, support, and outreach to help inform and identify those who may be affected by some level
I had the pleasure of meeting Devyn in November 2015. I asked whether he was able to be interviewed by me, and he agreed. Devyn has worked in the Therapeutic Recreation field for 20 years.
As a part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) group during the tabletop exercise I was afforded the opportunity to take a closer look at segments of FEMA’s emergency response in crisis situations, specifically an earthquake affecting 35,000 people.
A collateral interview was conducted with Chelsea Barnes, former nursing assistant for Ms. Leavitt father. Ms. Barnes reported that she resides in Richmond Hill, NY. She has three children 22, 19, and 8. She also indicated that she has a grandson who is 9 months old. She indicated that her children was not difficult to manage. She reported that she does not have experience handling children who are aggressive.
My experience in conducting a study for opportunity neighborhood was priceless. I believe that I have become a better person and a better social worker after this project. As I had to come out of my shell to approach random strangers in public settings. I learned that engaging strangers to discuss their perception of equity and equality in their community was not an easy task. People were not always eager to speak to us and those who did were people that would not benefit from services provided by Opportunity Neighborhood. I was rejected by many of the people that I initially approached for an interview. I realized that rejection makes you feel discouraged; However, I enjoyed the process of engaging the community. I felt as if I was contributing
This study is based on thirty comprehensive interviews with Muslim men and women who reside within the San Antonio metropolitan area. Each interview lasted approximately one and half hours and were digitally recorded, then transcribed. All of the interviews had been conducted on a one on one basis at their residence. All interviews were based on open ended discussion on what is important to a Muslim family. The items discussed in the interviews had included age, faith, education, family, culture, heritage, marriage, ethnicity, immigration status, and profession. These individuals come from diverse educational and occupational backgrounds. Their professions were comprised of six physicians, five dentists, three graduate students, two attorneys,
I have to admit when I first got word of this assignment I was very eager to run out and interview the district manager of the company I work for, Keith Perkins. I myself work for the tech giant company, Samsung. I have been with the company for a little over two years now. And I cannot be any happier with what I do. Keith Perkins was the guy who had originally brought me in and hired me. He has been a great mentor for me throughout my tenure with the company and has really been the main reason why I excel in my job. In fact, I enjoy what I do so much that my ultimate goal is to continue with the company after college and hopefully land a different position in the marketing or public relations department to represent the company on a bigger scale. Moreover, as the
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.
I sit at the steel table next to Amin, the Afghani translator. The room is dimly lit and awfully quiet, enough to increase my heart rate and cause my hands to shake. Still, I try to remain optimistic. I expect to be interviewed by Bob, a happy and calm fellow. However, the man that guides me into the interview room is not Bob. He is not happy nor calm. This man, who says his name