Julie Kratz's Pivot Point

Mary Ann also stressed that you need to create the person you want to be. One of the ways you can do this is to figure out the gap of where you are, and where you want to be. Mary Ann didn’t just become the Director of Guest Experience at MGM, she worked 19 years in the industry to do so, and in that time got experience in various other fields so she’s able to do the job that she has now. She filled the gap between where she was and where she wanted with those experiences and accomplished her long-term goal. In addition to that, Mary Ann said that we have to organize ourselves. Mary Ann claims that the problem she has the most when hiring youthful people is that they have no organization. Those young people that are hired are known to miss out on deadlines and always coming up with excuses. Instead of victimizing ourselves, we should be more organized. Finally, Mary Ann also claimed that if there’s something that we want, we need to get

Kathryn Schulz is an excellent writer who wrote an essay, Evidence, regarding her ways of thinking and how different types of “evidence” prove said different ways of thinking. “We rely on it […] to advance our understanding of the world” (Schulz, 362). She explains in great detail throughout the entire piece the importance of evidence in everyday life. The evidence she is explaining is the proof of why people think how they think or why they do what they do. “We care about what is probable. We determine what is probable based on our prior experience of the world” (Schulz, 366).

My goal is to become a manager, precisely a sales manager at Microsoft. Richard N. Bolles' What Color Is Your Parachute? illustrates the importance of developing the right career path. Andre Fontenelle's presentation focus more on developing the perfect resume and connections. Both of them are similar, but different in many ways. Bolles enlighten readers career path is more about passion rather than jobs availability. Bolles advice to choose the right career is to draw a picture of your ideal life, which is an effective motivation for readers to re-think their career. Fontenelle carefully demonstrate the importance of social media and crucial mistakes on resume. Fontenelle also advice to write skills and jobs relevant to the position you're

The Really Big One by Kathryn Schulz has won a Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2015. This article talks about the potential “really big one” on that could happen on the Cascadia fault line. This article is a great example of effective writing. Schulz considers her audience, gives context to her writing, effectively informs her audience. The audience of this article is the American people.

Pamelia E. Brott, an associate professor of counselor education at Virginia Tech with a Ph.D. in Counseling and Counselor Education at the University of North Carolina, wrote the article “A Career Story Approach to Management, Business, and Financial Occupations”. The article discusses what the future outlook is on business, while giving a personal story on how to achieve a good future outlook in the field. The target audience deals with business majors in general, with some specific majors in mind. Searching for something to do for the remainder of one’s life requires a lot of thinking, which produces a large amount of stress and uncertainty. For one to be able to pick a career that he or she will find a passion for many years will never be

With the constant changes and developments in the workforce, people need to enhance their career roles. The University of Phoenix uses that fact to persuade people to enroll in classes. They use ads and phrases that make you reevaluate your current situation.

The central message of Being Wrong, by Kathryn Schulz, is that although nobody likes being wrong, it is a central part of our existence and we should learn how to accept it and make the most of it. While I do agree with Schulz that being wrong is a necessary function to learn, recognizing this fact and acting with the idea in mind that failure is acceptable will deeply hamper your chances of succeeding. Nowadays, it seems to be fashionable to talk about how acceptable failure is. We are told that life is one big experiment, Carpe Diem, do what makes you happy. This is a recipe for certain failure. It is imperative to view failure as unacceptable, and continue striving for perfection; if you are satisfied with failure, you will never succeed.

opens her own clinic. Next, Ruby and I explored her “Top Ten Strong Occupation”; which were: teacher, professor, director, and administrator. I pointed to Ruby that the majority of these occupations dealt with education and leadership or both. After occupations, we explored the personal style preference. Ruby’s style was listed as so; she is likely to prefer working with people, she prefers to learn through college courses and books. Ruby may be comfortable in taking risks toward owning her own clinic; she will be probably enjoyed both team roles and independent roles.

I interviewed Mrs. Regina Bowman, a semi-retired case manager/career counselor for the city Workforce Program, Job Link (personal communication, March 18, 2014). Mrs. Bowman spent 35 years with the city, 20 of those years at Job link and 15 years with the police department. The purpose of the interview was to discover how Mrs. Bowman selected career counseling as her profession or life’s purpose.

An awakening transition took place in my life the day I enrolled into college. I had the concept upon me that with the importance of my college education, positioning myself in the right direction and observing the results of hard work I dedicated myself to, I could bring myself farther than imagined once I reached the point of achievement. This importance of having a college education, enhanced a vision of what I desired for my future. In the light of my enrollment from the beginning, I found that I grasped two deep likings of the business and healthcare industries.

Addie was a Searcher. When she was faced with a choice, she could live through each option in her mind before making a decision. One day, her parents announced their divorce and Addie was left to make a tough choice – stay with her mom in the super-secret paranormal compound or move out with her dad to the outside world, blending in with people who didn’t have mind abilities. In order to make the best decision, Addie made a Search six weeks into the future to find out.

(Brief Overview) Last year, I won Career Pathway Showcase at the SkillsUSA State conference, which led me to compete at the National SkillsUSA conference. My project was focusing on the skills gap in our workforce. My solution to this problem was to implement skills and careers in young students, from grades first to twelfth. Specifically, I used a program called Jump Into STEM!, which is a SkillsUSA created and State Farm sponsored curriculum. I continue to use this in my community to help others.

Furthermore, volunteers who participated in this initiative were given incentives also pushed a desire to do the best. “Employee volunteers were told that their commitment to the program would ultimately help all workers enhance their long-term career opportunities at Walgreens; generating great interest among employees, and the company quickly identified the appropriate number if volunteers to kick off the initiative” (Jackson, Mathis, & Valentine, 2014, p. 328). In addition to the kickbacks given to volunteers, these employees also benefitted by being able to control their own career prospects at Walgreens. It was necessary to rely on employee blueprints to enhance career management in the company because it “identified possible employment paths that operated through a variety of career tracks; provided the proper training activities and enhancement opportunities that facilitate the accomplishment of career goals; and positioned the company as a desirable employer” (Jackson, et al., 2014, p.

As someone who enjoys working with individuals for career growth, I want to join a company that empowers others to obtain their dream job. Bloom Talent values using compassion and building strong relationships to determine the right career fit for their clients. The company’s mission and values are admirable and exhibit the ideal workplace culture. Working for Bloom Talent will allow me to utilize my passion and enthusiasm for mentoring others to achieve their full potential in career success. The qualities that Bloom Talent displays are the perfect match.

After several semesters being surrounded by smart, ambitious Business School students, I've noticed that there are striking differences in the ways people define an exceptional career. And the way people define success can have a big impact, not only on decisions about their first jobs, but also how much they achieve and happy they are in their careers.