My Long-Term Goal

Between band practice, studying, and officer meetings, I find time to volunteer. Through my 3 clubs, I have completed over 250 hours of volunteer service. Many of my service hours have come from HOSA, where I can obtain clinical experience through volunteering at nursing homes, health fairs, or hospitals. Volunteering has been extremely important to me, and every experience is special. I can remember vividly my first volunteer experience at a soup kitchen where a man began to sing hymns. It was such a shock to me that I could be as much of a blessing to people. That experience inspired me to continue volunteering throughout high

My second goal specifically is to get a position in the human resources department with my current employer within the next six months. Gaining a position in the human resources department puts me one step closer to achieving my long-term goal of becoming a human resource manager. The goal is measurable because I plan to apply to any position I see posted in the human resources department that interest me and align with my professional goals. The goal is attainable because I have access to our job postings website and I plan to check this website for updates at least twice per week. This is a reasonable goal because I sometimes have downtime at work, which would allow me to use that time to search for new postings and even apply. This goal is time-bound because I gave myself a deadline of six months to achieve it. With my updated resume, experience and now my current course of study at Western Governors University, it makes me a desirable candidate for a position in HR.

Over the past several months, I have volunteered at the Ronald McDonald House. I prepared snacks for the residents and provided entertainment through arts and crafts for the children who lived there. I enjoyed hearing the stories that the residents shared and learning about their struggles. I specifically cherished painting pictures with a little boy who was a cancer patient himself. His mom told me and other volunteers the heartbreak of his prognosis and the story of his ongoing treatment. During another visit to the house, I had the opportunity to meet two twin little girls from Texas who were looking forward to seeing their first snow. I believe I provided some entertainment for the children in order to give the parents some time for themselves. Also in the past, I have volunteered at several church fundraisers serving meals and clearing dishes. Not to mention, last summer I helped out at Animal Adoption Foundation, an animal shelter where I exercised the animals and cleaned up after them. Plus, for many years I have participated in a community cleanup. Recently, I have also begun helping at Roll Hill Community to provide young boys in low-income families with activities to keep them out of trouble. Finally, through school, I volunteered at Peaslee Neighborhood Center in an impoverished neighborhood working towards bettering the futures of the local children. I found each of these volunteer opportunities to be very rewarding because I believe I am making a difference in my community and other communities and improving the lives of the people I touch. Similarly, I connected with several children experiencing different issues, but nonetheless, I provided the same

One of the proudest moments of my life is graduating with my Bachelor’s degree in social work. I’m the first in my family to do so, and I am going to go further in my education by pursuing a Master’s degree in social work. The main reason why I am pursuing a Master’s degree is because it will give me more options than a Bachelor’s degree would ever give me. Additionally, it will give me the opportunity for job stability since most employment prospects is requiring a Master’s degree to get hired. My long term goal is to work in the VA hospital. Working at the VA hospital has many benefits and job stability. Getting employed at the VA hospital has been a goal of mine since I first started my social work courses. And a Master’s degree is the

Organizations, groups, churches, etc. all have a vision and mission. As a graduate student, I have come up with a vision and mission statement that are motivational in my success. My vision as a MHA student in graduate education at Belhaven University is to remain curious, creative and a thinker who will remain courageous as I develop the servant leadership knowledge offered, that will allow me the opportunity to be a valuable Healthcare leader who can work both independently and collaboratively. I will face many challenges with an open mind and seek answers and ways to improve the changing arena of Health Care. As a graduate student I would like to expand my knowledge and my discovery of the health

In one of the stories called Making Kids Work on Goals, Sue Shellenbarger has evidence of students wanting to achieve their goals at younger ages. “42% of students ages 10 to 18 say they are energetically pursing their goals 35% Strongly believe they can find ways around problems that may arise and 53% say they are hopeful for their future”. In another story called Really Achieving Your Childhood Dreams, Randy Pausch talks about how childhood dreams can come true and that it feels even better to help people accomplish their childhood dreams. “And as you get older, you may find that ‘enabling the dreams of others’ is even more fun” Now is it better to have short term or long term goals for a dream job, short term works better because of how long term goals seem to affect people.

I’ve always had a passion for children. When I was little I use to always want to work in a day care. When I got my first childcare job, I realized I loved kids and wanted to do more that just work at a daycare. I felt that I would learn a lot from this degree, so that it would benefit me in my new found loved career. Having this undergraduate degree will help me strive in the direction that I would like to go in life.

I am 54 years old, living the single life. I live in a household with one other adult, and I am a full-time student and currently a part-time employee. Based on my current situation (Older, Single, No Dependent Children), therefore, my financial activities should include making arrangement for long-term health care coverage, develop an estate plan, purchase an appropriate insurance plan, and develop an investment program for retirement. My financial plan goals are Short-term goals,

It was during the bone unit that I discovered the career of a forensic anthropologist. My teacher had the class watch an episode of the TV show Bones and I loved it. Kathy Reich’s, an author and producer of Bones, is also a forensic anthropologist. I’m fascinated by the work of forensic anthropologist and amazed that by studying a person’s skeleton people can learn so much about a person and their life. Similar to this career, I’m interested in becoming a coroner. For these careers I could major in Biology, Anthropology, or Legal Studies.

In the coming years, my educational goals will be coming my undergraduate program in May 2017 and then beginning a Masters program for secondary English. My passion for teaching has always been centered around with working for disadvantaged students in low income schools. Growing up in a low income household myself, I know the necessity of education and how it can bring you out of poverty. My long term career goals is to create a curriculum that combines culturally relevant practices into mainstream teaching because I believe through experience, students learn the best when they can relate it to themselves. My plans are to, if accepted into the MAT program at Alaska University, attend the program and then find a school in the state to work

Currently, I am a second semester junior with a major in business administration and a minor in health care studies. With the latter I hope to be able to utilize my business skills and knowledge in the realm of healthcare. My short term careers goals at this point in time include building my network. This past year I had the opportunity to attend a lot of events on campus and off that have allowed me to meet amazing individuals across varying sectors. Giving me the chance to learn from them and hear more about their experiences and the choices they made in their lives that got them to the point they are now.

My short term goal is to be able to work independently and receive an outstanding feedback from my team after a review of my work. I want to be in a position where I can increase my contribution and productivity of the team, so we would always be able to meet its goals-deliver a quality solution in a timely manner.

My long-term career goal is to start my own business that provides marketing research data and marketing strategies to minority owned small businesses beginning in Philadelphia. Typically, minority-owned companies do not have the resources or finances to perform in-depth analysis on their consumer and develop advanced marketing strategies for their companies. By providing this data analytic service I hope to grow the profitability of each company while also strengthening their core consume base. I choose to focus on minority owned businesses to bring more economic opportunities to communities in Philadelphia that are typically overlooked or forgotten. Prior to opening my own business, I require experience in the field of Marketing Research specifically within Consumer Goods. By obtaining a position as Marketing Research Manager at a top firm (similar to Ipsos or Nielsen), I will gain experience in not only data analysis and research techniques but also a more in-depth view into how larger companies leverage marketing research data to strengthen their companies. Experience in the Consumer Goods industry, will give me the flexibility to

I would have to say that my life task will be to be a problem solver. In the video “Tom Kelley(Founder-Ideo) - Do What You Love” the Venn diagram utilized by Jim Collins shows that with a good balance you can find your life task. Fourteen years ago, I used to work for Hewlett Packard and like the Venn diagram I was good at it, I was born to do and I got paid to do what I loved, code and solve problems. The environment was good to work, every Friday after work we used to gather outside the building to play dominoes. I would say if you asked myself where I saw me in five or ten years I would have answered that I would be working at Hewlett Packard. But that was not how it happened my division was the first one to go after the Compaq merger. This is probably my starting point for my mastery journey.

After careful contemplation and the usual changing of my thought process I concluded that thinking and not writing out my goals or vision plan was not beneficial to me. I asked myself, why can’t I have it all instead of having to choose? The question order is what do I want from my career and then what do I want from my life or for my life? I thought and decided that society has planted a seed in our heads saying that to accomplish your goals there is a specific order in which things must be performed and for many this may accurate and lead them to success. My situation is not everyone else’s state of affairs it is truly my own. I am thirty-five years of age on my third marriage and have four children. My life was hard, some would say horrific but my experiences have brought me much diversity in the knowledge of the true world and its functions. Today I open my box that society has handed me tearing through the walls of criticism and obstacles developing my own vision of my life goals starting from the future and planning backwards to achieve my outcomes.