Personal Narrative: Job Shadowing

She will occasionally work for her family’s business Schoolhouse Auction’s as a Receptionist. She would process transactions, resolve issues, and maintain their database.

Last June my mom lost her job of 30 years without any notice. She literally walked in the office at 8 am, met with her bosses at 8:30, was told her position at the bank was no longer available because they were trying some new things, and was packed and out the door by 9. Since she was making a pretty decent living at the bank, getting benefits and insurance, we were hopeless when she lost her job. At the time, both of us were covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance. I had just finished my series of Invisalign and had about 4 more months to pay them off, my mom had some medical bills to pay, and we both had eye glasses, contacts, and prescriptions. Even though I was working part-time and she was selling Avon that was not enough. We had

The history of mental health in the United States show a robust movement towards the mental healthcare system we have today. Prior to the 19th century, individuals with mental health issues were widely considered to be demonically possessed, thus contributing to the stigmatization of mental illness and the proliferation of poor treatment conditions. However, in the 1800s, there was a dramatic change in mental healthcare in the U.S. The government took a proactive role in treating the mentally ill, leading to the dawn of state psychiatric facilities.

I am interviewing Dakota Tolbert. He was born at DeKalb Regional Hospital in Fort Payne Al on September 1, 1995. Dakota went to Ider High School, team Hornets. His most favorite class in school was History. At Ider he was a team player in baseball, basketball, and football. Enjoys working at Maples Rugs which is located in Scottsboro Al, what he loves the most about his job is that he works with the craziest but funniest people he has ever met. Dakota considers them his best friends. What he dislikes about this job is because they get stuck with all the tough and frustrating work the other shift doesn’t do, which makes his job twice as hard to accomplish to make the production. Dakota is majoring in welding, it will take up to two years of

Overall, Bridgette Hovis has a sweet tone. She is respectful to callers, supervisors, and agents. Bridgette tries to meet the need of her callers quickly and is not afraid to ask supervisors for help. She receives critque and close supervison well. Bridgette is often late for her scheduled shift due to personal needs with her children. I often pray with Bridgette and encourage her to continue to be positive in the spite of the situation she may be facing. She remembers her passwords and badge each shift. I would like to see Bridgette work on her perfessionalism in the work place more and I think she will become more professional in the work place over time. Bridgette can multi-task well and loves when she helps people meet their need. She

For my shadowing day I shadowed Mr. Jay, who works for Big Red Rooster company, however I spent the majority of my time with three of his coworkers. The first part of my day I spent with Mason Miller, a graphic designer, then to Sarah Mape, and environmental designer, and I ended with Brady Schneider, an architect. From talking to the three of them I learned that there is really no typical day at work. Any problem could come up at any moment and one should be ready to tackle the task immediately, however most days are not like that. When work is not time threatening or difficult, day can be more relaxed and chill. The backgrounds from those who work there varied. The designers found themselves in more artistic classes when they were given

I will never forget my first shadowing experience when I accompanied Dr. Allam through the process of a quadruple bypass procedure. Before surgery, Dr. Allam explained to me the anatomy of his patient's chest x-ray and the method he would use to alleviate the patient's vascular blockage. It was captivating to learn about and subsequently observe a medical application which was fundamentally based upon the anatomy and physiology I enjoyed learning about in class. There was great camaraderie amongst Dr. Allam's surgical team members that I found motivational as someone who enjoys and thrives on the spirit of team effort. Upon completion of the procedure, I accompanied Dr. Allam to inform his patient's family of the operation's success. Witnessing

She is in the middle of an alley while looking directly at some guy running straight to her direction, she moves her hand in the air and he is pushed to the end of the alley. In her distraction other guy comes behind her and attack her, she struggles a little bit, but then with another wave of her hand makes him fly off to the other side. After finally recovering her breath she screams, “Ahh, I hate my job, I really hate it. Can this even be considered a job? I mean, come on, I’m always being attacked or something and I don’t even get paid!”.

The last time I did something challenging was probably this summer when my brother in law left for Afghanistan. It was extremely hard for my family.

I job shadowed at the Eich Law Office in Hartford, South Dakota. One of my favorite things in the world is writing books, but sadly, I wasn’t able to job shadow with authors. Instead, I job shadowed with a bunch of Lawyers! I first got to meet Robin Eich who is the head person in this company, which I thought was pretty cool! We went into a conference room to answer some questions I had with her. The room was really fancy, it was definitely a conference room, even though that day I saw only 3 people in the building. After the questions she brought me a huge packet, maybe 50 pages, and had me read through it. It was their rule book. Personally I don’t know why they had me read it. It was interesting I guess, reading it made me tired. While I

My employment history is limited, however, I am learning to be proud of my accomplishments. I think I just found out my problem lack of confidence! The key every good communicator needs. I am working on that, I promise. My first official job I had was at a non-profit organization named City Year. City Year is located in 25 cities throughout the United State, and also in the United Kingdom. I served as a corps member in New York and was coincidentally placed at my old elementary school. During my time there I mentored, tutored, and provided in classroom support to third grade students. I also was my team outreach coordinator for some time and then took on the role of data evaluator. After City Year I was a corps member for Jumpstart For Young

lop his or her love of learning for a lifetime. I felt I was uniquely qualified for this position after helping my mother raise her midlife crisis, brood of oopsies. After one unexpected pregnancy, you would have thought she could figure it out, but no…it had taken two more, one in the form of twins, before she got a clue.

Finally, when entering into Mrs. Glenn office, I was feeling an over rush of welcoming and a incredible sense of comfort. In my opinion, I believe her office overshadows a peaceful scenery where children would become equip to the environment and willing to gain trust and to become at ease when sharing their concerns and issues, at least I would. The office was very spacious, almost the size of my bedroom, which is consider to be big. Near the doorway, an office area is portrayed with a beautiful colorful painting of an ocean front that is hanging behind her, which helped me to relax. I was very intense and anxious with giving an interview to someone who is intact and more experience than I .

She is more interested in having interesting work for she can get bored easily, for this lady is turned on by and thinking and dealing with math, and she is also a great listener. Her least important things would be salary, for she really does things not for the money, although money helps all things…. she just has a great passion for what she does. “I’m here to help people for I help myself in return” (Stephens, 2015). I also found out more about myself. I am open and honest and straight forward in how I feel and what I want. People around me see me almost exactly the way I see myself. It is reassuring to know that people see me for who I am, and because of it, I have a valuable relationship with all those around me both in my personal life and in my

In the agricultural community I live in, it was bound to happen. Against my father's will, I woke up at the break of dawn, along with my aunt and a few other women to go work in the field. I jumped out of bed and prepared my belongings. I wore an old pair of jeans and a flannel. To add to my look, I wore tennis shoes and tied a bandana around my neck. I wanted to look the part. My aunt loaded her truck with our lunch boxes and water and we were on our way to work.