Personal Narrative: My First Job

As teenager, many people say their adolescence is one of the most important phases in anyone’s life. As a teenager, you get to experience many great events like going to high school football games, dating your first boyfriend or girlfriend, getting your driver license, and graduating from high school. As I look back, I believe that getting my first job was the most important event in my adolescence. I was very enthusiastic about getting my first job. I enjoyed that fact that I will be able to earn my own money and not having to ask my mother for any earn. Surprising, there was only one obstacle that was holding me back and that was the fact that I was a

When I applied for C.R. England I was not sure that I would be accepted to go through the program. Three days later I received a phone call from a Recruiter at C.R. England and while on the phone we went over all the information before setting a time and a date for leaving for Salt Lake City, Utah. When the day came to leave for Salt Lake City, Utah my parents took me to the Greyhound terminal to prepare to leave. Thirty minutes later we boarded the bus to leave our first stop was in Missouri I stayed on the same bus and from there I went to Kansas where I had to switch buses but I had to wait one hour before the other bus got there after boarding the bus for going to the next stop I was in Colorado where I had to wait two hours and thirty minutes before boarding my next bus to Wyoming once I got to Wyoming the next bus was ready and it had no air conditioner that I remember so the last bit of traveling was so warm that everyone on it was hot even a eight month old baby everyone tried their best to help the mother out to make

I looked for jobs all around Fresno and Clovis, I applied with PG&E, Pepsi, DMV and I even contemplated joining the Navy, this went on for six months if not longer. One day I was looking at a sports website called realgm.com (it 's a news feed site for all baseball, football, basketball, soccer and hockey) and I saw an ad on the side of the page advertising jobs with Kraft Foods. I clicked on the link and it took me to an unavailable job but there were other jobs available in Fresno so I decided to apply. After submitting my resume, I received an email asking me to call and schedule my interview with the Human Resource department the next day.

life is stupidly hard sometimes, and only made harder when we pass 18 and have to make our own significant choices. It used to be that society and our parents shaped our futures and even pushed us in the direction they wanted us to succeed in, however hard I tried though I always fell short of my parents expectations. I didnt believe people could change and that neither of my parents would change their way of thinking and that I would never be able to change what I was, but people can change and I know that now.They wanted me to go to college and develop myself in a successful career insted I ran from what my parents wanted, got emancipated and married at 16 and then divorced at 21.

I had applied to every retail store I could, Target, Walgreens, Ace, and many others. I had a few interviews, but they ended with me not being accepted for the job. Just when I was about to give up hope of getting a job, I decided to apply at Taco Bell, which was my least favorable place to get a job. I filled out the application, and within a week I got a call saying that they still needed help and wanted to know if I would like the job. Even though I would rather work anywhere else than a restaurant, I decided to work there since it's a place who hired me and also because it allowed me to get some work experience.

Sophomore year was when i got my first job. It was April when i was hired and had found out about the job because my mom knew the owner of a store that was about to open. I had turned sixteen earlier the year before in September so this was my first real job. After an online application and an interview the job was mine. My first day i was very nervous. I was not feel comfortable talking to strangers or initiating conversation so i was anxious about the possibility of being in that uncomfortable situation. Nonetheless i arrived to the store mentally preparing myself for the day. To my relief i found out the store was a week away from being ready to open and i was saved from any interaction with any customers; although the threat still loomed in the near future. I spent the day assembling shelving, hanging signs, cleaning, and attempting to get the floor into working order. It was a long eight hour day of work. After a week of this the store was ready and we were called into a meeting to discuss opening day tactics. Among other tips and suggestions for how our new store should be run there was one requirement that stood out from the rest: each customer is to be

Rejected. Rejected. Rejected. How many times was I going to hear that before I get a yes? It was over the summer and while everybody else was enjoying themselves, I was out and about trying to find me a job. I wanted to start making my own money so I didn’t have to rely on my parents or friends to give me money for certain things. At first I thought It would be easy to get any job because all you had to do was complete an application online and wait for the job to respond back to you saying you got it. Boy was I wrong. I sent in applications to different places ranging from Best Buy to Home Depot. I sent more to places like Burger King, Mickey D’s, and even Wal-Mart. But no matter how many applications I sent in I got rejected because

I'm currently a tier 2 help desk technician at Old Dominion Freight Line. In this role, I spend most of my time working with other teams resolving issues that cannot be resolved during the first call. I also spend a lot of my time, directly and indirectly, mentoring our tier 1 techs to increase overall first call resolution. I've highly enjoyed my career at Old Dominion so far and it has taught me lessons that I will take well into my career.

"My Schedule is currently full for next week. Can you hold the meeting back until the 8th of April?" I asked sternly. I looked up from all the paperwork I had piled on my desk.

Furthermore, I start the first memo among three that cover the introduction and an instruction how to view the video. However, I help the team by sending this first memo with the video script that is created by Elaine to Dr. Meredith Singleton. For the conducting process of the usability test, our goal is to find at least ten people to this test. I have asked many of my friends to help me out. Unfortunately, I can get only two people while one is my friend, Matt Brehm, and the other one is my brother, Tong Ngann. This might be because of the final week of the semester that everyone has a lot of work to be done. For the usability testing report, I join Michael and Elaine to complete this work. I work on the methodology section and participants

It wasn’t until the end of the day that Susan pulled me aside and gave me some good advice. In her words, “People in the store are going to drive you mad. They are the pickiest, finickiest folks I’ve ever seen. But if you keep a smile on your face, keep calm and do a good job, you’ll survive the day, and we’ll get along just fine.” Even though it wasn’t exactly the greatest advice ever, it was what helped me keep my sanity the whole season I was there. I made some good friends, good money and I realized that working isn’t as easy as it seems. But all in all, it was a good job, and a good

I was four months out of high school: no car, and no job. Finding the right place to work was a challenge. Thankfully, I landed upon a position at a pizza joint known as Little Caesars. It was conveniently close to where I lived; therefore, I did not have to depend on my parents for transportation. I found peace in walking to work and getting myself where I needed to go without help. That peace and self security soon became violated as danger decided to walk itself into my life.

As I was about to transfer $150 from my first paycheck to my mom’s account, I began to think about what I have been through the past five months. Ever since I came to America, I had been wanting to reduce my guilt of using my family’s saving. I posted job requests and applied to different stores but only received junk mails; I went to McDonald’s ask for seeing the manager several times, when I finally saw her, she promised to call me back but I had never heard from her. However, the more jobs I tried to apply to, the more I realized I am responsible of making decision myself and the more skill I developed on writing a resume. One day, I received an email from a local Taiwanese restaurant saying that they would be glad to interview me. Surprisingly,

I took the last job right after I graduated back in 2009. The positions really helped me to develop a number of skills necessary for this automation manufacturing industry. I started as automation and moved on to IT system support specialist and then the automation senior project supervisor. That was very lucky to have the opportunity to work from sensors to PLC, from PLC to data flow, from data flow to the entire manufacture system, from built system to projects. However, there was little opportunity for growth with the same systems, and I felt it was time to move on to a new position with more responsibility. A position that will allow me to use the skills I developed at my last job, while taking on challenges that I know I am ready

At the end of the game, I was able to complete all 30 days of it, with 94 dollars remaining before rent was due the next day.