Personal Narrative: My Second Job

On the 27th of January, I had the pleasure of Job Shadowing Billie-Jo Deal at the ODOT (Oregon Department of Transportation) Region Five Office in La Grande. ODOT is responsible for the construction, improvement, maintenance, and safe operation of Oregon’s transportation system. Billie’s official job title is a Region Five Traffic Safety Coordinator and is the only one working as a Coordinator in all of Eastern Oregon. On a normal day, she is typically working on writing grants, coordinating safety and enforcement programs, or giving presentations to schools and workplaces all across Eastern Oregon. I specifically chose Billie for my Job Shadow not only because I already knew her, but I have always been curious about what her job is like. I

Eighty hours in one week. A goal which all of my peers insisted I was crazy for even attempting. To the normal working class forty hours is a long week, yet I wanted to double that in only seven days. Working in a muffler shop is hard work, which made eighty hours Mount Everest, and I was determined to reach the summit.

I have a petty theft misdemeanor. I was going through a hard time and was trying to get food for my family. I was given a citation and ordered to pay a fine. I am currently in the process of getting my record expunged. I am a honest hard-worker with a strong work ethic. I am a fast learner and very goal oriented. I work well in teams as well as

I played football in high school for all 4 years. My freshmen and sophomore year I wasn't very good. I was a backup and never played. Then came along my junior year, I was still undersized and didn't start but I improved my skill greatly and I started to increase my work ethic. The off-season before my junior year I went hard in the weight room and became strong. I also lost some weight and gained some height. That's hard work in the offseason is what lead to me having a great senior year. My senior year was full of emotion, I felt tired, determined, and at the end of the season I felt sadness with no regret and the love for my brothers. The first thing we had to do to become a great team was build a brotherhood with kids who wanted to try.

When I turned sixteen I got my first job as a car hop at the local Sonic Drive In. For the next year and a half I spent my afternoons and weekends serving food to customers. I worked through heat, snow, and rain. Several managers came and went during my time there. Ice cream machines leaked, hot oil burned my skin, and angry customers yelled at me through the drive-through window. All of my coworkers hated being at Sonic, but I didn’t mind it. In fact, I loved everything about my job. I loved my coworkers and customers. I loved skating through the car stalls in the parking lot. I especially loved preparing food in the kitchen. I started to look forward to my shifts afterschool, sometimes staying late to help the closing shift clean their stations. I found cleaning the floors and counters to be therapeutic and stress relieving, and I was always willing to cover my coworkers’ shifts.

At my Starbucks, we would have one person working each shift. We had three shifts per day, the opening shift, the midday, and the closing shift. With all my luck I got to either open the store, or close the store. I really didn’t like opening or closing, but I said to myself, money is money, and I can’t go wrong with making

Not being a very out going person, it was difficult for me to adjust to meeting new people. Customer service was outside of my comfort zone. However, due to the rough financial hardships of my family, I had no choice but to work. This was my denfing moment. Here I learned that it is okay to do what I think I can't. While working at the ice cream store, along with the basics of food service and product managment, I learned how to be a leader. In this safe learning environment, I found my voice. I was able to talk to new people each day. I found out that I am actually quite good with customer service. I made many new memories and friendships. If I had to make this choice all over again, I certaninly would. Even if my family didn't need the money, I would still apply to the ice cream store. I learned how to stand on my own feet. I discovered idependence. These are qualities that cannot be bought. They are earned. Although it was a simple, minimum wage job, it played an important role in developing the individual I am

I enjoyed my job; the customers, the co-workers, my managers, but I valued my education more. I realized that school should be my main occupation and that my job had been a conflict of interest upon it. Failure is always an opportunity to grow and learn more about where and how to place yourself into the dynamic world around us.

while attending junior school , high school and community college. Each job took me out of my comfort zone by meeting new people whom had different ethics, work experience, and financial backgrounds than my own. My first job was at The Whale's Tale Ice Cream Shop in the Hamptons, an exclusive vacation destination in New York. The following summer I put in an application at the Vine Street Cafe which is a high-end restaurant in the Hamptons. That same summer I worked in the morning shift as a busboy for the Chequit Inn. From this experience I learned that hard work and dedication are key factors to being successful. Those principles have helped me excel at each job I've

Three things I loved about the job was, helping customers in any way i could. Making lists of inventory, and how much merchandise was coming and going. Stocking things in the precise order and working by myself. I did like being a teamplayer at times, but i liked having my space. After decoding my favorite things about my jobs, I noticed the followimg. Precision, because I helped people with finding the right items. Sequence , because i like making lists and following them, and having things in order. Technical Reasoning and Confluence, because I like to work alone for the most prt and follow graphs i've made, but also like working as a team, and use my on creative ideas.

- Committing to a new 20-25 hour per week for school along with balancing my personal and professional schedule will be very challenging, but with much dedication and prayer, it can be done. Like some of my fellow classmates, I am a busy single parent. I currently work 40 hours a week and I have a job that can be somewhat stressful at times. I also have a six-year-old son that is in kindergarten that keeps me very busy every day. I graduated with my bachelor’s degree from Bethel University in 2012. During that time I faced many challenges with trying to study and submit homework and have a personal life. During that time my son was also very young so it was difficult trying to tend to a young child and concentrate on homework. My biggest issue

I would say that I yet have not discovered my greatest talent. I have developed multiple skills but I wouldn't consider myself as having a talent. The skill I have developed is my work ethic so I would say that is my greatest skill. I always work really hard for what I have and never give. I know that if I put my mind to something I can accomplish it. I will out work anyone if I have too. Some people are naturally gifted and other have to work harder to be where they want. I would consider myself as the one that has to work harder for what I want. I think I developed this skill when I got my first job. I got a job at a frozen yogurt shop at first I was slow because I was new to the work environment and I was learned how the shop worked. After

Just to be completely honest in the beginning I didn’t really like books or writing, but she changed that. It started my freshman year of high school. Second block, I sat in the front row. Sort of depressed, but still vividly trying to remember my last English class. Did I really remember anything I had learned in my many years of schooling? At this point I wouldn’t have to recall this until a later date. She approached me, scared inside cool outside. Shanna Leasure she said loudly. As I look back I remember calling her Mrs. Leisure. Lol. I came up with a rhyme to remember her name Shanna banana Mrs. Leasure is a pleasure to meet you. I have to say I really love her to the core. Only goodness rains from her

One of my goals was to be able to complete schoolwork on the nights after my work shift. So far I have been successful with that goal, I have been completing at least one assignment after each work shift even if that means staying up later than I need to be. I have not been able to get a week ahead in all of my assignments. As normal, life tends to aid in keeping my schedule unreliable. I have been very happy with my success in their class, there have been a few topic that I could not understand, but with some extra studying on these topic, I seem to have gotten a better understanding of it.

It was the Saturday of Fourth of July weekend, the busiest day for restaurants at the beach, and coincidently, I was walking to my first independent shift for my new summer job at a quick serve restaurant on the boardwalk in Avon-By-The-Sea. I was mostly confident in my abilities; I could make drinks, smoothies, coffees, write food orders, and charge customers but there was one task I was dreading: making a cone with the oh-so-unforgiving soft ice cream machine. I was hoping by some miracle I would not receive a soft cone order but given the huge mob I saw standing in front of the quick serve windows as I approached, I knew the chances of that happening were zero to none. I hurried behind the counter, grabbed a pen and an order pad and reluctantly