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Why I Chose Public Service And Working For The State Department

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Does the walker choose the path or the path the walker? Believe it or not, sometimes it’s the latter. People often ask me why I chose public service and working for the State Department and I often tell them it kind of just happened. Growing up I had a completely different career path mapped out for me. I want to work in early childhood education and had passion in developing the next generation. After finishing high school, I took classes and researched opening my own daycare. At age 19, I had a successful licensed daycare with one employee and eight students. This was the path I chose and excelled in it and I thought that this career was what I was meant to do.
After two years the house I owned and operated the daycare in began to have issues forcing me to sell the house and close my business. The discussion made me question whether the path I chose was the right one. Unable to decide what I wanted to do next I stumbled into applying for jobs in retail. I had no experience in retail, but was hired as a shift supervisor at a pharmacy because the manager was actually planning to hire a nanny in the future thought I was a good back up plan. As a shift supervisor in one of the largest pharmacies on the North shore that was used as a training store for new managers, I quickly learned different types of management skills and excelled at training employees at all different levels. The patience, calm demeanor and time management skills I used during my time running a daycare

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