...Personal Essay: Twenty and Serious I was 19, and it was my first week on the job as marketing director for a leading financial services organization in North America. Our awkward exchange was one of many I've experienced as a young woman in a big job. People expect a much older-looking person, not a girl who could pass for a college sorority sister, to be speaking to them about life insurance or finance. I guess I have always looked young for my age. When I was a freshman at a community college, people mistook me for 16. Now that I am almost 21, bouncers still eyed my ID suspiciously checking for validity even at an 18 or older event. Looking younger than your years is a bonus when you're over 40 (or so I hear) but a bummer when you're a 20 year old kid like me, especially a kid who landed a dream job and is trying to command some respect. Before I started my career, being mistaken for someone younger was no big deal. But during my first job as a Marketing Director, I quickly realized that looking "too young" could be a curse for me at work, one that would keep fueling my insecurities even when I landed a position of authority. In my first marketing director job, I had an encounter that scarred me for years. An older woman I was meeting with about our finance services looked me up and down and squealed with amusement: "Well, don't you look all of 12?" Her voice dripped with snobbery. It was hard enough being the lowest person on the totem pole in the office, but having my...
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...INTRODUCTION Many students of HRM in Taguig City University work part-time Employment during school could improve grades if working promotes aspects that correspond with academic success, such as industriousness or time management skills, or instead reduce grades by reducing time and energy available for school work. Otherwise, working might be associated with academic performance, yet not directly influence it, if unobserved student differences influence both labor supply and grades. Unmotivated students might neither work for pay nor receive good grades because they put little effort into the labor market or school. In contrast, HRM students uninterested in academics might work long hours that would otherwise have been devoted to leisure. Students might misjudge the link between college achievement and future earnings when making labor supply decisions. If so, obtaining a consistent estimate of how such decisions affect academic performance is prospectively important for policy consideration. Some of HRM students in Taguig City University Students are more likely to work than they are to live on campus, to study full time, to attend a four-year college or university, or to apply for or receive financial aid. Students work regardless of the type of institution they attend, their age or family responsibilities, or even their family income or educational and living expenses. Most HRM students at Taguig City University face many challenges in their already busy everyday lives...
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...How good is the battery life? Is this a high-definition display? If I need a bigger hard drive, which brands carry that capacity? Is a keyboard enough, or should I splurge for the touchpad/keyboard combo? Do you have any that aren’t this heavy? These are all question I heard from consumers who were looking to buy a new laptop. Laptops have become a necessity to many these days. With a technological world that is rapidly expanding, desktops have become out-of-date, and consumers are demanding laptops with grand capabilities fit into a small package. The vast amount of options out there give consumers a variety of options to choose from. Consumers demand different qualities from their laptop whether it is processing, durability, battery life, display, and a variety of other options. This paper will discuss the present displays being used in stores to promote the products, what consumers voice in terms of what they want in a laptop, and primarily what brands can do to further help their sales. For this specific paper, I will be looking at Dell as the targeted brand. Dell was once the dominant presence is the computer industry, but their market share is diminishing constantly. My goal in this research is to determine what Dell is doing wrong if anything, and what they can do with their brand and products to regain their lost market share. The first store I stopped out to see their laptop display was Best Buy. Best Buy is one of the leading electronic stores in the nation, and is...
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...done to prevent teenagers and young adults from behaving unprofessionally in early jobs which could result in lack of desire to hire them in the future. Many of these studies have shown that a great deal of the issues that arise in employees are due to a lack of respect and a bad attitude. This paper proposes a set of courses be provided in the community to help better prepare teenagers and young adults for the workplace by teaching not only basic work skills but social skills as well. Blood, Sweat, and Tears or Just Little Elbow Grease? Bob gathers his courage and takes a deep breath. This is the big “make-it or break-it” moment. He walks up to the lady he has been nervous about meeting for weeks. They talk, he leaves his number, and they part ways. Weeks later, Bob is still waiting to hear back from her, wondering where he went wrong. Little does Bob know, the biggest mistake he made happened years ago. Bob was not asking a girl out on a date; he was applying for a job. Unemployment is a growing issue in America today, and unfortunately, one big reason for not being hired is past performance in previous jobs. With classes that specialize in training high school and college students for the workplace, communities can help reduce future unemployment rates. Unemployment, regrettably, cannot be narrowed down to just one cause. The most often blamed cause of unemployment is the economy. There are just simply more people looking than there are jobs to be had. According to the...
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...Conversion to Windows NT It was already 72 degrees when Astrid Young pulled into the parking lot at the Western Oceanography Institute (WOI). The radio announcer was reminding listeners to leave out extra water for their pets because the temperature was going to be in the high 90s for the third straight day. Young was three-quarters of the way through the Microsoft NT conversion project. Yesterday had been a disaster, and she was determined to get back on top of things. Astrid Young Astrid Young was a 27 year old graduate from Western State University (WSU) with a B.S. degree in management information systems. After graduation she worked for five years at Evergreen Systems in Seattle, Washington. While at WSU she worked part-time for an oceanography professor, Ahmet Green, creating a customised database for a research project he was conducting. Green had been recently appointed director of the Western Oceanography Institute (WOI), and Young was confident that this prior experience was instrumental in getting her the job as Information Services (IS) director at the institute. Although she took a significant pay cut she jumped at the opportunity to return to her former college. Her job at Evergreen Systems had been very demanding. The long hours and extensive travelling had created tensions in her marriage. She was looking forward to a normal job with reasonable hours. While at Evergreen, Young had worked on Y2000 projects and installed NT servers. She was confident...
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...country with stereotypes. Many think of hard workers, robots, Nintendo, strict familial units, car companies, and plenty of seafood. While these things can be incorporated into the Japanese culture, Japan, and the Japanese, are obviously much more than the misconceptions surrounding them. In this essay: the following paragraphs and pages follow the story of Aiko Kagoshima, and her coming of age into a bustling and highly developed society. Aiko grew up in Miyagi prefecture, where her family are rice farmers. She has two brothers, one younger, one older. When she was younger, her family never pressured Aiko or her siblings...
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...Module code: HR0275 Student number: 12007518 Tutors name : Jenny Sherriff Personal Organisational Development Portfolio Introduction Within the following pages I will discuss a reflective statement on the UK graduate labour market. I will discuss ranges in salary, how it is competitive, and what skills are needed to be employable. I will discuss various tests and activities taken within my seminars and in my own time and how this shows my strengths and weaknesses. I will also discuss my plan from university education into employment as a graduate. I will also discuss how I am currently in the process of looking for a relevant placement or internship, how it will benefit my employability after finishing university education. I will also discuss various tests and activities taken within my seminars and in my own time and how this shows my strengths and weaknesses Part A Graduate employment The office of national statistic describes a graduate those people who have left education with qualifications above A level standard. This includes those with higher education and those with degrees. (Office of national statistics, 2013) Over the past twenty years in the UK there has been an increasing number of initiatives focusing upon the role that higher education institutions play in relation to graduate employment. (Taylor & Francis, 2011). Employment could be described as a contact between and employer and an employee, graduate employment could be described...
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...change lives of eager children. Becoming a teacher provides opportunity to spend time with young children and watch their minds blossom into great minds. Teachers give students the tools of basic learning skills. They are the most important key in children lives. Extrinsic and Intrinsic Rewards As a teacher you get a financial security with a good benefit package, pension plan, vacations, scholarships and great teaching programs. Teacher does not have the best paying job but with all the great benefits you get makes up for the less pay. The greatest benefit in becoming a teacher is preparing young minds for the future. Being a teacher will allow me to continue to impact lives. I will have the opportunity not only educate myself but the reward of educating young minds. Knowing that I will continue to make a different is the reason why I want to be a teacher. Community Impact Teachers impact the community by educating the young minds of students every day. While there are teaching the students there are also teaching the parents of the students in the community. Teachers are positive role models, inspirational leaders, caregivers and educator for the youth in the community. Educators develop leadership in their community for the children and parents. I would become an active member in the community where I teach. In order to help get parents become active member in their community and a part of their child education. I believe as a teacher should work together in setting...
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...who all are upper-middle class. This movie shows how sexism is rooted into society and it does absolutely nothing to challenge that with its characters. The men are all shown to have some form of a position of power whether in the work life or in their personal lives and relationships and use this power to get what they want. Women in this movie are seen to be there simply for the pleasure of the men, and placed in two categories which are mainly based on their appearance or the way they act. This movie is the story of Elle Woods, a very cute and friendly student who is also the most popular girl in her Los Angeles sorority. Elle has just finished her studies in Fashion and is getting prepared to marry her boyfriend, Warner, who will soon be going to Harvard Law School in Boston. Unfortunately, Warner, who is actually a somewhat superficial jerk, decides to break up with Elle, because he wants to find a more serious looking girlfriend who will help his career in politics after he gets out of law school. Although Legally Blonde does have many outstanding points in which the main character overcomes stereotypes and challenges she faces, there are many faults to the movie. Under any feminist movie list, it can be guaranteed the popular movie, Legally Blonde, will make an appearance, because of how the main character must wage the battle of her life, for her guy, for herself and for all the blondes who suffer endless indignities every day. Identify the Characters in the Movie With...
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...Understanding the Working College Student New research shows that students are working more and juggling a multitude of roles, creating anxiety and lowering graduation rates. By Laura W. Perna Related Charts Percentage of 16- to 24-Year-Old College Students Who Were Enrolled Full Time and Employed, 1970 to 2005 (.pdf) Percentage of 16- to 24-Year-Old College Students Who Were Enrolled Part Time and Employed, 1970 to 2005 (.pdf) "Ten to fifteen hours per week, on campus.” This is the typical response from faculty members and administrators who are asked how much undergraduate students should work at paying jobs while attending college. Available research supports this recommendation. Quantitative studies consistently show that retention rates are higher for students who work a modest number of hours per week (ten to fifteen) than they are for students who do not work at all or those who work more than fifteen hours per week. Research also shows increased academic success for students working on rather than off campus. Unfortunately, this simple recommendation is no longer feasible or realistic for the typical undergraduate. Most college students are now not only employed but also working a substantial number of hours, a fact not widely understood or discussed by faculty members and policy makers. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2007 nearly half (45 percent) of “traditional” undergraduates—that is, students between the ages of sixteen and twenty-four...
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...Jessica Schmitt English 111 Professor Kate Comer September 14, 2014 The Struggle as a Part-time Student and a Full-time Worker “In 2012, 46.5 million people were living in poverty in the United States—the largest number in the 54 years the Census has measured poverty. The poverty rate also remained at high levels: 15% for all Americans and 21.8% for children under age 18.”(ncleji) The poverty the children are born into effects them terribly, by turning them into adults at a young age. They have to begin working just to help their families provide shelter and food to live. While helping to provide for your family as a young adult your priority is working, and it isn’t necessarily completing assignments and hanging out with their friends. We live in a generation where education is usually a major key to a successful lifestyle. This has became a huge controversial issue these last few years because of fear that the youth will not be able to rise into elders foot steps causing poverty to rise and the gap between the poor and rich to grow immensely. The Public Service Announcement shows a young girl working at the register of a fast food place, and she is looking down at the register. There is another teenage girl working in the back preparing food.Written in the middle of the photo starting from the left in white is “Heather, 10th grade” directly underneath that “Worked 20 minutes on math problems.” and again “worked 45 minutes on term paper.”. After that with white...
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...SKILLS FOR OPEN DISTANCE LEARNERS HII KING GUAN 811029135443001 811029135443 0128489981 kingguanhii@yahoo.com Tutor’s name: TING HENG PING E-Tutor’s name: NOORAZAH BT MD NOOR Learning Centre: OUM SIBU JANUARY 2012 Semester Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. Importan skills that employers looking for in the future graduates. 3 2.1. Communication skills 4 2.2. Critical thinking and problem solving skills 5 2.3. Teamworking skills 6 2.4. Lifelong learning and information literacy 7 2.5. Leadership skills 8 3. Suggestions for future graduates, goverment bodies or educational institutions in Malaysia to ensure that future graduates are equipped with skills 9 4. Conclusion 11 References 12 Introduction Malaysia is now a highly motivated developing country with vision to archieve status as developed country. With the mushrooming of the public and private educational institutions in Malaysia, a huge pool of graduates has been created. Obtaining a degree from institute of higher education in local or overseas has become necessary in order to get a good job with nice salary. However, in this challenging world, competition is everywhere. The excerpt from Education Malaysia, (July, 2006) had indicated that unemployment rate in Malaysia seemed to be increasing. One reason for this problem is that the focus of higher education institutions and the needs of the labour market for graduates...
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...Hess DeVry University 1.0 Executive Summary The adolescent years can be very challenging for some teenagers and their families. We’re Talking is a nonprofit agency providing mentoring programs for young men and women in South Nashville in Davidson County. While adolescence can be an emotionally intense, stormy phase for virtually all teenagers, sometimes a teen's struggles require special intervention. Many teens struggle with issues related to mental health, family relationships, friends, school performance, substance abuse, sexuality, and other high-risk behaviors. (HelpStartsHere,2005) This program will form partnerships with local school districts, community centers, churches and the juvenile court systems. We’re Talking’s goal is to offer a sense of security to young people that will promote friendships, strong interpersonal skills, and reaffirm a sense of hope in the future. It is these through personal relationships that a sense of individual responsibility can be reestablished that will give the youth desire to follow through on a path to adulthood with a sense of pride and accomplishment (Palo Alto Medical Foundation, 2013). 2.0 Situation Analysis We’re Talking was founded 15 months ago by three women who were looking to make a difference in the lives of young men and women. This company was created as a result to teach life and survival skills to disadvantaged youths in the community. As a mobile company, We’re Talking will search for different community sponsors...
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...interested in this career for many years now. I first became interested in early education when I babysat my niece because I enjoy every part of it, maybe not the diapers as much, but playing and teaching her the ABC's was a wonderful experience. The challenges that one might have with early education, is not only learning the patience and the skill of teaching, but also the bonding of each and every student. I would want to have a career in this field because of the joy and the education of learning each and every day because each child is different. The occupation of a kindergarten teacher involves teaching, guiding, and training their students for what is next. with every child being different, this teacher must be focused and be able to take care of many children at once. A teacher needs to prepare each day before the day begins but must also expect it not to go exactly as planned. Each student looks up to the teacher as a mentor and as a person who they should follow. Therefore a teacher must set a strong role model for the students. “Kindergarten teachers help children explore their interests and develop their talents....
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...Unfortunately, the only thing I gained that day was my second broken arm. I was taken to the hospital and examined, again getting x-rays taken to determine the location of the break. As the doctor held up the x-ray to the light, a thousand questions came to my mind. “What bone is that?” “Where is the break?” “Why is the bone showing in the picture, but not the skin?” There were so many things I wanted to know; questions that I didn’t know how to ask at such a young age with my first broken arm. The doctors were all very nice, however, their answers might as well have been in French, because I had no idea what their anatomical lingo meant. At that time, I had no cares in the world and the last thing on my mind was a future career choice. In 2004, I attended college at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, with high hopes of becoming a career woman; unfortunately, I could not seem to find a career that interested me. I probably changed my major five times in the two years of my attendance. The hopes of future job security were then put to the side...
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