...My experience as an electrician gives me the knowledge, but learning management skills through my courses at JIU will give me the tools I need to succeed. The fact of changing field of work would require a total different skill set and I do believe my choice in degrees will provide that transition. Plotting the course to a future filled with security and longevity has its questions. The first question that comes to mind is; in my future would a degree in college be worthy for advancement in my career? With that being answered rapidly, I decided to enroll in a degree in business with emphasis in project management. Discussing the question of how the degree I have chosen will help me has many other questions before it. Like, can I use this chosen degree in other fields other than my current field of trade and will this degree be versatile in the workforce? History of Business is one of many courses that prove worthy to indulge in. Through the objectives in the path to complete, the course thoroughly breaks down the history of business in many markets. Learning the structure of today’s businesses they were form and refined from the businesses of yesteryear and with that knowledge it will allow me to become more versatile in today’s business world. The chosen career I am seeking after my degree at JIU is that of a Project Manager and a Project Manager is a professional in the field of managing projects no matter the detail or the size of the project.. Project Managers...
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... 1 - 4 PART B Intended Career Path 5 - 11 PART C Next Step 12 - 13 Appendices Identified Target Position (Job Advertisement) Cover Letter for CV Curriculum Vitae (CV) Job Application Form Career Plan and Self Analysis Career Anchor Inventory Psychometric Test Reports : Verbal Reasoning Skills : Numerical Reasoning Skills : Abstract Reasoning Skills : Type Dynamics Indicator Observer Feedback Forms : Assessment Centre Activity PART A Industry The industry I have chosen is the Customer Service/Management Industry and it is my passion to be able to interact with clients and customers and cater their needs because almost every industry these days is based on customers’ feedback. Organizations work endlessly to increase their client satisfaction levels which are because customer service is a central fragment of preserving continuing customer relationships that are crucial to unending revenue. Not only companies but most industries now focus on customer satisfaction hence creating huge graduate employment opportunities as well as graduate training programmes. Graduate Marketplace (in line with chosen industry) My chosen graduate marketplace is my home country, Malaysia. The reason...
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...Professional Associations Paper Alvin Calahan University of Phoenix Professional Associations Paper In the field of Information Technology there are numerous associations and professional organizations that are there to assist its members with knowledge and education on various topics in the industry. This paper will provide information on these professional organizations that provides me with insight into what the organizations can do for me as I advance my knowledge in my chosen profession of interest. This paper will discuss some the associations and professional organizations that I feel will best assist me as I pursue a career in information technology and further that career into the teaching arena. The first association that will give a good insight into the field of information technology is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Computer Society (IEEECS). This association was chosen because it is the computing professional’s single-most, unmatched source for technology information, inspiration and collaboration. The IEEECS lists the most up-to-date and advanced information in the computing world, and makes its sources easily accessible to its members by using state-of-the-art information that is available on-demand. The Association also provide members with a range of technical conferences, publications and digital libraries that enable the top minds in the industry to come together to develop, validate, and disseminate the highest quality information...
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...Running Head: MEDICAL BILLING AND CODING Medical Billing and Coding as a Career Abstract: Since I became a mother, I have always wanted a job that would allow me to work at home. I have an associate in accounting and tried doing bookkeeping from home but that did not really work out. I did some research and found that being an insurance medical biller and coder is one of the best jobs to have for working at home. Top Medical Billers can earn over $40,000 a year either at home or in the office. “Employment of billing and posting clerks and machine operators is expected to grow by about 4 percent from 2006 to 2016. In 2006, billing and posting clerks and machine operators held about 542,000 jobs; 566,000 jobs are projected by 2016.” (medicalcareersguide, 2007) In choosing a new career path I did a lot of research on my options. The path to success always starts with the right attitude, education, training, networking, and experience. We want to inspire you by not only speaking about the medical billing and coding career but also by giving examples of real people who succeeded. Learn all there is to know about entering into this rewarding field, finding medical billing jobs, and succeeding in your chosen career. This website also answers many questions about starting your own medical billing business, either in a small office space, or from home. I decided upon medical billing and coding because it is a rapidly growing healthcare field and it sounds exciting....
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...research at least one credible internet source on my future career, summarize the information I found, share what I found to be helpful from the internet source, and how will it help me in my future career as an Information Technology. The website I have chosen to utilize is Career One Stop. Career One Stop is a fantastic resource for looking at any potential career. You can search for any career by name, education and training is needed to be the career of your choice, what the job outlook is, pay, resumes, and resources. It has everything you need to make an informed decision about what you want to be when you grow up. The part of Career One Stop, http://www.careeronestop.org/ , I have found the most interesting section is under the student tab entitled Get Work Experience. In this section there are many different avenues of gaining needed job experience. For example: internships and student job boards. One or both of these resources offer the option to gain real-life experience working at your chosen profession. Academically, Career One Stop shows a cross section of what is needed to do the job. This will help me ensure I am right on track with my education. Additionally, being able to find opportunities for an internship will be extremely helpful for me in my career. It is always good to have job experience as it adds to my overall experience. Being as rounded as possible is essential to doing the best I can at my...
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...Chamberlain College of Nursing Professor Maier December 9, 2012 My name is Brandy Wideman and I am conducting an interview with Mrs. Lavelury Powell, RN. The interview took place Tuesday, December 4, 2012 at 2:00 pm at her home. The interview is being conducted with agreement from Mrs. Powell with the understanding that it is for educational purposes only for Chamberlain College of Nursing. I performed an audio recording of the interview to assist in accurate documentation but as agreed I will be submitting it in written form. The purpose of the interview is to identify an exceptional nurse who, in my opinion, is making history. The nurse is Mrs. Lavelury Powell. She is my maternal aunt, my mentor, and my hero. Mrs. Powell is a lifelong resident of Wadley, Georgia and has worked in the nursing field for twenty-nine years. She is married with three adult daughters and two grandchildren. She started her career in 1983 as a Certified Nursing Assistant and then furthered her career in 1987 by becoming a Licensed Practical Nurse. In 1993 she returned to Middle Georgia College and obtained an Associate Degree in Nursing. Mrs. Powell has spent her entire career in long-term care, first as a staff nurse and eventually as a Director of Nursing. In 2005 she was diagnosed with ESRD necessitating hemodialysis three times a week. Due to frequent hospitalizations and her declining health, she had to give up her nursing career. Because of her caring spirit, she found another outlet to allow...
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...My major is Sports Management. It is within the Education and Human Ecology. It is designed to benefit me within all aspects of a sport franchise, especially in the management field. The type of career I would like to have is a great question to answer. I would be satisfied with being involved in any aspect of a franchise, but I would prefer to be involved in marketing for the team. One day, I would like to be receiving an abundant income working for a franchise as any person would wish, enjoy the work I am doing, but my ultimate career goal is to be the happiest person I could possible be while providing for my family. I feel that the 5 strengths thoroughly benefit the career I have chosen. In my field, sports management, I feel that you need to be a leader. Personally, I feel that the qualities of an achiever, relator, arranger, intellection, and ideation provide the groundwork of how I perceive a successful leader to be. Whomever may be in charge, in my opinion, should strive to consistently achieve, but also be somebody who others can relate to. A person whom another individual knows they can go to when faced with adversity. A leader should also have insightful ideas, a witty intellect, and be arranging the tasks at hand in the most productive way possible. These 5 strengths will affect my work ethic positively. With this information about myself, I can use my strengths to my advantage throughout my work career. I have the understanding that I want to achieve as much...
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...My Career Choice My chosen career has many ins and outs. I’m not really sure why I chose to go into this field. I do however enjoy my job/career. The sense of accomplishment alone keeps me focused on my next challenge. I am always ready to take on the impossible odds, which others would not dare to engage. There are no requirements to obtain an entry level position into this field, however there are many avenues and requirements to be successful. For example in my chosen field, you can remain employed for many years and never make more than $20,000 a year. If you can learn and develop yours skills it is possible to make $80,000 plus a year. My desire to strive for success, has made me very much accomplished in my field and highly sought after. This essay you are currently reading, is just another step in my master plan to be at the top. With every progression I move towards my goal for success. Many of the task I preform on a daily bases cannot be summed up as typical. While all are recurring, the environment in which they are preformed is every changing. Writing proposals, estimating time, materials, expenses and personnel requirements are the just the start of my day. Controlling money flow and business management are my bedtime companions, and problem solving is an around the clock job. Computers skills are a must in today’s world it doesn’t matter if you work on Wall Street or McDonald’s. Diplomacies is one of the most valuable skills you will ever...
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...Why college education is important to me By Coleman Rickels College education is essential to me for my advancement in my career field. It is nessesary for me to aquire a degree in my field to recieve a promotion into a managment position. I have chosen construction managment because I am currently employed in the construstion field as a laborer and would like to advance in that career and become a manager in the same field. I love construction, I enjoy getting up early in the morning and meeting my crew at our yard. I enjoy the ride to the job site with the people I will be spending my day with. I like conversing with them and learning more about them every day. I enjoy getting to the jobsite, warming up the equipment, and gathering all the tools we will need to complete the days tasks. I enjoy working throughout the day and working with each other to achieve the set goals for the day. I enjoy coming upon a problem and having to put our minds together to overcome it and resume work. I believe aquiring this degree will open up a new side of the construction field for me. I would like to move into a management position and find new things about the construction field I enjoy doing. As John F. Kenedy said; “Let us think of Education as the means of developing our greatest abilities, because in each of us there is a private hope and dream which, fulfilled, can be translated into benefit for everyone and the greater strength of our nation”. I believe that earning this degree...
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...Unit 4 Assignment- Part II Why have you chosen the elective classes included in your degree plan? If you are using transfer credit, why have you chosen to include the transfer credit that you have selected to complete your degree plan? I chose to transfer credits from my prior education at University of Maryland and Kaplan University because they can help me in my current degree program but still allow me flexibility if I decide later that I want to change direction in my career. The classes not only apply in areas of social work but also in certain areas of healthcare and healthcare management, gerontology and health care aides. The electives show that I have the knowledge in those areas and it can be applied in all the job fields. Transferring my credits will also allow me to complete my degree plan in a quicker amount of time. I want to finish my degree as soon as possible but doing it with the knowledge that I need to allow me to succeed, not just get it over with. What skills and knowledge do you expect to learn from these classes? If you are using transfer credits, what skills and knowledge have you learned from those courses? I have learned the importance of communication skills, both verbal and nonverbal, and the importance of those skills. They also taught me the difference in cultures and beliefs and that it is imperative and important for me as a professional to not judge others. I learned to be impartial and fair in every situation...
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...finally to achieve my goal. There is no better feeling than when you have finally accomplished your goal that you’ve set for yourself. My first goal is to earn my degree in my chosen profession which is Marine Science. I never really knew what I wanted to do in terms of a career. I knew what hobbies I loved, and so I decided to turn them into something that I would do for the rest of my life. The next objective that I’ve set for myself is to find the perfect job in the career field that I have chosen that is best suited for me. There’s a quote by Confucius that says “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life” and that is what my aim is for myself. The last goal that I will accomplish is to travel someplace that I’ve never been before every year. I’ve set a few goals for myself in life, and I plan on accomplishing them all. Now that I know what my goals are in life, I have to start planning the necessary steps to achieve them. For me to accomplish my first goal in life I have to decide which University overseas could help me in earning my degree after I have completed my Associate Degree at UCCI. There are a few that I have been delving into, and only two caught my interest: the University of Tampa and Plymouth University. After I have attained my degree it will be time for me to acquire the perfect job. Even though a lot of people tell me that once I finish my degree I am more than likely not going to find a job in my chosen career field, I don’t...
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...long-term results and the value of completing my degree will help me to accomplish one of my life long goals. My long-term results would be meeting the minimum or preferred qualifications for any job that may require me to have an associates or bachelor’s degree. They would also increase my annual salary because I would qualify for better jobs. They may also decrease or reduce the chances of any future layoffs and could improve my job conditions. Some other long-term benefits would include making my family proud of me for accomplishing such a remarkable achievement, setting an example for others, and qualifying for additional schooling. The value of completing my degree would not only be about making more money, but receiving a broad bass of knowledge in which I can build off of. It would allow me to have greater economic stability and security along with more prestigious employment opportunities and greater job satisfaction. My degree would allow me to participate in more leisure activities and service my community. It would also increase my self-confidence and I could then realize my true worth. I will use the tools and assessments in this course to help in my future courses and my career plans by incorporating them into each aspect of my learning process. Collaborative learning environments have taught to me to value others’ opinions and utilize them in my educational, career, and everyday life. Diversity plays a major role in our careers and educational endeavors. We have open forums...
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...Many people often enter into a career field and find themselves unsettled, or uncomfortable in the profession they have chosen. Sometimes one may want more in their jobs, may be unhappy, or perhaps they simply have figured out that particular career is not best suited for them. Different careers require different traits from its employees, therefore taking a personality test for one’s chosen profession may help one decide if that career fits him or her. My major is Health and Wellness and I have decided that I am going to become a recreational therapist. Recreational therapists are also known as activity directors, or rehabilitation therapists whose duties include coordinating medically approved recreation programs for patients, engaging in social activities, and offering a physical and spiritual healing to his or her patients. While I score low in a couple important areas required for my field, I can always be trained in those areas to be the best recreational therapist that I can be. I learned many different personality traits for my field including concern for others, self control, integrity, dependability,...
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...M2. Discuss two major theories of ageing in relation to the development of the individual In this assignment I will explaining the two major theories of ageing which are disengagement activity theory according to my chosen celebrity and discuss if she might have any changes as she gets older Disengagement is the theory where the elderly naturally withdraw from all social engagement with others they saw their restraint possibilities. My chosen celebrity is Marilyn Monroe and probably remain socially active for a long time since her career is acting and she will not stop performing until she reaches retirement, so it would still be active and not withdraw from the social activity, however Monroe did not live past the age of 33 and this could not have been certain. She could have stop at any point her career and become a person withdraw from social life. Marilyn Monroe being in an acting career would stay socially active for a long while. As Monroe would be acting she would not have stopped until departure, this would mean Monroe would still be active and less withdrawn from society, however because Monroe did not live past the age of 33 this could not have been certain. Monroe may have stopped her career and became socially withdrawn faster than what was prophesied. Activity theory is a major theory that demonstrates that the elderly need to disengage but at the same time they should remain active to prevent the disengagement of going too far or become uncontrollable. Otherwise...
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...Construct and Support an Argument My decision to continue my education and pursue an MBA is to gain the required skills needed to start a new career in my near future. Pursuing an MBA will make it possible to live a better economic life and to have a good job with security and top pay. I have chosen this route even with the current economic situation, knowing that new jobs may not be available by the time I finish with my MBA. An MBA would benefit me greatly in a variety of ways. Pursuing an MBA will aid in the development of the skills I need in the finance and accounting areas. Of course the increase in pay from possessing an MBA does not hurt either. When researching jobs online I am finding that by having a master’s degree, the pay is substantially higher than those with a bachelor’s degree. Other than career and financial reasons, I do have a personal goal to achieve more than my siblings. Out of four sisters only two of us have a bachelor’s degree. I would love nothing more than to become the other sibling to obtain a masters degree. Plain and simple, I want to do better than all of my sisters. In this economy, having a good paying job with security is vital. “In nearly every sector of the globe, the prospect of making more money and living a better economic life draws thousands of students to MBA programs” (Euders.com, 2009). I plan hopefully to open my own business someday in the very near future. With running my own business the part of running a business...
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