Work can affect you in so many ways. It can prepare you for things in life that you would not have learned unless you worked. When I was 16 years of age I got my first job. My job consisted of cleaning a house, cooking, and being the nanny of three children. This job affected me in ways I did not think possible. I started working for this family because the mother had a severe case of depression. Some days she would get out of bed for just a few hours but she never got anything done. The father decided that his wife needed to focus on getting better and not have any pressures from home to distract her. In conclusion, I got a summer job. For me the idea of cleaning a house, cooking, and becoming the nanny of three kids seemed easy as pie, but was I ever wrong. As I walked into the house I began to wonder what I had gotten myself into. Shame covered this hard working father’s face as he gave me a tour of the house. The smell of cat urine was so strong that they left windows open to try to air out the house. The kitchen counters were covered in old dishes that look like they have been sitting there for a few weeks. A pile of never ending laundry stood high like Mt. Everest. Shame covered this hard working father’s face as he gave me a tour of the house. He then introduced me to the kids. They seemed a bit odd, but what kid aren’t these days? He showed me to the back porch and he began to tell me about what challenges his children have. Abby who is 12 has bi-polar disorder. Hunter who is 11 has Aspergers. Then there is Sammy who is 9 who is the most patient kid I have ever met. I worked with this family for almost 6 months. It taught me how hard it is to be a mother, how to be patient, and to be a better person. I currently work at ... ... middle of paper ... ...hink we should hire you?” Sometimes they ask very random questions that will throw you off guard like “What is your favorite animal?” Hopefully, the interview went well and you get hired! My advice to you in the end is to be prepared for anything and be confident. If you follow these easy steps you will have a very easy time getting a job. There are so many different jobs now. Some jobs require you to have an education or certificate to work them. Other jobs you do not have to have any requirements but a human brain. All jobs are different. Some jobs you work with people, other jobs your work with animals, and then there are some that you work alone. Not every occupation is for every person. If you can not stand the thought of blood do not become a nurse or if you hate the idea of working in an office do not become an accountant. The world if full of jobs that are
It is safe to say that work comes in many different forms. Whether it be a fast food or a corporate, the people that surround an individual make a great impact on the way he or she may work. Singapore, by Mary Oliver, is about a young woman working as a custodian in an airport who although works alone, enjoys her work and the people she meets. Dorianne Laux’s What I Wouldn’t Do, introduces another young woman reviewing the jobs she has had throughout time and reflects on those that she liked and disliked. Hard Work, by Stephen Dunn, exemplifies a young boy working in a soda factory during his summer break. Searching for happiness in life and work is just what these individuals are doing.
I was hired quickly and kept my first job for a year. During that year, I worked quite often, which had affected my school work. I didn’t make time to study and went to bed late most nights. As much as I wanted to quit, I kept working. I wanted to quit, because I feared I couldn’t keep up with school anymore. It terrified me that I would fall so behind, and never get anywhere in life. I kept faith, and I worked hard to get where I am today. I never gave up. I did not like asking for money at home, because I knew everyone was already struggling. I felt like I needed my job, so that I could make money to pay for things myself. Without work, I wouldn’t have any lunch money for school. My grandparents helped as much as they could. It's not their job though, I felt that it wasn’t fair they had to keep spending their money on me. Working has taught me great skills. I was shy before my first job. I am now more outgoing and social; I love meeting new people. I still work to this very day, and I am working hard in school. With good time management, I’m able to keep up with
“…they have generally focused on the values such workers exhibit rather than on the thought their work requires” (Rose 276). Being a person that works those jobs isn’t easy work. I remember when I was young my Great Grandpa worked as a machine operator for any kind of road commission work. He had to be very skilled to work all of the machines. In my opinion, in certain jobs, you can learn more by doing, than by being taught in a classroom. Yes, a doctor needs to go to medical school and other jobs like that. But some jobs will teach you more by doing them, then by learning how to do it. Jobs like these are important because you’ll needs these skills eventually. I’m glad that I was, not forced, but pushed, to work a ‘blue collar’ job before and during
I am sitting down for an interview at Pizza Hut, my very first job ever i'm so excited because i had never had a job when i was younger. I'm all dressed up nice for i because i really want this job. The first question the boss asked
There are at least 145 living species of the suborder Anthropoidea . Over 90% of them are monkeys. The remaining species are apes and humans. The anthropoids (members of the suborder Anthropoidea) have been the most successful primates in populating the earth. They are generally larger, more intelligent, and have more highly developed eyes than the prosimians.
On the other hand, I was raised to be very independent. So, once I got a chance to start working, I did. When I was fifteen I started by working in the summer hoeing beans with my mom and sister. Working every summer in the scorching hot sun; I came to appreciate my education. The summer after my junior year I started working with BLM through a program called Southern Idaho Bio-Control. In the program we gathered data of places with noxious weeds. The last job I had been in was at Joann’s Fabric and Craft Store. That was my first and actual job. I had to quit because of my tight schedule with school, but in it I learned to strengthen my soft skills. As I said before, working in the hot sun for hours that seemed like days and the encouraging words of my parents telling me to take the opportunities that come by, I learned to appreciate my education. As for my development in high school; I was part of BPA (Business Professionals of America) for four years and part of NHS (National Honor Society) for three years. In BPA as well as NHS I developed leadership skill and lots of responsibility skills as well. All these skills lead to my decision as an
Some positive benefits of a working parent. A working parent often has a good influence on their child. They are also more able to provide for their child as well. Working parents show their child that they can accomplish anything that the child desires. It teaches the child to become responsible from how the child looks up to the parent. Working parents spend quality time with their children, which makes up for the amount of time they have not had (Working). The child is able to do more from the income that the parents create by working. Which can go along way with school, activities, and other interests (Working). On the other hand there are negatives about parents working. For instance poor day care services and social development. Parents might become stressed from working everyday then coming home, the parent might start to be negative which makes the area around them
Due to parents having to take on 2-3 part-time jobs or low wage jobs, parents are required to deal with long hours, unusual hours, lack of benefits that cover paid sick days, paid medical, parental leave, and vacation time. This prevents parents from participating in their children’s development. (Spross, Jeff. "Low-Wage Jobs Don’t Just Harm Workers — They Harm Their Children." ThinkProgress RSS. 7 Dec. 2012. Web. 5 Oct. 2014.) Parents are not home to look after their children. When parents are home, it is for a short period that allows parents to feed the children, bath them and put them to bed. Parents have to choose their family time or making income and income is priority to try and provide the necessary needs like a home, electric, and food. This struggle between income and family has put tremendous stress on parents which lead to a higher level of depression which affects the whole family. Some young adult children are forced into the work force before they graduate to help the family. If these young adults are one of the fortunate ones that don’t need to join the workforce, they are still faced with taking on an adult role due to having to play mommy or daddy to their younger siblings. Having this kind of responsibility at such a young age causes some of these young adults to fall into a depression or stressed out with all the responsibility that they start rebelling authority or looking for
In today’s society, a job is necessary. Many people get up every morning hating what they do, but as the working class people we have to learn to live with it. Not everything we do we will like.
That summer after school I just wanted to find a job and start making some money. Going to college for anther four year was something I thought I could not handle. I final got a job at UPS unloading trucks. At first I thought how hard could it be? But every day I would come home exhausted from working in the heat. And then when I got tiny pay check, it hit me. From then on I decided that manual labor was something that I could not do the rest of my life and I could definitely not support a family on that income. A job behind a desk in the air conditioning was what I wanted.
Working teaches students about responsibility and also reinforces what they are leaning in school. Having a job while in high school is a catalyst for future responsible actions and thinking. Teens are accountable for work attendent, job perfromance, and customer satisfaction. The attendence is very essential in a work place. Teens will demonstrate the skills they acquire from work whenever they go to work, and it will be evaluated on their evaluation worksheet by their employers. For example, if teens have missed class, they would be mark for absence and it will later affect their grade. Being resposible in early ages is not very easy, some of them need to take time to work on what they are lacking of. Working will make teens feel more confident in life especially in their job performance. Having responsiblity while performing the task is important because teens know what they should and should not do that will help them avoid making mistake at work or it will lead them to satisfy the customers. In fact, students can use what they have been taught in class and apply it to their job skills because studying and practicing always come along way. The more the teens practices, the more they learn from work experiences. No matter how old they are, as far as student...
If I could be any animal in the world, I would like to be a bird. There is no particular bird that I would most enjoy being. I could be the smallest blue jay, or the most dangerous hawk, neither is more intriguing to me. There are two reasons why I would like to be a bird, and only one reason I would not. I believe the bird is a beautiful creature, and I also believe that the bird is the luckiest creature to ever live. But, then there are the few downsides to being a bird.
Most people find that going to a job interview can be one of the most stressful events in a person’s life. For some, a job interview is vital to one’s future, therefore the outcome of the interview can be of great importance to that person’s life. However, with a few helpful steps, a job interview can be quite simple. In order to succeed at a job interview you need to: conduct research on the employer and the job opportunity, review common interview questions and prepare responses, dress for success, arrive on time for the interview and be prepared, ask questions, make good first impressions, and thank your interviewer(s) in person and by email or postal mail.
Occupations contributes to the identity of an individual and their community. The meaningful occupations one may perform contributes to the uniqueness of the individual that differentiates them from everyone else. To truly understand one’s identity, the occupations one performs in their daily life must be recognized. Occupations allow an individual to be able to express themselves socially, physically, and mentally. They provide an individual with meaning and purpose to activity participate every day. Without meaningful occupations, one may become depression or feel they do not have purpose in this world. This relates to the significance that occupations play in one’s life. Providing an individual with meaningful occupations, allows the individual to have a greater quality of