Essays on Career

There comes time when ordinary people, being dissatisfied with the way they are treated in their own country by electable servants of the people or lifelong hereditary august royal family members. Of royal blood or of no royal blood, power time gets depleted for those in power as social contrasts become sharp and easier to notice. Where barriers between what is constitutionally legitimate and what is unacceptable for political leaders to do while in power are blurry, a grand-scale revolt occurs that has a massive potential of spilling into a war of attrition against those who only prove able to stuff their ...

- What I knew about my career before i began the research process? When it comes to business, a lot of people take it as a way of making investment and set it up as a firm. I had the same idea about this. Before the research process, I conceived business as an available opportunity when a job is not able to satisfy you in terms of money against the labor effort. Plus, I also thought business being a better career option because it gives you the direct access to all the profits of the sales. It gives all ownership of the earnings and ...

<Student’s name> <Name of the Academic Institution> The issues of gender equality, glass ceiling and female leadership for a tight knot of problems which is faced by the business community both in the USA and abroad. Civil rights movement and incentives towards feminization of various aspect of public life resulted in official recognition of equal rights and opportunities for female professionals, however, in many cases such recognition takes purely formal forms. In too many cases women get professionally discriminated at work place. They get paid less, have less opportunities for promotion, and in case of ...

The research on this topic generally focus on various sources to determine if there is a casual relationship between attractiveness and success. This is a subject that has been under increasing amounts of scrutiny as more medical, cosmetic and surgical techniques are developed to alter an individual’s appearance. This paper will focus upon three areas where prior researcher have determined that there might be a direct relationship and look to determine if this relationship can be substantiated. The subject areas covered by this Research Paper are the effects of attractiveness, perceptions of performance, and social interactions.

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Life after graduation can be challenging, especially if the student in question is not adequately prepared for the outside world eventualities. It can be even more challenging, if the person involved has not taken time to think about the possibilities that may present themselves after graduation, and if a lot of research has not been done on these possibilities, as this may affect the quality of decision that the student may make, which impacts either directly or indirectly in their future career prospects. This paper discusses the options of joining a graduate program, or taking up a job offer in a bank in ...

Miles Davis is vital figure in the 1950s music as he drew together different trends in hard bop and cool jazz. His career travelled from cool jazz and bebop into the heroin addiction since his return at the 1954 caused the shifting to hard bop. Miles emerged a hero of jazz because of the magnificent change that he brought to jazz. From 1949 to 1969, he changed the rules of jazz five timers. Just as Coltrane, Miles’ organized a continuous music growing group that their music styles and concepts were very dynamic for the better. The two artists are considered ...

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THE PERSONNEL MANAGER, PRIVATE BOX, WASHINGTON DC. Dear Sir, RE: APPLICATION FOR INTERNSHIP IN YOUR DEPARTMENT I am John Warden of Identity Card number 27663235, a male of 23 years of age. I graduated on December 2nd 2013 with a Bachelors degree in Science in Civil Engineering 2nd class upper division from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. My career goals is to become a project construction manager, work in large projects where real problems or challenges show up and then give them solutions. I learned of your companies wide base of experience ...

Arthur miller's award winning play death of a salesman where Willy loman is the salesman driven by the emerging values of post war capitalism and materialism and wanted his sons to adopt the same. The conflict arises when his sons cannot do the profit or money-making. The play becomes of what was popularly known to be the American dream. This paper aims to analyze this over reaching theme that explicitly critiques. The paper also aims how the play impacted the American public considering it was published when capitalism was booming. It is important to understand how the people responded to ...

King Abdullah scholarship program (KASP) was established in 2010 by The Ministry of Higher Education in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). The mission of KASP is meant to “prepare and qualify Saudi human resources in an effective manner so that they will be able to compete on an international level in the labor market and the different areas of scientific research, and thereby become an important source of supply of highly qualified individuals for Saudi universities as well as the government and private sectors” (Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia, 2011). Since its establishment, it has been ...

Since the dawn of time, music has been one of the most important cultural inventions of humanity. The use of music to convey knowledge and share information is so profound that almost all existing societies today have its own musical heritage. Music has always taken a vital place in the development of human culture. In fact, instrumental music and songs are regarded as one of the highest form of art by any culture at any point in time. From the tribal traditions passed on from generation to generation through songs, to the highly commercialized music industry of today, music is ...

Questions and Answers - What was your role in this part of the Assignment? Test Administrator or Student? I am a test administrator in charge of overseeing that the requisite tests are administered to the identified student. It is vital that all the prescribed procedures and methodology are followed to the letter in order to achieve impeccable results. - How do you think a student’s familiarity with the Administrator can affect the results? A student’s familiarity with the test administrator can affect the test results negatively. This is because their prior relations might significantly influence ...

Introduction Social media have expanded its role apart from dominating the online social life of millions of people around the world; social media has also taken its purpose of connecting people in the business and professional discourse. One of the key elements in the success of the social media in penetrating the professional circle is the characteristic of social networking platform in marketing. From large to small size business are taking advantage of the social media to connect to larger audiences without the need for elaborate brand advertising (Bosari, 2012). The same principles apply to professional service marketing ...

Strong interest inventory psychometric test is a career assessment test for determination of the most suitable career choice for an individual. It is especially effective since it involves a keen assessment of a person’s attributes coupled with his interests. It then matches them up to other people in certain careers (Walsh, 1986). The reliability of this psychometric test is high only in certain specific instances and careers. This is because people within the same career may have totally different interests and general characteristics. As such, the validity of the comparisons based on mismatches may lead to wrong conclusions. This means that ...

I am a Muslim based in the Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is the heart of the Muslim culture. Most of the citizens in the country believe in the sharia laws. In the country, there are many Muslims with the Arab culture in their bases. I am a student based from the Arabian culture with the Muslim believes. I finished high school in the year 2012. By then I had many ambitions to study further in the process of pursuing my career. I have explored several careers and finally landed on the chemical engineering major. This career is involved with the ...

The first thing that I have learnt at Art Institute which I am sure is going to help me in order to accomplish my career aspirations is, to think imaginatively. Many people never see this as a skill because they think it is all so natural and that everybody possesses it. But the truth is that without thinking imaginatively it is hard to come up with independent and well thought designs. One may end up copying what other people do. In order to stay relevant in this competing world, well thought out pieces of work will always appeal to the ...

The issue of whether single parents should be allowed to join military is highly controversial. Most people believe that single parents should not be allowed to enroll in the military. People who support this position point out the effect of this move on the family and the risks characterizing it. They argue that single parents should not be allowed to join military since this would weaken the family institution. Following this view, military schools have mainly failed to recruit single parents (Snyder and Candice 58). However, it is apparent that this practice is discriminative, and most of the theories ...

Probably one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, Marcel Duchamp is famous for his vast quantity of works which remain some of the most sought after by collectors and museums alike. His style was intrinsically traditionalist in his beginnings and he rejected modernism very early in his career – he was known to have stated that he wanted to bring the visual aspect back to painting so that the end result pleases the eye. However he moved into Cubism and Dadaism in later years and changed his outlook to a more rigid and intense form of painting.

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Human resource management plays an imperative role in the operations of an organization as it ensures that an organization acquires the best talents for effective operations. There are numerous functions played by the human resource management department in an organization such as planning, recruiting among others. This paper focuses on the recruitment function of the human resource management department, in particular the selection process of an entry level of an operations manager. The selection process is one where the organization seeks to discover the characteristics and suitability of a given candidate for the job position (Ivancevich & Konopaske, 2012). A good ...

When to conduct the training – before or after leaving for the foreign country The type and amount of training in terms of duration and content of the training Family involvement in the training – should the manager’s family be involved in the training? The manager’s ability and willingness to relate to foreign culture The manager’s interest and ability to learn the foreign language in case of difference in languages, and The willingness of the manager to learn and practice the new information

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In the past six years, I have worked in various areas of medicine in an effort to find the best career path for me. It is from this working experience that I have decided to become a nurse practitioner. Working with nurse practitioners in a busy Hematology/Oncology Clinic solidified my decision that this career choice was the best option for me. Having worked with both nurses and physician assistants, I have realized that the nurse's role is more appealing. The close relationship that nurses have with their patients, which comes from long-term care, and the idea of treating the patient rather ...

Making a good professional impact is considered a plus towards achieving professional success. From the very moment that one meets a potential employer and anyone on professional grounds it is imperative that the other party gets a feeling that you are qualified and best suited for a given job. I just learnt that it is very important to be confident, concise in presenting myself. Developing links and connecting with fellow professionals is also very important. The session was an eye opener into some very important aspects that I had not really given much consideration there before. I just realized how hard yet easy it ...

If you heard the word feminist, what is the first image that comes to your mind? You would think of a man – hater, lunatic, or a woman who yells a lot. Thinking this way harbors serious misunderstanding about feminists and feminism. Feminism is a belief in political, social, and economic equality of the sexes, the movement that is organized around this belief. This is very clear that if you believe that a woman and a man is treated as equal politically, socially, and economically, you are a feminist. The fact that the word feminist gets a lot of negative and harsh treatment, with this some women are ...

Natalie Portman is a famous actress. Her fame resides on acting career which she started at a tender age. Her first role as an actress was in 1994 when hitman picked her as an orphan in the action film Leon: The Professional. Her ultimate fame came to existence during her acting in the movie Star Wars Prequel trilogy which she took the role of Padme Amidala. This film was released in 1999, 2002 and later in 2005 (Yang, 2006 p 12). From this time onwards Natalie’s celebrity and obvious her acting and presentation design line has been admired by many. Natalie ...

Planning a career is not anywhere among the easiest f tasks. This is especially so because a career path is affected by the dynamic trends of the contemporary world. This means that the changes in such factors as the economy, the social settings and the cultural aspects of human life are bound to affect the career plan of any individual (Barrow 34). Even so planning is essential as it gives an individual a clear map of the future. It also enables one to set realistic goals and strategies necessary for the effective attainment of such goals. While this is the case, I ...

The glass ceiling refers to an invisible barrier that hinders women from advancing to top levels of organizational leadership (Lewis, 2013). From my own perspective, I believe that the glass ceiling is something that has been there for many years as a result of cultural beliefs and myths that are of the view that women are inferior to men and therefore they should be submissive and not ambitious. The barrier does not only manifest itself in their quest for the top leadership but also throughout their career journey. I have seen this problem in an organization I worked with before ...

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Everybody around the world knows Steve Jobs. This is why his success, his company and his life were all focused by the public. His famous period is when he introduced the iPhone 4 to the world. It is the most sought after mobile phone in the world and is now considered as a symbol of fashion and status. So because the iPhone 4 was such a huge hit, it should not be a surprise to anyone if it is sold twice its cost. And no matter what the ...

A physical therapist is the health care professional who is going to treat patients of all ages who might have a medical condition or health problem that affect their ability to move around or perform their daily activities. This means that they are going to need to closely examine their patient to figure out what the best treatment plan to help the patient’s ability to move, reduce the amount of pain that a patient is in, or to prevent an injury. This exam is going to include a series of tests that can ensure that the physical therapist will not make ...

In the summer of 1974 a then 26 year old Steven Spielberg is going about his business of making sure that his movie about a shark that had overshot the expected $3.5 million budget does not sink his career in Hollywood. Everything that could go wrong had already gone wrong and it was hard to see the light at the end of this very dark tunnel. The movie he was making was Jaws, a movie that is today classed as a master piece in many circles and topping many greatest films lists while being one of the most commercially successful films in movie ...

According to SimplyHired (2010), job seekers use three basic types of resumes. These are functional, chronological, and mixed (hybrid). The purpose for each of these resumes and their differences are given below.

A functional resume focuses more on the acquired skills rather than the type of positions held before. A few essential areas of experience are highlighted on a functional resume including responsibilities held and achievements for each position. When writing about personal experience, an individual should be keen to provide a lot of context specifically aiming the job one is applying. The functional resume will be necessary when a person wants ...

Career choice is a complex decision for high school students due to the impacts it will have on the career of an individual. In most occasions students trying to match their career choices to their abilities and talent lack the platform to do so. Career choice is a challenging trend that is witnessed globally. Many high school students end up choosing the wrong career in the matric due to lack of information of what the career entails. As such most choices are based on the preference of the parents and other external factors that does not reflect on the capabilities and ...

There are serious challenges in rural education which require greater leadership and innovative approaches in order to be solved. The traditional system of education cannot do what needs to be done in the new century without reforms and new partnerships in the educational realms. The bottom line remains the total quality education which is more needed by the students in a globally competitive world. Thus, it is paramount for educational services to develop more globally participative citizens and this must extend even to the most remote areas of the different nations (te Velde, 2005). Good quality schooling is a major ...

This comes as an unexpected fact that faces the economy of various countries. Having in mind the expanding high unemployment levels, but on the same note, industry watchers, private companies and government employers in harmony say they need to get workers with the required proper skills. Some employers are now worried on how they shall find, train and even keep them in their workplace.

A clear example can be in the motor vehicle industry where the industries have to send their new qualified employees to the welding class. The root of all this as experienced in some countries and ...

PR (public relations) changed my life. My road to the United States was neither simple nor easy. In the past I have been deported, arrested, lost a high paying job in journalism, and eventually had to escape to the US – all due to the power of PR. Those experiences have brought the realization that a deeper appreciation of the power of PR would have saved that life I lost. I believe now that the way for me to regain that life is to become an expert in what destroyed it. After nine years in journalism I discovered that PR is the ...

Communication is complex. This is because it involves words, body language, tone of the voice, the volume, the topic which is being discussed at that moment and the history of communication of the people involved. Effective communication thus occurs when the receiver of a message understands it and demonstrates this understanding through sending feedback to the sender of the message. For this reason, we must be good in our communication and interpersonal skills, (Prentice Hall India, 2004). Talking of interpersonal skills, these are the skills of life that are used on daily basis while communicating and interacting with other people. ...

Question 3.6 Dante’s Paradiso reflects a problem that has yet remained unsolved in the mathematical world, that of squaring the circle. Simply put, squaring the circle refers to using only a straight edge and compass to draw a square with an area equal to that of a given circle. In his final stanza, Dante uses a reference to the problem of squaring the circle to depict the problem of an overwhelmed intellect, inspired by his vision of heaven and his inability to grasp it. Dante uses the mathematical explanation to explain his inability to grasp the rationality of the vision he saw, ...

Based on historical data, some of the common factors that have affected women in terms of labor standards include long working hours, low pay, and unprofessional treatment in comparison to their male counterparts for the past decades. In the U.S., the economic recession forced the women to enter the workforce in order to produce additional income to support the family. However, the long working hours for the women means that they have to reduce the time spent inside the homes and has affected the decline of the family structure. Based on the interview of Heffner (2005) on Christensen, although ...

In the food and beverage industry, staffing challenges are consistently cited as one of the areas of greatest concern for owners and operators. This paper will discuss two articles discussing two different issues related to staffing in this industry. The first article, by Patrice Rice, discusses ways to attract high quality managers (2013). She begins by observing that the restaurant industry is rebounding from the recent recession, and jobs in this sector are being added at a record rate. This means that it will become harder to attract and maintain high quality leadership for food and beverage operations than it ...

It is important to know that for any speech to be coherent and flawless there is a need for prior preparations. One of the major preparations for a good speech is the formulation of an outline. An outline helps the speaker to be able to logically organize their ideas and correct some of the weaknesses that might result from their thought pattern. In the formulation of an outline one has to create a title about what they are going to talk about (Gregory 237). The title should be followed by the purpose and central ideas that the speaker seeks to present to ...

A growth in career purports more responsibility, greater authority, possibility of supervising other employees, more decision making or work independence. It also implies higher wage or salary. Network security is a career that is very relevant in the contemporary world and contains numerous growth opportunities. We are living in the digital era. Today the social media has largely advanced and nearly everybody relies on information from Facebook, twitter, LinkedIn and the likes. For effective functioning, such sites require a higher level of security (Knake, R. K., & Council on Foreign Relations, 2013). However, some malicious individuals are posing a great threat to ...

There are many reasons why I am seeking a Master of Arts degree at Regis University. Having already graduated with my Bachelor’s Degree in both Communication and Political Science (double major), I feel that I am up to the challenge of continuing my education and furthering my knowledge of communication. While my Bachelor’s Degree provides me with a great base of knowledge from which to work, there are skills and competencies that the Master’s program can provide me that I can take with me into my potential career. My long term goal is to gain a position in management ...

For my master’s prepared Nurse Interview, I chose my candidate because she illustrates and illuminates a passion for nursing. She has been involved in numerous committees, and projects, ranging from quality control to patient and medication safety. Furthermore, she is involved in nursing research, and information technology. She has served as an Informatics Nurse Specialist within my institution of employment. She is always the first to recognize a need, and to help others. It is an honor and privilege to know her and have her assist me with this interview.

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One of the first profound moments I remember from my early life was the day I accompanied my brother to the Orthodontist and waited and watched as his braces were adjusted. I honed in on every detail of the experience, remembering the day vividly. I was captivated by the entire scene and watched eagerly as the orthodontist used piers to adjust wires. I asked a lot of questions and remember thinking that “I want to put this ‘machine’ in people’s mouth that makes their teeth move and creates a beautiful ...

Internal communication is significant for creating a proper and efficient business relation with the internal stakeholders – the employees. This direction should be greatly improved towards encouraging workers to provide feedback upon the actions communicated by the top management. The organization should support the forming of syndicates and to sustain the free dialogue with the representatives of the employees, at the official level. However, unofficial feedbacks should be also encouraged, providing that it offers viable solutions for improving working or the working conditions and the satisfaction of the employees. The communication with the external stakeholders (clients, shareholders, business partners, social ...

In reference to the notice on your website concerning the vacancy in the IT department, I hereby apply for the job as a computer-programming specialist. I am 25 years of age and have recently completed my education in grade 12.

After going through the work advert and the job requirements for the job, I am hopeful for appointment and employment in your firm because I believe that my qualifications aligns appropriately with the requirements for the job as stated in the job description. I have a degree in information technology and two-year working experience at Middies Company in the information technology ...

Erik Erickson’s Theory that is based upon psychological development is one of the well recognized personality theories in psychology. In the similar way like Sigmund Freud, Erikson also use to believe that that the human personality tends to develop through a process which come out with distinctive stages. In contrary with the context of psychosexual theory of Freud, Erikson’s theory explained the influences of social experiences on overall life span of an individual . In reference to Erikson’s theory of psychological development it has been identified that there are number of key components of Erikson’s psychosocial stage ...

Human resource refers to the workforce within an organization. Organization and management of a firm’s workforce is referred to as human resource management. Human Resource Management entails recruitment, training and rewarding of the employees and also is responsible for observing the existing labor laws in the country that the firm or organization is situated (Mondy, 2005). Human resource management ensures that every employee’s duties are well outlined and expresses the protocols in the organization (Dessler, 2000). It is therefore the arm of an organization that is responsible for all matters that relates to the employees. Human resource ...

Nursing is a career for individuals that have a strong desire to help others, a passion for excellence, and a commitment to do what they can to work within a team environment to better the lives of the patient for which they care. It is an ever changing profession that needs people who are committed to be focused and willing to constantly be willing to learn and continue their education. A good nurse is one who strives to learn something new every day that one is on the job. As the nursing field continues to change and the demand for well-educated and professionally licensed registered ...

The American Psychological Association (APA) was founded in 1892. At its inception, psychology in the United States was following the European tradition of the discipline. Since its founding, the United States psychologists have transformed the field and about half of all psychologists worldwide belong to the APA. Mary Calkins spent her entire professional career at Wellesley College and was the first female president of the APA, elected in 1905. She studied under William James at Harvard University (Simonton, 1992). Psychology was one of the first fields that were willing to allow women to study at an advanced level. Allowing ...

While people believe that it is the responsibility of the child to excel academically, parents always want their children to be the best in academics. They always do their best to ensure that they children’s academic needs are met without any compromise. This heavy investment calls for a strict supervision and tagging of high targets for these children. However, whenever these targets are not met, a lot of psychological and behavioral problems that may have adverse effects on the affected children. Even though parents try their best to ensure their children excel, they still face psychological and behavioral challenges among ...

The main purpose of the research is to show that organizational justice leads to better public service. We define organizational justice as the perception of the staff and managers of the company that the organization they are part of is treating them fairly. Fair treatment is measured by effective leadership, employment capability, and costumer focus. The indicators of these three factors are enumerated in the Amoco Renewal Survey. This questionnaire was developed in 1997 and covered questions pertaining to corporate roles and shared services. The way to measure the participants’ perception was to conduct a person to person structured ...

This essay discusses the various causes of juveniles committing murder and looks at the possibility that some children are born with a predisposition towards violence and murder. Research has thrown up that there is a wide range of possible causes, some of which can – alone or in combination – trigger the ensuing violence. Causes that occur frequently and that therefore figure prominently in the results of studies are poor academic performance and school truancy, leading to the individuals concerned mixing with the wrong crowd and perhaps getting into trouble as a result, at the same time missing out on the school environment and ...

Zepeda (2008) reiterates that personal development encompasses skills as well as knowledge gained in the course of an individual’s learning process in various learning institution. The skills and knowledge later play an integral part in an individual’s professional and personal development. Considering the intensive nature I have approached the unit in question, I expect not only to significantly advance in my career, but also establish a company to create employment and further develop the society. Having improved in interpersonal communication and interpersonal interactions as well as having acquired significant professional knowledge, then I will be in a better ...

Employee appraisal is a very important component of career development. It involves regular evaluation of the way the employees perform in relation to their respective job titles within an organization (Delpo, 2007). Regular review of the way the employees are performing not only helps the organizations achieve their objectives but it also enables the employees improve their work output and at the same time gain more skills that are likely to help them achieve their specific career development targets. The process of employee performance appraisal has various benefits and this paper therefore, addresses some of the benefits of the process ...

Every individual must know what his strengths and weaknesses are. Once the individual is able to identify his strengths and weaknesses then he can take steps to maximize the strengths and utilize them in a better way and at the same time, the individual can minimize the weaknesses and try to overcome these weaknesses. This would result in making the individual a better and more successful person as he knows what he is good at and what he cannot do. Personal development plan is a document that highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the individual. The Higher Education Academy (2013) has defined ...

My Life, 20 Years from Now I am currently 19 years old; I have yet to experience life the way older people around me describe it. All the hardships and the pain of having to stand on your own – people older than me experience all those things to a greater degree. I know at some point in my life, I would have to stand on my own to reach my dreams. Yes, I am proud to say that I have mapped out what my direction in life would be for the next 20 years, and ...

The cutting of trees did affect wildlife populations adversely. This was common in west of Appalachians. Trees do provide a natural habitat for wildlife. The wildlife population did decline. Wildlife populations do thrive in natural settings. The settlement of people in the forests led to decline in bear and deer populations. There was a disappearance of Bisson in the area of the Mississippi (east). The decline was as a result of clearance of 1850, 100, 000, 000 acres of the forest. The climate and environment suffer greatly due to deforestation. Soil erosion is common and major problem. The water tables in ...

- Persuasive Communications - Educating themselves on the subject at hand - Learning the arguments both for and against their position - Being able to discern valid from invalid information and data - Learning how to communicate with those opposed to your position - Expository Communication - Compared to my Future Self Paper and Presentation, I have learned quite a few things that have changed my life plan. - I have learned just how difficult it is to actually compete in the marketplace for a career - I have determined that I should ...

As a central figure in the government of Adolf Hitler, the role of Paul Joseph Goebbels in world history cannot be understated. Goebbels was born in Catholic family in the Rhineland, Germany in 1897 and went ahead to become Germany’s minister of Propaganda from 1933-1945. His aspirations in his youth days were to become a novelist but the parents wanted him to be a priest. However, his lack of success in writing made him discover his true qualities in public relations and propaganda. After joining the National Socialist German Workers Party in 1923, he rose fast to become the party leader ...

When we are in a youth we are in a mental chaos to select a good college for a four year degree program to build a successful life we go in debts taking student loans up to twenty thousand dollars and more and then worry about paying it off. As the concept of a stable economic future is only guaranteed by a college degree. You either enter a licensed profession like a doctor, lawyer, engineer, or do a PhD. research or even join a big traditional institution like an investment bank or a government office. Keeping all this in mind you opt for the best college where you try to get ...

Shirley Hardie Jackson, a remarkable and popular American author of the 20th century, was born on December 14th, 1916. Shirley Jackson was the daughter of two professionals Leslie Hardie Jackson and Geraldine Bugbee Jackson. From a very young age she had interest in writing and wrote poems and journals, where her journal writing mostly revealed her interest in superstitions and the supernatural. A statement written in a journal in the 1933 New Year’s resolution stated, “seek out the good in others rather than explore for the evil” exposes her interests. At the age of fourteen, she and her family moved to ...

This paper is about the challenges posed by the credit crunch, corporate social responsibility, and business ethics on the organizations that are equipping themselves to deal with these challenges. A description of each of the challenge along with an example of a company that is grappling with the challenge is described in this paper.

The ongoing credit crunch has severely affected the functioning of the businesses across the chain and is responsible for many bankruptcies and foreclosures of the banks and other institutions. It started with the sub-prime crisis and quickly spread to the other sectors leading to a situation where ...

I have always fostered a fanatical interest in pharmacy, and when my time came for me to choose my career, I had no doubt I had chosen the best career. My deepest interest in pharmacy stems from the urge to help the sick, and know more on issues pertaining medical drugs (Gable 2008). Moreover, a career in pharmacy is more satisfying since it entails helping people. My main target is to achieve the greatest height in the pharmaceutical field. Hence, my Bachelors degree in Pharmaceutical Care Science forms the base in achieving my goals as a Doctor of Pharmacy. As a pharmacist ...

The following is a 10 minute, in-person interview with 15 year Registered Nurse turned nurse educator, Mrs. Shelly Brice. The interview consisted of just a few pointed questions pertaining to the strategies and theories that Mrs. Brice has found most helpful in her career. I was looking for any wisdom she might be willing to share with me as I endeavor further into my nursing career. Highlights of what she shared are: Currently, I am learning a great deal about gauging learner motivation and using it to inform your practice. How have you been able to do this and still ensure ...

Life seems to be such a great tool for a person’s self-realization that sometimes it is quite difficult to define a perfect way to show yourself off to the world and achieve the greatest success possible. Hopefully, I have already found my own way for success, personal and professional growth. To my mind, in order to get to the top nowadays, one needs to manage several tasks at the same time. This is exactly what I am trying to do, and so far so good – while majoring at Florida State University, I have already tried working as an Accountant for a childcare ...

This paper provides a platform for goals setting capitalized on a visionary plan. According to the weighed strategies of plan, the basic goals set in this case capitalize on both the long and short term goals. In addition, there is a provision for transition goals which serve to offer a stepping stone to the main goals. The goals are further classified as personal, academic or career oriented. In order to provide a comprehensive touch, goals are evaluated based on their measurability on values. Based on this case, my long term personal goal is focused on acquiring an owning a car. In addition to the personal ...

Persistence among First Year Students

There is no doubt that the subject of student persistence has permeated numerous academic debates in addition to being topics of discussion in diverse academic literature. Chang, Lerer, & Talley, (2010:347) defines retention, as “the enrollment of a number of a specific group of individuals compared to the official number during its census.” Speaking of persistence in the first year students, persistence defines the number of students who manage to persist from the first year to the second year or from the first semester to the second semester. Many a time, most students fail to persist from the ...

Stress and Related Hazards of the Job

Introduction Any kind of stress has adverse consequences for a person, usually manifested in the form of cognitive and behavioral changes. The damaging effect of stress is not experienced by the sufferer alone, but people in proximity are also negatively impacted. The case study of Detective Jones is an apt example of stress. The paper attempts to answer various questions related to stress and related hazards of the job in the mentioned case study.

There are three obvious sources of stress in Detective Jones’ life. First, his wife left him for another ...

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The late 19th century to the early 20th century will be an interesting era in the Unites States of America to observe regarding the progress of women in the MSE (Mathematics, Science, and Engineering) field. It was when the MSE fields are shaping into definite forms as highly-structured disciplines, producing its first doctorial degree holder in 1862 from Yale University (powerpoint on Women Educ). Coincidentally, it was when the women's rights movement was also intensely active.

It took activism and much struggle from women and the people around them for them to participate in the ...

Globalization and Human Resource Management Strategies: Proctor & Gamble

Selling a portfolio of products including 50 leadership brands, of which 24 generate more than $1 billion in sales each annually, in more than 180 countries: Proctor & Gamble (P & G) was born in 1837 when William Proctor and James Gamble started the company with $7,200. Total sales in 2011 amounted to $82.6 billion in an industry that averages $1.2 billion. P & G's global business units are the household care and the beauty and grooming segments of the consumer goods industry. Their core purpose is to provide high quality branded products ...

I chose to study business-to-business course mainly because I think it is very interesting and can be very helpful for my future. I have always been very interested in marketing and business. And I decided that I want my future career to be connected with it. Business world is very unpredictable and tricky and that is what makes me even more fascinated in it. I would like to get to know all the fundamentals of this sphere to be able to successfully use this knowledge in future. The course concentrates on financing, planning, targeting and developing potentially effective campaigns ...

If you decide to take classes online you should know the main advantages of such form of education. Online classes give flexibility, you can manage your time as you wish, combine working and studying, be more open and study exactly that you need to study.

Another great advantage of online courses is that, you can find almost any type of class online. Now, I would like to give some advices to students who decided to take online classes. First of all, these students should be able to manage their time well. The second thing that I would recommend is ...

The International Association of Fire Fighters is a century-old labor union that seeks to protect the interests of firefighters in both America and Canada. There are nearly 300,000 members in the union, spreading across all states of both countries. The members of this union - professional firefighters - are responsible for fire protection coverage of 15% of the population of the United States. Their goal is to make sure that firefighters are looked after, in terms of their safety, their financial well-being, and the resources to combat fires in a safe and effective manner. Bringing public attention to the causes ...

Career plans are a vital requirement for students pursuing higher learning. With respect to international students in the United Kingdom, there are numerous factors that influence career planning, with a significant consideration on the role that the post study work visas play in such scenario. This research identified whether most of the international students in the United Kingdom have a career plan. In addition, the study also identified the kind of the career plans they have and their viewpoint regarding the post study work visa. The participants in this research involved a sample of 50 students from the Kaplan International College London as a ...

Teaching has for a long time been seen as a career that isn’t financially lucrative. When looking at the teacher pay, we all find that teachers all over the world are making good living because they are doing something which they love. Teachers’ pay may be lower or higher depending on the place they are teaching. Those teachers, who teach in urban areas, are paid higher salaries than those that are in upcountry. It does not matter if they all have grade K12. Some of the school districts pay salaries which are higher, for the first five to ten years, ...

According to the definitions of many states within the United States, a District Attorney is an appointed or elected member of the government who is charged with the responsibility of representing the overall government in the prosecution of various criminal offenses occurred. From personal knowledge, I do know that the District Attorney is the one of the highest officeholder the given areas’ legal department. Therefore, the District Attorney is the overall supervisor of the staff of assistant. Further, I do know that the DA is can appoint an assistance to work at his will. Sometimes, the resultant DA is one ...

I strongly believe that in order to achieve, one has to have certain qualities and qualifications. This can be achieved if the person is determined to make their dream come true. Talking of dreams, mine is to become an Industry Engineer as I have a passion for it. This is basically what I would like to study once I join the university. Being that I studied in a science oriented school, Putnam Science Academy, it has given the urge to become an Industry Engineer. Math and Physics are my favorite subjects and to prove this I have some awards on the ...

As an English Teacher, my motives for applying to this course are clear: I want only to build upon and improve my already excellent linguistic talents. As I am currently studying for your Postgraduate Diploma in Education, where I major in English, I feel you have prepared me for the rigours of further education in this area. It is because of a particular unit of this course, Subject Curriculum and Teaching that I feel I could greatly benefit from further study in this area. My ultimate aim is simply to improve my understanding of the English language and then pass ...

Marital roles or gender roles are attitudes, values, behaviors that a particular group of people belief is appropriate for the women and men of that particular community. Gender roles have an important significance in the society as it was back in the days. These roles determine what is expected of a man or a woman in a home and the society at large. In the past men were considered bread winners and were expected to do the hard tasks lawn mowing, taking out trash, maintenance while women did the lighter chores; which included taking care of the home, mending and ironing clothes, cooking ...

I started my Master degree at the Colorado University of Denver on Spring 2008; after taking 3 classes there, I applied to continue my studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. I was accepted into the Masters program, and transferred 9 credit hours that I earned from the previous institution. I began my work at Boulder in Spring 2009, and since that time I have taken all necessary classes to complete with the program, up to this current semester where I am taking my last two classes.

Three weeks ago, I got an email about the graduation application ...

Gendered learning in its basic form implies the learning methods regulated with a person’s gender. Being male or female determines the learning method, choice of subjects and career of an individual. Theories such as Social Learning Theory, Cognitive Development Theory, and Gender Schema Theory, apart from explaining how children acquire gender identities, explain how gendered learning takes place. The overarching idea here is the fact that male and female children and even adults, learn differently. It is apparent that boys and girls score differently in any exams. Therefore, the theorists, in their theories, try to explain this apparent difference ...

From our experiences, we probably have walked past individuals lying on the streets or know of a poor family struggling to make ends meet in this current economy. Media on the other hand always report on needy people who have been struck by natural calamities or we may have come across a highly polluted river or depleted forest. For their protection, all these factors need our concerns and resources. We may lack the material things but offering our time to volunteer is a valuable resource that comes from within our hearts and the need to help those who are unable.

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