I completed the career exploration tool in Week 1 of the class and it gave me an option for a career as a Human Resource Manager. In this field I would be involved in recruiting, hiring, and training of employees. I would work with executive management to develop and implement staffing and compensation plans, and work to attract and retain qualified employees. Oversee training and development initiatives. Manage compensation and benefits structure and provides information to employees. Monitors compliance with employment-related regulations. Implements company policies and deals with staffing or disciplinary issues as needed.…
As I continue to fulfill my journey to gain knowledgeable information to enhance my career plan, this class has provided me with several management ideas and helped me see another side of management practices I was not aware of before. While there are many resources available to help me become more knowledgeable in the management field, I am inquiring with my organization to see if they can provide me with on the job training so I can learn processes and business tools hands on.…
From the beginning of my Army career, due to the nature of my military occupational specialty, I have operated within the philosophy of “Mission Command.” As a young Soldier, I was expected to take the initiative to find stories about my unit that supported the command messages of my unit. At the time, I did not realize that I was exercising disciplined initiative and operating within the commander’s intent. Now, as I complete the Sergeants Major Academy, I have a thorough understanding of how public affairs is linked to mission command as a warfighting function. The purpose of this paper is to describe how public affairs is vitally linked to the mission command warfighting function and how applying the mission command principles will make me a more effective staff non-commissioned officer and leader.…
Here is the report that you request June 17, 2013 based on your career path evaluation.…
For my senior project I choose to learn the ropes of being a professional DJ, under the watch of my mentor Tim Ball. The reason I choose this as my senior project is because I have a lot of interest in music and want to use this opportunity to try to help myself to being more comfortable being in front of people. Before starting this project I knew very little about what it takes to be a professional DJ, so while I work on this project I will be learning new skills and how to manage a DJ business. My mentor is known to the DJ community as DJ Outlaw; he has been a DJ for the last twenty years and has done over 3,000 gigs. He also has a valid Federal Communication of Commerce license (FCC License). He owns his own DJ business…
In my quest to find a professional to job shadow I could not come up with anyone better than my supervisor Donnie Pugh. He is the Information Management Officer (IMO) for the U.S. Army Forces Command G3/5/7 directorate. After close observation over the past month I discovered just how much education, training and basic knowledge is required to fill such a position.…
Becoming an occupational therapist has been an aspiration of mine since my father’s stroke 9 years ago. Ever since, I have completed relevant courses and gained experience in a multitude of settings to prepare myself for the occupational therapy program of TWU. I have been blessed to work with recent alumni of the TWU MOT program as an acute therapy technician at UT Southwestern. Each hour of the day, I assist a different therapist allowing me to compare the knowledge and expertise of TWU therapists with that of other graduate programs. Through my experience, I can attest that TWU graduates hold true to the school’s mission of providing innovative and proficient facilitation of occupational therapy.…
Homeland security leaders will be faced with challenging scenarios where need will always supersede preference. Though this can be difficult, leaders must maintain composure at all times and proceed forward with actions that are in the best interest of the organization, public, and nation. In application, a leader may be forced to reassign subordinates from one security matter to another due to budget constraints. Although frustrating, and possibly demoralizing to the employees who have dedicated time, and resources to their original task; they must focus on the new objective they’ve been presented with. A good leader, albeit equally frustrated, would withhold his or hers frustration, and present the change as an opportunity in an effort to garner…
During my most recent deployment, I realized I would thrive and excel in a more mentally demanding work environment. I was deployed to West Africa with a small task unit that consisted of a Task Unit CDR (LCDR), a Special Operations Forces Liaison Element OIC (LT), an Intelligence Officer (LT), and me in the role of the communicator. I was charged with learning and performing the duties of the missing operations officer. I took on that role while continuing to maintain all the equipment I was responsible for. This assignment offered me an in-depth look at three different types of officers, the work they were required to do, and the decisions they had to make. I was intrigued. My desire for continual growth, coupled with the encouragement of these officers, rekindled my long-standing goal of becoming a Naval Officer. Working with these men showed me that, although I still have a great deal to learn, becoming a naval officer is a goal I know I can and will achieve.…
My education endeavors have culminated in obtaining two Master’s degrees, with one in Business and Organizational Security Management (2003) and the other in Public Administration (2004). During my 23-year career in the USAF, I have accumulated a plethora of awards. At each level of Professional Military Training Schools, I scored in the top 10 percent of my class and accumulated honors as a Distinguished Graduate. During 2011, I guided a team of 65 individuals to the Training Detachment of the Year award, besting 51 training detachments from around the world. The culmination of my work experience, education, and leadership and management skills could be used to support the mission of the State Department at any location. While serving in the United State Air Force, I have had the honor of working with cultures abroad in Korea and in Japan. Eight years of my active duty career were completed on overseas assignments. One lesson I have learned is to empathize with other cultures and quell my ethnocentric thoughts. I gained the insight not to judge something because it is not the same as I am accustomed…
I would like express to the admissions office my vision of my college career and beyond. I have served in the military to get me where I am today and for me to progress, I will need to branch out and expand my knowledge. The only way to expand my knowledge base is to continue my education here. I have completed extensive research into your programs and found this is the career path I would enjoy pursuing. The great thing about this program is there are other programs that can be added on to further my career.…
Clendenin has set clear, defined career goals and objectives for himself. He intends "to be successful enough to be a corporate officer in a Fortune 50 corporation and on the boards of several others, and eventually to be appointed to a cabinet-level position in our government." Clendenin must now examine how these options may align to his career goals.…
For the majority of my adult life I’ve tried to do things that help people. Sometimes that meant helping someone improve the content and appearance of their resume; passing along newly discovered information related to health or other issues, or being a reference for someone seeking a new job. Whatever the situation, my passion has always been to help people improve their lives. That is why I decided to become a Coach.…
I am always a law-abiding person. Maybe I’m afraid of punishment by law; maybe I don’t like to do anything wicked to others; maybe I have never done anything illegal. In my eyes, law is the lowest boundary for a person. Therefore, I prefer to ask myself the thing that I’m doing whether it will encroach on others’ rights. I insist that thinking from others’ view is of great importance. We should keep kind-hearted in our daily life. All in all, I believe I won’t cross the boundary of the ethic. That’s my Morality.…
Actually, we are surrounded with polluted milieu that compiles of a lot of abortive feelings such as financial scarcity, impractical depression and blues of career building. Though financial constraints and depression are the vicissitudes of life, but blues of career building matters very much. In fact, blues of career affect our entire life.…