career

Careers in the industry; from corporate to middle management, food service, media, political figures, and beyond. All workplace careers.

Four Years And I Never Had A Position
Four years and I never had a position. When you step into the corporate world, it is imperative for most of the people to aim for the highest position possible; otherwise, there is no sense. It's their purpose.
By Nux de Gala8 years ago in Journal
TBT 'My Father's Career'
So, everyone knows I love writing, I love sharing new pieces, old pieces, from poems to essays. Today I’m posting this special piece from a long time ago to share my evolution in writing. This is an essay I wrote in the 8th grade for a home economics assignment. We were to pick an adult in our lives and interview them with a questionnaire from the teacher and write an essay about their career from their answers and descriptions. I chose my father because not only did I love to travel by train growing up, but he and his father were both MTA employees, and I greatly admired both of them. I remember we did the questionnaire in the kitchen while he was doing the dishes. Looking back, I wish I had written my sentences better, elaborated more rather than answer them like an employee pamphlet, because English was always my best subject, but I cut myself some slack here because I was in the 8th grade! But I’m still proud of it because somehow I got an A on the paper, and I’m so happy I have this in my possession as I share it on May 1st, the thirteenth anniversary of his death. (*I fixed a couple of typos from the original paper).
By kmcaulley8 years ago in Journal
Being Married to Iron Man
My husband is a real life superhero. I don't just say that because he works hard and he's a good dad, I say it for many other reasons too.
By Angel Perez8 years ago in Journal
Signs Your Company Couldn't Care Less About You
If there's one thing that tends to hurt most workers in America, it's the way companies tend to treat their top talent. While you can be the most thorough, hard-working person on the planet, that doesn't always mean you'll be treated well by the company that hires you.
By Ossiana Tepfenhart8 years ago in Journal
Not Fitting in Anywhere
This week I had only one good day. I never messed up any orders and I got everything right. Tuesday, I ended up sick with a bug and I'm still trying to recover from it.
By Heather Wilkins8 years ago in Journal
A Day in the Life of a Social Worker
We all have an idea of what a social worker is. My favorite is the phrase I hear most often, "Oh, you mean Child Protective Services." Sometimes to save breath, I just nod and agree with them. But I realize I need to stop agreeing and educate my fellow human.
By Teddi Coleman8 years ago in Journal
The T-Shirt Business
I’ve been copywriting like there is no tomorrow. I’m trying to make myself extra money since I need to pay-up the taxes, although I might wind up paying it a touch late, if I can manage. I applied to a bunch of work from home jobs. I’m also busy writing my stories to make sure that I can publish something so as to make extra money. I hear you can make decent money writing online, so I’m going to try it. If I make extra money this month, I will buy myself a new t-shirt. The question is, should it be: “Bill W. Sent Me” or others such as “I have Schizophrenia,” or maybe “I take Medication.”
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal
Disability Rights: I Need a Job
I’m very paranoid and insecure about working lately. This is purely a schizophrenia thing though, as paranoid tendencies are one of its symptoms. As in, nobody’s going to hire a type one diabetic who needs to infuse, whose risk of the infusion set going down can happen at any time when I leave the house. I take meds—another reason not to hire me, right? I’m feeling a touch down about this job business as the nutrition store hasn’t called me back in quite a while, as my resume was given to the hiring manager, and all jobs expect medication consistency besides.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal
Story Telling My Creative Self
I was an odd child back then. I don't know what I would do when I grow up. The first thing I would do is to grow up and become a scientist, specifically an astronomer, but my dream to become an astronomer didn't happen. My second passion is to become a creator, and I'm in college studying media design. It is a fun program and it embraces creativity. However, I am more technical than I am creative. The only way that I would express myself is creative writing.
By Mica Chau8 years ago in Journal
A Letter to My Patient...
Good evening. My name is LeeAnn, and I am the nursing assistant working with (insert nurse's name here.) I will be with you..
By L8 years ago in Journal
Oh the Wonders Never Cease...
The wages: 40+ hour weeks. Husband working part-time and yet we struggle. I tried like many others at uni, and I hated it! I'm glad I left—glad to be away from that.
By Dawn Elizabeth8 years ago in Journal
Disability Rights and Working
I have been working from home since I moved elsewhere from where I used to live. I’ve heard it said that there used to be a work from home stigma attached but many in 2018 do work from home at a solid job. With my knee healing up, I can’t afford to work out of the house just yet. I might be able to tolerate a job I have to sit down at. But the nutritional supplement store is a standing up job. I would keep my shifts short starting out. I wrote in my last survey for my job training school that nobody wants to hire someone with multiple chronic illnesses or disability outright.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez8 years ago in Journal