This article interested me the most concerning resumes: http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/resumes/20070308-meehan.html. It deals with taking a year off of work to travel and how to explain that on a resume.
I personally love to travel, and I have explored this option when I leave college. My parents, however, would prefer another option, getting a job. Although I do want to be successful in business, I want to travel and enjoy my youth as well. I did not get an opportunity to study abroad during college (my sister did, and she still gloats today about her experience in Italy and France).
If I were to leave the country and do a tour de Europe, I would have to explain why I did not pursuit a job out of college. The article does a great job explaining how to answer this question, and how it may actually work to your advantage. If you want to travel overseas, you are a person who wants to learn, explore and experience new and exciting opportunities and cultures. Moreover, you are not the person who will sit in a cubicle and type constantly. Instead, traveling and discovering different cultures means you are creative, social and not afraid to take risks.
Although I do not think I will travel for a year out of college, I may decide to do so before I turn thirty. I am a person who enjoys traveling to different parts of the world to see and learn about different cultures. By going overseas, I feel I can enhance my overall performance in the workplace.
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Interviewing
This is the article I found most interesting.
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/interviewing/20060321-knight.html
During my spring semester Junior year, I interviewed at Norfolk Southern for a real estate internship in Atlanta, Georgia. About 100 of students were applying for various jobs at Norfolk Southern, and we were all assembled into a meeting room where we were debriefed about the agenda for the day. Part of the agenda was an "assessment" as the woman from human resources put it. This assessment consisted of three sections: analogies, problem solving, and a personality test.
The personality test contained 300 questions about how I react to certain situations, if I am a team player and if I am a type A or type B personality. While I was taking the test, it seemed as if every question was asked in a different way at least five times.
Although a personality test should provide an accurate representation, I did no answer every questions honestly. Instead, I gave the answer my potential bosses wanted to hear.
The writer of the article says that it is an excellent way of determining the type of person you are and how you handle stress. I looked at it as a way of giving the answers they want to hear. The interview should provide the best proof about your personality and your decision-making abilities, not a test.
http://www.careerjournal.com/jobhunting/interviewing/20060321-knight.html
During my spring semester Junior year, I interviewed at Norfolk Southern for a real estate internship in Atlanta, Georgia. About 100 of students were applying for various jobs at Norfolk Southern, and we were all assembled into a meeting room where we were debriefed about the agenda for the day. Part of the agenda was an "assessment" as the woman from human resources put it. This assessment consisted of three sections: analogies, problem solving, and a personality test.
The personality test contained 300 questions about how I react to certain situations, if I am a team player and if I am a type A or type B personality. While I was taking the test, it seemed as if every question was asked in a different way at least five times.
Although a personality test should provide an accurate representation, I did no answer every questions honestly. Instead, I gave the answer my potential bosses wanted to hear.
The writer of the article says that it is an excellent way of determining the type of person you are and how you handle stress. I looked at it as a way of giving the answers they want to hear. The interview should provide the best proof about your personality and your decision-making abilities, not a test.
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Where I see myself in 10 years
First off, I want to be happy with where I am. I understand that I have goals for my life, but as long as I feel like I am accomplishing these goals, I will be satisfied.
I want to be working in Atlanta in ten years. I know that it may not happen at first, but I am willing to work hard to be in Atlanta for the long term. I worked for Norfolk Southern last summer in Atlanta, and I plan on being with this company for a long time.
I plan on being married at age 31. Hopefully by that time, I will find the right woman in which to spend the rest of my life. I doubt I will have kids in ten years. Even though I do want kids eventually, I don't think I will be ready to have kids. I plan on being very financially stable before I have kids, and I think I will need a few more years of work and financial planning before I have kids.
Although these are goals as to where I see myself in ten years, I understand that life seems to pan out differently than first anticipated. Hopefully, I can take what life gives me and learn from the experience.
I want to be working in Atlanta in ten years. I know that it may not happen at first, but I am willing to work hard to be in Atlanta for the long term. I worked for Norfolk Southern last summer in Atlanta, and I plan on being with this company for a long time.
I plan on being married at age 31. Hopefully by that time, I will find the right woman in which to spend the rest of my life. I doubt I will have kids in ten years. Even though I do want kids eventually, I don't think I will be ready to have kids. I plan on being very financially stable before I have kids, and I think I will need a few more years of work and financial planning before I have kids.
Although these are goals as to where I see myself in ten years, I understand that life seems to pan out differently than first anticipated. Hopefully, I can take what life gives me and learn from the experience.
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Web 2.0 blog
The authors of the video brought to our attention several important points. First, it is not only what you post on the internet, but how you post it. When we read articles on-line, do we include pictures? Italics? Links to other websites? Everything we say on-line has no emotion attached to it. The audience has to put an emotion with the words, and in some cases, the emotion is wrong. Although the internet is making communication quicker and less formal, we still need to pay attention to the details and formalities of the English language.
Second, the authors of the video brought up something that I particularly enjoyed. They said that computers are not only teaching us about the world wide web; instead, they suggested humans are teaching computers as we continue to explore the new opportunities the Internet provides us. By taking a computer to a new website or search engine, it learns how to process new digital information. In return, we learn about new ideas, theories and web sites the computer provides us.
Second, the authors of the video brought up something that I particularly enjoyed. They said that computers are not only teaching us about the world wide web; instead, they suggested humans are teaching computers as we continue to explore the new opportunities the Internet provides us. By taking a computer to a new website or search engine, it learns how to process new digital information. In return, we learn about new ideas, theories and web sites the computer provides us.
Saturday, September 1, 2007
Business Writing Blog
Hey everyone! My name is Chris Jones, and I am a senior studying corporate finance. I studied Professional Golf Management before I switched into finance my second semester sophomore year.
For starters, I enjoy playing golf, throwing a frisbee, going out to eat and hanging out with friends on weekends. I personally love family time (after all, there is no time like it). I am a Clemson football fanatic, and I am pumped about Monday's game against FSU! Hopefully, Davis and Spiller can run over the FSU defense just as we did last year.
As for my personality, I am a shy, quiet and reserved person at first. Once you get to know me, I tend to be much more outgoing and more likely to take risks. I smile and laugh way too much - I find humor in everyday situations.
That is a basic overview of who I am. Hopefully, you can learn more about me as the semester goes along.
For starters, I enjoy playing golf, throwing a frisbee, going out to eat and hanging out with friends on weekends. I personally love family time (after all, there is no time like it). I am a Clemson football fanatic, and I am pumped about Monday's game against FSU! Hopefully, Davis and Spiller can run over the FSU defense just as we did last year.
As for my personality, I am a shy, quiet and reserved person at first. Once you get to know me, I tend to be much more outgoing and more likely to take risks. I smile and laugh way too much - I find humor in everyday situations.
That is a basic overview of who I am. Hopefully, you can learn more about me as the semester goes along.
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