Soooo guys, this is our last blog! :(
With that being said, we must not lose focus. Let's push even harder for this last blog, for it is as its pretty important step in your life. This week we will talk about, Professional Opportunities and Job Skills.
First off, what exactly are Professional Opportunities? It is a opening for hire in a certified job. How do you find the perfect job to suit you? Through research of course. If you don’t already know your career, try researching your interests with your education and see what type of careers comes up. Professional work can put ads in papers or even online, signs in doors, and even have commercials looking for specific personnel to hire.
Next, what are Job skills? They are attributes that are needed for specific jobs. One acquires these skills through experience and these make you valuable and beneficial to employers. These particular abilities allow companies to know what you are good at, to make sure you are well suited for their specific job opportunity. It's expected for a specific career to have a specific expertise. For example, a taxi driver needs to know how to drive a car and a chef needs to know how to cook and bake. With all this being said, what type of skills do you offer? Let's leave this last blog with a "Big Bang" by posting your excellent answers to the questions below.
1. Describe how you have used interdisciplinary in your professional life?
2. Describe what are your strongest and weakest job skills?
3. How can you improve your week skills?
4. Reflecting on your academic journey how has your career goals altered?
5. Share two professional clubs or organizations that you a part of that are useful to your career. If you are not a part of two clubs or organizations, research for two that pertain to you. List them as well as the requirements to join.
6. How has an internship or externship developed your professional career? If you have not experienced this then how do you think it would?
***As always, do not forget to sign your name on your posting to ensure you of your much deserved credit. In addition, be sure to post on time so that we can include you in a final blog response, plus it's good to post on time to make certain no late penalties will be given.
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My strongest job skills are public speaking. I was once told that great speakers get that way not by practice but by studying other great speakers. The oratory skills of public figures such as President John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. are example of great speakers that I enjoy watching and studying. These individuals were not born with the ability to persuade or inspire. I believe what made them good was their desire to study and learn basic communication skills. I want to increase my skills, develop my ability to persuade, and improve my speaking voice to become a memorable speaker. My weakest skill is anything related to numbers. Don’t ask me to do anything without a calculator because chances are it will be wrong! Sorry, not gonna “do the math”! OK…I should have known you would ask me how I can improve my weak skills! Since I’ve taken all the required classes to fill the math requirements for my degree program I felt that was an improvement process itself! I did improve my math skills while I was taking the classes but my brain is not wired for numbers and I seem to lose everything after the class is over (sometimes before the final exam). I know I should practice but I don’t, I won’t, and you can’t make me practice!
ReplyDeleteLinda Diggs
My career goals weren’t altered by my academic journey, my academic journey is strictly for personal satisfaction. I did not have the opportunity to go to college after high school and I decide to join the Air Force. I had a productive and adventurous career that that spanned 22.5 years, 3 continents, two children and one husband. My academic journey is altering my life and my life is my academic journey. What else can I say…
ReplyDeleteLinda DIggs
Describe how you have used interdisciplinary in your professional life?
ReplyDeleteFor me, this has a lot to do with my internship. I work regularly at a school for children with autism which focuses on behavior analysis. This means, that the students are being observed on the relationship between their behavior and their environment. The methods of Applied Behavior Analysis can be used to change that behavior. I use the information I have gained from my special education classes, sign language and behavioral psychology to work with these children. All of them are not necessary to be able to work with these children but it is very helpful to be educated in each.
-Carly Frost
Reflecting on your academic journey how has your career goals altered?
ReplyDeleteWell, for starters, I'm one of the ones who changed their major every year :-) I just found more interests down the road during school that I could make into a career. What's better than turning a passion into a paid career? I'm certain nothing. Once I found more classes that I became interested in(a lot of it having to do with my own reading outside of school of things I found interesting), I would tweak my major and figure out which classes I could take that would interest me. I know that this is why Interdisciplinary Studies was such a perfect fit for what I wanted to be able to do.
-Carly Frost
How has an internship or externship developed your professional career? If you have not experienced this then how do you think it would?
ReplyDeleteMy internship with the school for children with autism has greatly developed my professional career. I think if nothing else, I've gotten my "foot in the door" with ABA schools and it has given me the experience to move forward to a teaching position. UCF does not require me to have an internship with the Interdisciplinary Studies major but I definitely think it is important. Not only for making sure it's something that you really want to do with the rest of your life but also because it gives you a lead because you've had the experience necessary to continue on with your career goals.
-Carly Frost
1. Describe how you have used interdisciplinary in your professional life?
ReplyDeleteEvery job I've had has required working with and for people. Communication is crucial and I'm proud to be a very effective communicator and hope that by studying social sciences, I can strengthen that skill. When problems arise, thinking analytically speeds of the problem-solving process. Being able to speak and write effectively has allowed me to hold positions of leadership in the workplace.
2. Describe what are your strongest and weakest job skills?
My strongest job skill would be working with people. Being a people-person is not something everyone can attest. There's a whole range of jobs for the social extrovert that the prefers-to-work-alone introvert would abhor (and vice versa). These jobs often involve advising, instructing, or promoting; all verbs that I would love to partake in. Little people, children, are my favorite people to work with because they remind me how simple life can be. it really does take the 'work' out of the job. I think my weakest job skill, like Linda, is anything involving mathematics, but this has not effected me so far. There's always a computer, or a calculator, or a phone. You could call it dependency. I like to think I'm using my resources.
Hope Diehl
3. How can you improve your week (funny typo) skills?
ReplyDeleteI could re-wire my brain. J/k. But really, numbers overwhelm me when I'm in charge of computing them. Thankfully, I never have that responsibility. Excel does. And we work great together! I do wish I was more of a morning person. I'm never late physically but I find that my mind lags behind my body in the morning. I don't drink coffee so if anyone has a hyper-herbal concoction to reccommend, shout it out. Going to bed early doesn't seem to help.
4. Reflecting on your academic journey how has your career goals altered?
My career goals are constantly changing and laughing in my face! The way I view this fact has changed as well. Each track I start to take or interest I pick up, gives me new knowlege about that career and subject. It also helps me to learn about myself; my likes and dislikes, to help me prepare for finding that ideal job for me.
Hope Diehl
5. Share two professional clubs or organizations that you a part of that are useful to your career. If you are not a part of two clubs or organizations, research for two that pertain to you. List them as well as the requirements to join.
ReplyDeleteI'm a part of Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. FRID offers state screening of sign language interpretation in Florida and provides a full registry of members of the profession. If an agency is looking to hire, or a business needs an interpreter for an event, they are likely to search this database for interpreters in their area. This only applies to Florida companies though. Each state has their own screening and they do not transfer. Because your test levels are added to your public info, this registry also serves as encouragement to gaining certification.
Another one I should be a member of, but as of yet am not, is the national Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. RID works in the same manner of FRID, however, offers actual evaluation testing, as opposed to screening, and is nation-wide. RID certification allows you to work freely across the states and is highly respected.
Both have different types of membership that are available to the public with annual fees, but certain memberships are for active and certified members only.
6. How has an internship or externship developed your professional career? If you have not experienced this then how do you think it would?
Working as a mentee volunteer under the supervision of professional interpreters and Deaf advisors has not only given me insight into the profession, but allowed me to target my weaknesses head-on and see the linguistic nuances across the interpreter spectrum.
Hope Diehl
I haven’t had the opportunity for an internship yet. If I am required to take an internship as part of completing my degree, then I will willingly participate in an internship. At this point, I feel that an internship is beneficial to those seeking employment. Since I do not plan on returning to the workforce, I’d rather have the internship go to a student that actually needs the opportunity. I don’t want to take the opportunity away from someone that really needs the internship as a stepping stone to future employment.
ReplyDeleteLinda Diggs
1. Describe how you have used interdisciplinary in your professional life?
ReplyDeleteMy professional life requires interdisciplinary every single day. As a member of the Education and Conservation department, I have to include aspects of (you guessed it...) Education, as well as Animal Husbandry, Child Care, and Biology. And let's not forget people skills... You should hear some of these tourists! Whew!
-Callie Gaines
2. Describe what are your strongest and weakest job skills?
ReplyDeleteMy strengths are definitely my organization, responsibility, and my self-directed/motivated work ethic. I also make it a point to have a positive attitude at all times during the work day... You never know who you're going to meet!
My weakness would most definitely be my patience level. Though I'm able to maintain a happy face, and I don't let my bad moods show, I tend to have a pretty short fuse with certain circumstances at work. I do actively try to let it slide off my shoulders though... sometimes to no avail.
-Callie Gaines
3. How can you improve your weak skills?
ReplyDeleteI can try to remember that a lot of the things that make me lose patience are things that the person doesn't mean to do. For example, being asked the same question about an area that I do not work in over and over gets old very quickly. However, these guests don't know that I don't work in that area. For all they know, everyone at the park has access to and works in all the areas of the park.
-Callie Gaines
4. Reflecting on your academic journey how has your career goals altered?
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to work with animals, so for the most part, they've stayed the same. I have yo-yoed from teaching to animal care to teaching again though. And to be honest, I still have that same internal battle on a daily basis. Only time will tell which one will rule out...
-Callie Gaines
5. Share two professional clubs or organizations that you a part of that are useful to your career. If you are not a part of two clubs or organizations, research for two that pertain to you. List them as well as the requirements to join.
ReplyDeleteSea World has definitely been the most important and influential organization that I have been a part of. There, I have not only gained great animal experience, but I've also been working for an AZA accredited facility, whiled gaining insight from others who have so much to offer.
The other organization that has been useful to my career is the Hands On Wildlife Safari internship I did last summer. I got to learn what it's like to work in a non-AZA accredited zoo, as well as get experience that I would have probably never have gotten at another facility.
-Callie Gaines
6. How has an internship or externship developed your professional career? If you have not experienced this then how do you think it would?
ReplyDeleteIt has given me the opportunity to briefly see other aspects of the animal world; whether it's in research (from my whale watching internship), or from working at a smaller zoo (Hands On Wildlife Safari).I feel that without these internships, I would have been somewhat close minded on the other areas of animal related work. I now have insight that I could have never imagined. :)
-Callie Gaines
Describe how you have used Interdisciplinary in your professional life?
ReplyDeleteI use my communication skills every day whether it’s at work or on the phone or at a local restaurant or even at the grocery store. I feel communication is a big part of making it in this world. It always shocks me that when your extra polite or nice to someone and just go out of your way a little, they end up “turning a frown upside down”. And they might even return a smile back. It always makes my day when that happens I network everywhere I go, whether it’s for work now or for possible connections later on in my career. You never know who might get you to the next step you are trying to get to. So between my business and communication areas of study, I use them pretty much every day. As far as my other area public health, I don’t use it much as of now. I do however take the information and let people I am networking with, know I am familiar with the public health system. That will hopefully open doors for me and give me the right contacts to get the job I want in a pharmaceutical sales position.
Christina Hope
Describe what are your strongest and weakest job skills? & How can you improve your weak skills?
ReplyDeleteMy strongest job skills are meeting new people. I enjoy talking with people and when put in just about any situation, I can get along and have a good conversation whether I really like talking to them or not. It happens a lot in life. There are always going to be people you don’t necessarily like talking to, but if you don’t then you are considered rude or snobby. I come across this situation a lot with my boyfriends friends. A lot of his friends ride dirt bikes and most of their girlfriends do as well. So when we all get together, all they talk about is racing. Ugh, so not my thing when trying to relax and have girl talk. I already hear it enough with my boyfriend. lol But I take the situation and turn it into a positive conversation and eventually find something we have in common. It just takes a little more work on some people than it does on others. I always like the challenge.
My weakest job skills are public speaking. Although I love to talk and am not shy, I freeze up whenever I am put on the spot. I don’t know why I stress out about this so much, but it is something I really need to overcome to be successful in my career. Even at my grandparents 50th wedding anniversary, I had to give up and give a small speech to them and everyone else in the room, which is all practically family if not all. I was sweating and my ears turned red and I was just shaky. If I can’t even speak in front of people that love me, this is a big problem that I am working on overcoming. Since I my minor is in communication, I have to overcome my fears and just get over it. I am going to take a few classes next semester to help improve this area so that I don’t get myself in a great job and then they realize can’t get the job done in meetings or luncheons. I know it takes practice, so if practicing in front of a mirror helps then that is what I will do.
Christina Hope
Reflecting on your academic journey, how has your career goals altered?
ReplyDeleteWhen I first began college, I was going just to please my family. I was just going through the motions and didn’t really know why I was even in college and had no idea what I wanted to do, as most students do at the age of 18. I know I wanted to at least finish my two year degree, so I did. I then took four years off from school and just worked. I forgot about school for awhile and kind of decided I didn’t want to do school and that I needed to just work. About two years ago, I decided I wanted to finish school and that I had some ideas and found some interests in pursuing as a career. I think as I got older, I got smarter for sure. I changed my major three times when I got to UCF until I found IDS program.lol It was the perfect fit for me and for what I wanted to accomplish. My journey has drastically changed and I am really excited to be going in what I feel is the right direction. It is comforting to have a general idea of what that direction might be and not be so confused as I was at first when I began college.
Christina Hope
Share two professional clubs or organizations that you are a part of, that are useful to your career. If you are not a part of two clubs or organizations, research two that pertain to you. List them as well as the requirements to join.
ReplyDelete1) Indeed, one search. all jobs. - There are no requirements to join this association. They give you two options to make it simple and easy compared to lots of others sites, where you have to fill out a significant amount of information to find the job you are searching for. It allows you to search online job listings, newspapers and other job boards. It allows you to research your potential salary and forums to allow you to connect with others with the same job interests.
2) Career Builder- I recently became a part of Career Builder and it has been a helpful organization to narrow down a specific job in a specific area with specific requirements. It will show job recommendations, lets you ask questions and get advice. It allows you to post your resume and get feedback for different positions. It is an important tool that I will be using from here on out when I am job searching and have any questions in regards to interviews, resumes or just any question at all.
Christina Hope
How has your internship or externship developed your professional career? If you have not experienced this then how do you think it would?
ReplyDeleteI think doing an internship would be an excellent way to get more experience and help my career get started sooner because of the knowledge I will gain on the way. Since I want to be a Pharmaceutical Representative, I would like to shadow a Doctor or get the opportunity to work in a doctor’s office. By doing that, I will get more familiar with the everyday information, abbreviations, charts, etc. before I even finish school. I would like to get an internship next fall to get the experience and knowledge to be a few steps ahead and have some experience behind me before I graduate.
Christina Hope
Unfortunately, I have had little opportunity to implement interdisciplinary skills in my professional life. I acquired my current professional goals only recently and, thus, have not had the chance to begin any sort of professional life outside of my academic work. I intend on becoming a research academician in the fields of philosophy and neuroscience (cognitive science), an intellectual sphere which is inherently interdisciplinary. In this relatively new and rapidly transforming area, one is forced to reason beyond disciplinary limits to create new and meaningful insight.
ReplyDeleteKyle Larimer
My strongest job skills are resourcefulness, a dedicated work-ethic, and the ability to logically dissect and handle problems. My weakest job skill is probably my ineptitude in initiating and sustaining general "small talk." I can improve upon this weakness by putting myself in a greater variety of social situations, and learning through a process of trial and error, and through observation, the right and wrong ways to capture and maintain a general acquaintance's interest.
ReplyDeleteKyle Larimer
I began my academic journey with the goal of working in a recording studio (music), or other area in sound. At the crux of my academic career, I was on the verge of abandoning formal education to become a touring musician; however, after redefining what I really wanted from life, I began an intense year of exploring interests ranging from astro-/theoretical physics to mechanical engineering. At the time, I was beginning to read philosophical works and happened to be taking an ethics course. This was the point where I decided to declare a philosophy major.
ReplyDeleteAs a student of philosophy, one's job prospects are severely limited, that is, if you wish to stay within the discipline. One can either: (1) become a professor of philosophy; or (2) become a professor of philosophy. I decided I would aspire to become a professor of philosophy. While my specific interests have evolved somewhat, I still intend on becoming an academic researcher.
As for clubs and organizations, a great place for aspiring/current academics is "academia.edu". It is more or less a social networking platform for the world of academia where one can create a page linked to their faculty, explore job postings, and keep up with research in their fields of interest by following the work of others and generating a news feed with postings of articles from peer-reviewed journals.
My professional career revolves around research; therefore, an "internship" (undergrad research opportunity) will be instrumental in developing a professional life after UCF. This opportunity will provide a basic understanding of group research, while allowing me to showcase my skills as an individual.
Kyle Larimer
I incorporate interdisciplinarity everyday of my professional life. Working in such close proximity with people, it is of dire importance that communication on my end is sufficient. I pride myself in being great at being able to communicate with my customers and understand their needs in order to deliver exceptional customer service. Not only do I incorporate communication skills into my professional life, but I must also use the tactics that I have been taught over the years in order to deliver and drive results for my company. These two skills, although very different, work hand in hand ensuring a constructive professional life.
ReplyDeleteShawnee Bailey
My strongest job skill is the mindset that I hold that requires me to put my best foot forward in every task or project I pursue. I get things done, on time, and exceptionally. I do not believe in engaging in something that I won’t dedicate myself entirely to, and therefore anything that I do get my best effort. My weakest strength is being able to delegate certain projects to my employees. Often times, when I’m pressed for time and could use an extra help, I find it very difficult to delegate certain tasks because I know if I complete it, it’ll be done correctly. Many times I’ve had to delegate projects to employees and in the end had to completely re-do the work because it was done improperly, rushed through, and the employee didn’t take the time to ask for help when they needed it. Because of that, I try to avoid delegating work.
ReplyDeleteI can improve my weak skills by ensuring that employees fully understand what to do and encourage them more to ask questions if they need help.
Shawnee Bailey
My career goals haven’t altered much as a result of my academic journey. I have always been very career focused and knew I wanted a career where I’d be happy, successful, and helping people. One in which I’d be able to serve my community and make a difference as much as humanly possible. I’ve always wanted to pursue a career in the medical industry, and that is still the career path I intend on pursuing.
ReplyDeleteShawnee Bailey
I am a member of the Pre Professional Medical Society, who’s to foster the growth of pre-professional students at UCF through community service opportunities, academic resources, and interaction with other pre-professional students and professionals in the community. Being a member of this organization give me a great deal of exposure to the medical world as well as a great opportunity to network. I am also a member of Gamma Sigma Sigma National Service Sorority. Being a member of this organization helps me build interpersonal community relations that will later help me in my career.
ReplyDeleteAn internship would be a great supplement to help build my professional career. It would give me that one on one exposure to the field that could not be earned any other way. Internships would also be a great way for me to network and meet people in my field.
Shawnee Bailey
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ReplyDeleteI hope you have had a great semester and learned a little about yourself and your peers. It was a wonderful experience getting to know you and wish nothing but the best in all your future endeavors. Good luck to those that are taking Capstone next semester and in the future. A word of advice, keep everything, you will use it!
ReplyDeleteAgain, good luck!
Kevin Edmondson