Personal Narrative: My Goals After Graduation

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As a college student the big question is what are my plans upon graduation, specifically what occupation am I pursuing upon graduation. A occupation that I have found through my studies and experience thus far that interests me is a communications coordinator. The following paper will outline why I find this position so interesting including marketing, networking, and community involvement. The community involvement, specifically, appeals to goals I have for the future. Theses values appeeal to my urge to give back to my community and begin my own business venture in the future, these values will be elaborated on und quite interesting is the Communications Coordinator for Habitat for Humanity. I am going to explain what this job is about, how it is related to my life goals after graduation and discuss skills that I have. I interviewed someone who can help me understand important qualifications and characteristics for this type of position and how I am going to use the tools I learn to create a plan for getting the job that I want after graduation. The job that interests me The Communications Coordinator for Habitat for Humanity is a position that I happened to come across online during my job
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I always try to keep a positive attitude and I am understanding to almost all situations. I take time to consider all options for making a decision. I believe that this quality is another reason why I get along with most people and they feel like they can trust me. This is an important quality to have for making decisions because not considering all options is not always the best way to do so. It is also not useful for being so quick to judge someone for their decisions. Judging someone that is different from you is not an example keeping an open mind because sometimes the decisions they make work best for them regardless whether we agree or

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