Academic degree

5. Career journey, age 26-56 At 26 years old, Singapore Institute of Personnel Management decided to commercialise and set up their own business. Mdm Mak was asked to join them as she had experience in their administrative work and she agreed. I believe that it was a wise and critical decision, as she had interest in HR and pursuing it would be beneficial to her career in the long run. Mitchell et al, (1999); Krumboltz & Levin, (2004) theory on happenstance supports this view and suggests that…

it is to study, stay on top of deadlines, and especially budgeting your money. I worked with a majority of these people at a restaurant before I left for college. I pondered the question of, what are you doing working for $11 an hour with a college degree? These people seemed to wander through their college years, and there is nothing wrong with that. However, for me, I want to sprint into my career, and I believe that is where it is heading. Ultimately, how you navigate yourself through your…

Approximately 20 million students are projected to attend college each year. During college, the most influential aspects are the professors. Goodbye, Mr. Chips written by James Hilton was published in 1935 by arrangement with Little, Brown and Company, Inc in association with The Atlantic Monthly Press. While reading Goodbye, Mr. Chips, I realized all of the hardships and achievements that are seen within a professor. Professors are not only there to teach, but they are also there to make a…

Paying for a college education is the greatest obstacle when trying to achieve the American Dream. Everyone has the same aspirations to be successful by obtaining the American Dream, however, in "Jorge The Church Janitor Finally Quits" shows how one man struggles because he doesn't have a college education, he's an immigrant, and he has a low paying job. The attainability of the American Dream is low because the price of building houses was expensive and more people are renting than buying…

There was always a simple dream, and hope that made twinges of excitement flow through my veins, the dream was to own my first car. The waiting was unbelievable, I could not imagine the day my dreams would come to pass, yet I think of it daily. Nothing would have convinced me to go apart from acquiring my first car. once I had it, I could have an opportunity to do what I love most, especially going on sightseeing at my own convenient time, and many exciting places I have heard and read from…

Abstract Nelson Mandela once quoted, “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Acquiring is a job is primary purpose and focus of every student after graduation. Today students are lured or forced in their early years to choose an education specialty that will help them acquire skills required to find a successful career in that very field. The job market changes in seasons are exposing graduates to a greater risk, since the skills may not keep them…

My personal narrative essay is about my transfer from Bible Baptist to Savannah Christian and my feelings towards the process of transferring and the first day at Savannah Christian. Overall the transfer was better than I presumed it would be because I sustained a better education than I did at Bible Baptist. The transfer taught me that sometimes change is for the greater good. If I had the ability to go back in time and tell my future self-something about this situation it would be not to be…

birth name was Elizabeth, but she has always been called “Blue” ("Blue Balliett: Author Of: Hold Fast, The Danger Box, The Calder Game, The Wright 3, Chasing Vermeer, and Nantucket Ghosts."). She graduated from Brown University with an art history degree,…

The Swiss Science Center Technorama is a hands-on science museum in Zurich, Switzerland, which aims to give individuals the environment and tools necessary to learn more about science phenomena. With its 120 employees and over 500 exhibits, Technorama hosts over 280,000 visitors a year, 60,000 of which are school children; its expansive, 7,000 square meter facility attracts people from across Europe with its unique exhibits. The vision of the Swiss Science Center, Technorama is to give people…

students have been managing to support themselves. In addition, the college should also consider better promoting on-campus jobs to graduate students or perhaps even providing small stipends to graduate students who are willing to oversee different academic clubs and organizations that relate to either their undergraduate or graduate…