Job Corps

contemplating the different facets of occupation and the world of work, it is conceivable that one may overlook the significance of a person’s attitude on how a job is done or handled. This therefore, poses an interesting question, which is, in what way does a person’s attitude influence their working life? How can someone’s attitude towards their job have an impact on it, and in turn, on themselves? As defined by Merriam-Webster Dictionary, attitude is “a mental position or feeling/emotion with…

When entering adulthood, one has to find a job to feed his/her own life or his/her family, but finding an optimal job is not an easy task to accomplish. An optimal job is a job that has the longest “Stability” in your entire career. However, based on each individual choice, job stability will vary from time to time and from people to people. It can be age, or purposes, or expectations that can lead to this variation. First, in the work force of every country around the world, there is a…

mentioned that it is not the actual consequences of the acts performed within a job itself. In the job performance criteria, Capko (2003) suggested job knowledge and skills, quality of work, quantity of work, work habits, and attitude should be included on a performance evaluation of staffs. On the other hand, evaluation in management positions Capko (2003) suggested that it should assess more than just the essential job performance areas mentioned above. They should also assess the employee’s…

place of work, working to the best of your ability, wanting to improve your work efficiency and gain a higher position in your job. A person’s work philosophy can also change based on whether you find your work pleasing and if it fills your sense of purpose. Any philosophy of work only comes easy when you have a satisfying job that you enjoy. It’s not easy to quit a job that is unfulfilling and that is where Roman Krznaric’s article, “Six Ways to Stop Worrying…

I had a tough time thinking of a double bind I myself have been in on the spot. I’m sure at one time or another I have been in a double bind in my life a nearly everyone has. The closest I could think of I myself potentially putting someone else in a double bind as of recently. I have a particular coworker who I am not very fond of for a multitude of reasons a main one being that he talk incessantly and most often regarding her negative opinions on other coworkers. Although I’m nice to her and…

The Peace Corps Many people may not know what the Peace Corps is but in this paper i’m going to tell you. The Peace Corps is a movement were U.S citizens go all around the world to help people in need. The volunteers are going all around the world to help build houses for the homeless, feed the hungry, help people get jobs,(ext). How did the Peace Corps get started? When the Peace Corps was made in the USA it was started by John F. Kennedy on March 1, 1961. Some other people that helped come…

The work I am going to be focusing on for this cognitive biography is work within my own job. I work as a cashier in one store of a family-owned video store, Family Video. Businesses in the movie rental industry are becoming few and far between due to options such as Redbox, Netflix and on-demand movie streaming. When asked how Family Video continues to stay open and do well, employees are supposed to respond with the Family Video mission statement, “Family Video’s mission is to be our…

Don Delillo, the author of White Noise, wrote an incredible story about the invention of plots, and explains how naming things correlates with the idea of certainty and uncertainty. He does this through the main character of the novel, Jack Gladney, along with other characters that are in Jack’s life, such as his friend and co- worker, Murray Jay Siskind, a neuroscientist and another co-worker, Winnie Richards, and the creator of Dylar, Willie Minks. White Noise teaches us that naming things are…

surprisingly brief interactions. I was interested in how the speakers interacted with customers and clients, how they dealt with management in the workplace, managing personal life and work life, general responsibilities on the job, and arguably the most important – landing a job that they enjoy. Dealing with customers was always something I personally felt would be the most difficult part of the IT process. Brady telling the class that “for the most part clients are pretty chill, if you are…

the issue of job dissatisfaction mainly on the federal government level. Many job seekers are drawn to the federal work force due to most a lot of attractive offer that might be presented to be by the recruiter, but will later learn that the grass isn’t greener on the other side. Problem It’s a well-known fact, how competitive, long process it is to land a job with the federal government; especially jobs that requires high level of security clearance. This problem and high level of job…