Ricky Hatton

I worked as a coordinator for student professional development in an office called Center for Academic Service Learning and Research at Azusa Pacific University as a graduate assistant last year. I was in charge of assisting and mentoring eight student workers, planning for office events, and participating in end of semester evaluations. Service Learning creates opportunities for students to practice what they have learned in class and put into practice at the local communities where everyone…

About one year ago, I was a victim of discrimination at work. I was discriminated based on my age; I was 18 years old. It was my first day of work. I had left my retail job and was hired at a dental clinic. I was extremely excited to begin my training, yet so nervous to meet my new staff. I wanted to feel welcomed, so I was also a little nervous. I wanted to make a great first impression since I was starting with no experience. As I walked into the office, I received friendly smiles, however,…

I had the opportunity to attend a quarterly meeting at Clabber Girl Corporation. The meeting was split into two different times: one for the overnight crew and one for the day crew. The meeting involved everyone in the company, no matter the department they worked in. The meeting was held during lunch, which was a catered by the Clabber Girl Bake Shop. My first job assignment with Clabber Girl was to update and change a few of the power point slides that were going to be used in the Clabber…

Prompt #1 I work with this girl named Nicole; she is pretty, has really nice clothes, and is great at her job. When she first started working at my job, Elizabeth’s Pizza, I thought of her as the stereotypical rich white girl. She seemed kind of rude and like she could not care less about much besides partying, which she briefly spoke with me about after I tried to talk to her about personal aspects of her life to get to know her better. She would talk to me about one of our co-workers, who I…

Left Behind “Hurry up Abby” my mother said, “ you're going to be late for school” I rolled out of bed and started to get dressed.Now I enjoyed going to school not because I get to learn but don’t get me wrong I do but because I get to hang out with my friends.Now I was in the bathroom brushing my hair while my mom and brother were in the kitchen.Thats when I heard a door slam shut. “Mom,Oscar,” I said, “ are you guys still here?” No one replied and that’s when I realized I’ve been left.So…

We finally started our shadowing shifts this week. I had switched with a friend in the internship, so I had to wake up early on a Tuesday to start my first shadowing shift. We were not told who we will be shadowing, and so I had a pleasant surprise when I found out my first hour was with Mariko. I had not worked much with her in my first semester working for CELT. She taught me the basics of what a student technologist does at the Teaching Learning Lab. She showed me various things such as email…

It was said that desk duty could be the worst task an officer could endure and for officer Ethan Anderson, there was no exception. He disliked being stuck indoors when he could be out on the street helping or doing something useful, anything other than doing paperwork would have been great. However, as a rookie he had to pay his dues and right now, that meant shutting up and doing these uneventful jobs. From his desk, he looked up and glanced at the clock, to his dismay he had only been…

Assignment 3 Gemma is a young software developer, she just graduated college and has just landed her dream job at a hospital. In her spare time Gemma is also a blogger, the blog that she posts on is mostly geared towards other IT people. Gemma created this blog as a senior project with a couple other students and it just took off from there. What started off as project for points quickly turned into an everyday routine. Gemma has met many new friends and acquaintances which ended up leading…

I expected co-op to be a good experience and a good way to figure out what I would like to do in the future while getting more experience in the working world. I was right, for the little time I have been here it has really opened my eyes to the office environment, how comfy and close everybody in the community of an office can be and how everyone relies on each other so everybody is productive and trust each other. I also learned how to multitask and prioritize one task over the other. During…