...The success I have had in my life is strictly do to my work ethic. In school, I push myself to my full potential by being involved in a multitude of extracurricular activities and maintaining a high quality gpa. This lead me to be in the top 6 percent of my class while maintaining a 4.0 grade average through all four years of high school. I continued to develop my work ethic through my first semester here at Iowa State, which placed me onto the Dean’s List. Outside of school I have demonstrated my hard work ethic by obtaining my Eagle Scout Rank and being involved in Boy Scouts. To go above and beyond, I furthered my involvement within the community by volunteering for Meals From the Heartland, the ARL organization, and conducting service...
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...My service to the community at the Douglas County Library changed some personality defining values of mine such as my perspective on work ethic. My expectations of the volunteering experience changed dramatically as I continued to work. The experiences I had under the authority of Andrea Spark were often times boring, but they taught me valuable information. I learned more about independence through my obligation to self-schedule and self-motivate without an overbearing authority guiding me onward, improved my work ethic, especially for mundane tasks, and learned that even seemingly insignificant activities can be helpful to the community. An expectation I had was that there would be a lot of supervision. Not to say that the volunteer coordinator, Andrea Spronk, did not lead us, but, rather, she gave us personal space and independence. I did not expect as much lack of external moderation as there was. As a volunteer, I just had to do the work in isolation and then write down my hours for the day, having no extended contact with the established order of the library. This gift of independence reflects adult life. The actual...
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...have had some form of work ethic, or drive to earn my own money. My mom tells stories of when I was nine I would walk around family parties taking orders for drinks, or food. I would then deliver said food or drink, and request cash for tips to buy toys. When I was thirteen I took the typical job as a local babysitter. In high school I bussed or waited tables at a local restaurant, while working also as a lifeguard at the YMCA. My paychecks would go towards anything I wanted, never really saving for the future much to my mothers disdain. However she was always proud of my continuous work ethic, I always had a job. When I became a life guard is when I realized I loved helping people as well as the thrill of saving...
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...Over the past few years I have been involved in many different community events and functions that I do not actually have a specific number, there are too many to count. Now knowing that and knowing who I am are two very different options. Many would say I’m hard working, dedicated, willing and confident. I would say I’m lucky. I did not earn my work ethic or my family. I was fortunate to inherit it and be adopted by an incredible family. Both have taught me to respect who I am, so in turn I could respect others and their differences. Using that as motivation, I try my best to apply myself into as much as I can so then I would not miss out on any opportunities. I come from a small town community where we may not have the most amounts of choices...
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...My work ethic varied throughout the semester. I read every instruction that was given and I fully understood them. The one time that I used the dropbox I turned in the assignment on time. Also I did make sure to put them into the correct dropbox. However, as the semester went on I procrastinated more and more. My time management went out the window in not only this class, but a few of my other ones as well. I did attempt every assignment we were given. There was one assignment that I wanted to turn in, but I was too late. It was the journal from the first day of school. I was not in the class at the time it was assigned and I heard that it had not been collected, so I delayed in doing it because I assumed it was not going to be collected at all. Still, once I did get it done it was no longer being accepted. My time management really was my downfall and...
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...A New Work Ethic 1 Running head: A NEW WORK ETHIC A New Work Ethic Business Ethics January 24, 2011 A New Work Ethic 2 As I read the case study “A New Work Ethic,” I began to noticed strong similarities of my own experiences and the work environment explored by the human resource manager James Sheehy. What he had uncovered happened to be very shocking. He described this new generation of workers as having a frightening new work ethic with no regards to superiority. Sheehy states they display contempt for customers, indifference to quality and service, unrealistic expectations about the world of work, and have a get-away-with-what-you-can attitude. His investigation on the matter reminds me of a group of colleagues at a previous work environment of my own. This certain group of colleagues had a work ethic like no other that I had seen before. Their work habits displayed pure laziness and self absorbed behaviors which weighed heavily on company production as well as company time. Their bad habits not only put a burden on the company’s pocket book, but easily influenced new employees to do the same and angered the ones willing to put forth the effort. The implications of the Sheehy’s work ethic study describes a grim outcome for the future of American businesses. Much of America’s younger generation lack the initiative and strong work ethics of their older predecessors. The young people...
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...Describe how typical the attitudes that Sheehy reports appear to be in work environments you have experienced. Sheehy’s reports on the attitudes of his fellow employees, is very typical of young adults today it seems. When Sheehy reported a whole generation of workers with a frightening new work ethic of contempt for customers, indifference to quality and service, and a get-away-with-what-you-can attitude depicts how the work ethics of our youth is today. (Shaw, 2010) It is very apparent when you go to fast food chains, department clothing stores, and sometimes in the grocery store. I have not experienced this type of behavior in my own work environments personally. I have been fortunate not to work in the medical field and insurance most of my professional career and have not seen these types of attitudes or behavior described by Sheehy. The generation I have worked with has usually been older than me. However, I have seen these types of attitudes in my day to day life when I go to fast food restaurants or go shopping in stores at the malls. The sales associates who are young high school or college students don’t show any type of professional work ethics in certain stores. They don’t greet you or ask if you need help in some department stores I have been to. 2. Explain the implications of the work ethic Sheehy describes for the future of American business. The implication of the Sheehy’s work ethic case describes a non- ethical and grim outcome for the future of American...
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...Personal Ethics Development Paper PHL / 323 Ethics In Management 12/13/2014 Personal ethics are extremely important in business decisions, life and any other endeavors. Personal ethics are a set of attributes, morals or skills one possesses throughout his/her lifetime, and they are needed in the workforce and your personal learning process. Personal ethics are the things I’ve learned from my parents, my grandparents, and siblings as I grew up. My mother always tells me to treat others, the one I want to be treated, and as I grew up I understand more and more the values of that phrase. According to our class notes at University of Phoenix our personal ethics need to be in harmony with the ethics of our organization, meaning the guidelines of the organization ethics. Its Vision, Mission statement, Values, Goals, and Code of Ethics those guidelines need to be respected and followed. And here at the UOP it is recommended that your personal ethics come in harmony with the University’s Ethics. My plan and goal is upheld the University’s vision, mission statement and respect it’s code of ethics. In the process of doing so, I will follow and control the following: • Personal conduct • Personal commitments • Time management • Self-direction • Values • Critical thinking • Respect for others/diversity With online courses your personal conduct and commitment have to be intact. Online classes required a different type of...
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...success. My decision to return now at this time of my life., changing old studying and work habits., and Transitioning from Battlefield to classroom., are my set of challenging obstacles. Each of these challenges plays a major role in my road to a college degree. Failure to overcome these obstacles will only make the whole experience that more challenging and pain full, and with the pressure of returning now, pain full isn’t what I need. First, my decision to return now at this time of my life sets out a challenge. It has been five years since I’ve stepped into a classroom and from what I last remember I wasn’t very good at it back then. The average college freshmen ranges usually from 18-19 years of age, I am 25 returning to college. At my age I have more responsibilities, I’m married, I have a family to support, and a full-time occupation to attend. Unlike the average college student who balances partying and studying, I Balance 40 hours of work per week, a wife at home and the pursuit to maintaining passing grades in college courses. My responsibilities have their share of weight on my chest, but they also motivate me more to not accept failure. Additionally, changing old studying and work habits is imperative to my success. I remember from my grade school days procrastination poor work habits and lack of effort were the contributing factors to many failed classes and incomplete assignments. Of course back then I didn’t care for putting work ethic and work effort into...
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...A New Work Ethic A New Work Ethic 1 Running head: A NEW WORK ETHIC A New Work Ethic Business Ethics January 24, 2011 A New Work Ethic 2 As I read the case study “A New Work Ethic,” I began to noticed strong similarities of my own experiences and the work environment explored by the human resource manager James Sheehy. What he had uncovered happened to be very shocking. He described this new generation of workers as having a frightening new work ethic with no regards to superiority. Sheehy states they display contempt for customers, indifference to quality and service, unrealistic expectations about the world of work, and have a get-away-with-what-you-can attitude. His investigation on the matter reminds me of a group of colleagues at a previous work environment of my own. This certain group of colleagues had a work ethic like no other that I had seen before. Their work habits displayed pure laziness and self absorbed behaviors which weighed heavily on company production as well as company time. Their bad habits not only put a burden on the company’s pocket book, but easily influenced new employees to do the same and angered the ones willing to put forth the effort. The implications of the Sheehy’s work ethic study describes a grim outcome for the future of American businesses. Much of America’s younger generation lack the initiative and strong work ethics of their older predecessors...
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...My Career Plan building activity: Reasoning Aptitude Delores Wallace MGT/521 August 26, 2013 Jacob Nichols My Career Plan building activity: Reasoning Aptitude My career plan building activity: Reasoning Aptitude has really shown much about my ability to successfully follow directions from others without the challenging authority, in the past I always had a problem with taking orders from anyone; following policies and procedures, arrives on time for work and meeting; this ability demonstrates my commitment to the organization, also using my skills to allow me to demonstrate my work ethic. Knowing this information allows me to get a wide range of knowledge and information from others on my team, it allows me to learn different aspects of a business while allowing me to get to know others and establish a friendship. This career plan activity really makes a big difference since knowing I usually do not like working with teams, in the past I have had very bad experiences with teams. However, since I have been working with my team, I now have a totally different aspect on the situation, the team members that I currently work with are very knowledgeable and they give ideas on how we can best get out projects done, so far it has worked out really well for Team A. Based on my own team work style, I can apply my own opinion to the topic, which will allow my team members to know that the facts that I have presented are true and up to date, and based what I have experienced...
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...lee cooper ------------------------------------------------- Detroit, Michigan ------------------------------------------------- To obtain a Position to strengthen my work ethic skills, experiences and learn responsibility as a young independent adult. Skills Communtication * Can transfer messages from sender to receiver well * Provide professional and friendly assistance * Make eye contact, speak well, and show appropriate body language Organization * Ablity to handle cash and credit card transactions * Efficient at meeting deadlines * Planning assignments ahead of time and have it done when expected Customer Service * Efficient at providing the desires of a customer * Dealt with skill for 2 years * Worked diligently to reach customer daily goals Work Experience KFC- Dearborn, MI April2011-present * Team member * Maintained inventory of supplies * Reached team daily goals Education * Western International HS graduated 6/6/13 * Currently attending Wayne county community college district to retrieve associate degree Elza Harris 12834 Rutland Street Detroit, Michigan 48227 ------------------------------------------------- 313.844.4155 ...
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...My future career in pharmacy was well thought-out before college until the very moment I was questioned about how I felt about my life. I was assisting a patient in the pharmacy and she merely asked me, “How’s life?” My response of simply being content prompted an unexpected response from not only her but myself as well. She responded, shocked, that I couldn’t have used a better depiction and how satisfying it was to hear that I was content. Her stunned reaction made me question not just about how rare it was for others to provide a similar response but ultimately, whether or not I meant what I had said. Was I really content? That was when it truly hit me, I was not satisfied with my life. I did not want to become a pharmacist. For me, it was something that lacked exhilaration, something that I just had absolute no desire for. All because of this patient's comment, I made the drastic change to drop pharmacy and switch career paths. I no longer wanted to make the same mistake and choose something I did not enjoy, like pharmacy. I wanted to explore something I have always been passionate about, which is numbers! While I found out the hard way about what I wanted to pursue in life, it was better for me to derive to this decision sooner than later. Later that year, I decided to get my feet wet by first taking an introduction to accounting course. It was so minimal and to explore even more, I took the subsequent course as well. After taking those courses, it utterly reinforced my...
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...Personal Responsibility Frank Franklin GEN/200 October 14, 2013 Bonnie Ferguson Personal responsibility is necessary to function in your work or school environments. Giving in to peer pressure, the moment or the lighter hearted fun can ruin your long run success. Remaining focused, goal oriented and committed to the final result, remaining responsible and properly directed will get the job done. While Some can direct themselves without effort or thought, personal responsibility is fundamental for success in all school and work endeavors. Your work ethic is the backbone of your success, if you do not keep a positive work ethic, your efforts will fail. Personal responsibility is fundamental for success in all endeavors. It is a way of thinking and responding. A way of life for some. A recipe for success for others. No matter your preference, it is the foundation of work ethics. It is understand what you want and being willing to do whatever is necessary to get that job done. You have to get the job done, nobody is going to do it for you. It is taking upon yourself a job and completing it. Keeping on track and understanding that you and you alone are ultimately in control of your actions and destiny. (Zavod, PhD. 2011). Reading, Studying and watching lessons. Keeping up with current discussions and course materials. Success or failure is yours to earn. You have made the decision to go to school, next is getting...
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...They are not prepared I look around my work, around my town and I look wherever I go and I see the next generation coming up behind us. I also see the damage we have done not preparing them for the realities of life and not teaching them how to act like adults. Therefore, I spend my free time pondering how to better prepare the upcoming youth to serve their country and to be better able to improve them to make their way in this unforgiving world. When I look to the events that helped shaped me into who I am today, one experience tops the list. My time spent around military and para-military personnel and the training were instrumental in making me the adult I am today. Military training helps mold young boys and girls into the men and women this country needs to defend itself. It could also train the next generations to fend for themselves and help them all become better citizens and fully functioning adults. Why not make it mandatory that all men and women between the ages of 18 and 23 train and serve in some capacity of the U.S. military? It would solve so many problems. It would give the nation’s youth basic job skills and a strong work ethic. Because the U.S. Military is one of the biggest businesses in the world, they always have a variety of jobs they need filled. No experience required, they would pay you while you receive training and employ you once you complete training. Everything from Aircraft Mechanic to Zoologist whatever piques your interest, and fits...
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