Showing what I've learn

Internship is in two weeks which is exciting, but nerve wrecking at the same time because with more time, you can polish your skills better. The skills I know I would have to display first would be professionalism because of the interaction with your work and getting to know the workers you will be working with using small talk, giving firm handshakes, and also how you carry yourself within a work setting. One thing I have in mind for my internship would be if I have to provide myself with my own laptop? I want to know so that way I can work on purchasing one soon if my internship cannot provide me with one. The office environment I would like to work would be one that is fair, consistent, reliable, trust worthy, and willing to work hard. A manager that I would be able to work under would be someone who is calm, cool, and collective, and at the same time that is serious when needed to, stays positive, and get great example of leadership. I would want the manger to be balance between fun and serious. What I hope to learn and accomplished at my internship is first earning a full time job there, soaked up as much knowledge being there and to learn everything they teach me there, also applying my knowledge there as well from what I've learn in learning and developing phrase, networking with different co-workers and other managers at the work site, and complete as many task and projects aas I can. I plan to stand out in internship by asking questions, getting familiar within the workplace, and adapt the best way I know how to in the work enivornment. After internship, if I don't earn the job, I plan to continue school at ccsf to earn my A.S. degree. I plan to show all what I have learn at Year Up.

Going into the New Year

On new years eve, I work in the morning time til three pm in the afternoon. At work, I expected it to be busy because of the people who do last minute shopping, would come in my store, and buy multiple hats. I was able to clock out of work early because the mall was not busy enough. When I got home, I relaxed for a little bit, took a shower, and got dress to go to church. After service, I left to Oakland to be with family. We went to a resturant that was open until midnight. There was an after gathering for people who wanted to stay longer at the resturant. I had a great time with the family and also saw some friends who work at the mall with me. Later on, I left back home and went to bed because I had work the next morning. New Years was great, and if I could repeat the day over, I would.

Working during the Holidays

To work during the holidays was great because that is when all the malls are full with shoppers. On christmas eve, there was a lot of last minute shoppers running around in the stores to collect gifts for those who were left on their list. I like that day because at the mall I work for (which is located in Pittsburg), has the most business. Other days, the mall would be deserted looking like a ghost town or a building that people were unknown to. The only part that i dislike about the holidays was the week after christmas because you have a lot of people coming back to your store to return or exchange the products you have sold. My co-workers and I also had to restock all the products that had sold out, so it was kind of hard to stay balance between helping customers and restocking inventory, plus being aware of anyone stealing the merchandise as well. Other than that, work was good and I enjoyed it very much.

Spending Christmas with Family

On christmas day, I spent time with family in four different cities. The beginning was in pittsburg, waking up and saying merry christmas to my family. Then I my brother and I got dress, waited for our sisters and left to visit our cousins in Manteca for a baby dedication for their kids at a church they go to. After service, my syllablings and I went to Hayward to visit our grandfather that was in the hospital. We spent about an hour there laughing and watching t.v. together with our grandfather. Next, we headed out to Fairfield to visit our grandmother. When we got there, a lot of our family members were there already. There, we ate the food, did interactions with kids, watch the football, and socialize with each other because we haven't seen most of our family for a year or so. We stay there for a while and left there by night time and went back to Pittsburg and went to sleep.

Internship Readiness

The qualities or requirements to be internship ready are being knowable. To be able to perform at a high level when working in a company that requires that skill. Internship also suggests high quality working for presentations and projects that you are assigned to do. Taking initiative and doing things without having to be told or asked. Requires organization to know what to bring and where your notes or work is at without tossing papers around. You must be able to network with people and adapt to any situation within a work environment. Also being on time and committed to the company. To acquire the skill of writing because of the work that you would do for that task.

 I will demonstrate internship readiness by being on time. Help colleagues with challenges that they face with their work. Finding the opportunity to take initiative for example, taking notes during a group discussion. Be able to contribute in a classroom setting. Continue to perform at a high level through high quality work. To proofread my blogs thoroughly for grammatical errors when correcting work. 

I plan to improve on my public speaking skills by seeking feedback from colleagues and instructors. I will also focus learning as much as possible about QA. Talk to alumni or professionals in QA to hear about their experience for internship. I will better my writing skills by reading more books. To make sure I am prepared for any presentation and projects that are given to me. To improve on my time management so that I get enough sleep.  

Reflection on Work Experience

The best job I had both best and worst am my current job name LIDS. I am an assistant manager at my job. The responsibilities of being an assistant manager is second command meaning when the general manager is not there; the assistant makes sure the store is up to par. Also doing a lot of paper writing and you are responsible for opening and closing the store. One thing I very dislike about the job is that my job doesn’t include commission. I didn’t like sweeping or moping the floors at the end of the day. What made my job enjoyable are the co-workers I work with in the present and that we are able to listen to our own choice of music. We are also located in the center on an island in the middle of the mall, so we get good business all around. What I did not enjoy about my job are my co-workers in the past because they were very exacerbating, lying, and not helpful. At my job, if people can steal easy because the hats are outside and you have to constantly look out for them.  I am glad and happy to work with a new staff now. Skills I have developed in my job are communication, taking initiative to do and complete objects without being asked or told to do. I am able to work well in the environment, multitasking with many customers, and adapting fluently to different types of problems. I learned in my work that it’s a team effort job and you have to be reliable to get the job done.

The Mural and The Occupy Movement

The way how Rivera’s Frozen Assets mural and the Occupy Movement are comparable is that the two connect by poverty. Rivera’s picture shows the people in the middle picture were starving and sleeping in construction places do to bankruptcy to both men and women, and the occupy movement fighting the economic issue between rich and poor. I believe it’s a clear connection because the mural and the occupy movement described their titles specifically and they are both part of the 99% role in deficiency. Both of the events first happen on Wall Street. The mural shows the depression by the colors, they look deteriorating and the occupy movement show depression by the number of people who have gone unemployed to protest because they feel imbalanced about the economy and where it has gone to. During the great depression, people that were affluent had hidden banks to save their money in. As for the occupy movement, it appears that even though an economic problem is in the mist, people that wealthy have hidden organizations to keep their money safe. Having a smaller amount of jobs is another reason why these two occasions connect. In the great depression, jobs where very few and there was barely any employment for the poor and middle class. For the occupy movement, businesses are hard to find now and days for people that were unfortunate or even middle class. This is why I think the picture of Rivera’s Frozen Assets mural and The Occupy Movement are alike because they both define the word Depression.