To help me picture what it is like being a graphic designer, Sasha described a typical day at her job. At 9:00 am, she arrives at work and checks her emails. She admits to checking her email immediately after waking up, but does not reply to them until she has a chance to sit at her desk. After sending out general replies and follow-up emails, she makes her to-do list for the day. The list varies depending on the day and project; some days she works on reiterations of a graphic that will go on a poster while other days are dominated by meetings with the marketing or social media team. Sasha works on this list, executing as many items as she can until 5:00 pm. In the past, she would force herself to stay at work until the list was finished, …show more content…
I discovered many new specific aspects of her job that will better prepare me for this field. For instance, Sasha emphasized the value of cross-disciplinary courses such as marketing and advertising. In the past, I have not thought about taking these courses, but after learning that they are worthwhile and give me an extra advantage when searching for a job, I will likely consider them more seriously. Similarly, I had never considered how crucial communication skills can be in a graphic design workplace. I knew that designers often create things that communicate to their audience, but I ignored their communication with colleagues and other departments within the company. With Sasha’s help, I now understand that graphic designers need to be extremely effective at listening, speaking, and expressing their ideas, which are skills I will refine before entering this career field. Another piece of useful information I gained from this interview was the Questionnaire, which helps a designer understand a client’s needs, and the Proposal, which details the ways a designer can benefit the company. Since these documents are new to me, I will learn more about them and possibly applying something similar when I begin my own career as designer. With these new insights, my journey to become a graphic designer is now much more focused and propelled in the right
Previous generations have a strong belief of keeping work and home life separate; that work is for work and home is for play (Rampell, 2011, para 21). Today’s professionals do not seem to abide by similar beliefs, constantly crossing the borders of one into the other. While many recognize this as an issue that could result in employees being less productive, it has actually resulted in them accepting that their work may run late into the evening or even into the weekend. I agree with this completely in that I grew up being taught that business is business and personal is personal; you leave your home life at the door. But now times have changed, and my weekends are no longer dedicated to my home life, but for work, because I attend classes during the week. Also, in my line of work in the Allied Health industry, it is a requirement to work off hours. Long gone are the days of working nine to five, Monday through Friday; technology and the demand of wanting affairs done and done as soon as possible, has made it so the “work week” is now 24-7. “Jon Della Volpe, the director of polling at Harvard Institute of Politics, said, ‘Some experts also believe that today’s young people are better at quickly switching from one task to another, given their exposure to so many stimuli during their childhood and adolescence’” (Rampbell,
This reflective essay will lay emphasis on one of the learning needs I have developed during my two week taster placement in hospital. Reflection helps an individual build upon their skills and makes room for self-criticism as he or she can contemplate upon actions and make relevant changes (Taylor, 2000). I will be applying the “What”, “So what” and “Now what” model of reflection by Driscoll (2000) in this piece of work because it is a more coherent and comprehensible approach to follow when writing a reflective account and is also an easier guide to writing reflections. The learning need I chose to reflect on from my learning plan is having a better understanding of diabetes and the 6 basic medications used in treating the condition since it is a common illness on the ward I am have been allocated on for my first placement. The timescale set for achieving this objective was by the end of my two week placement that is from 27th January to 9th February and I achieved it with the help of a host of factors. In this assignment, all the names of the patients and wards have been omitted and indicated with letters and numbers for confidentiality reasons as stated in the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of conduct (2008). The paper will primarily touch on the type 2 diabetes and furthermore on the achievement on my learning need.
Ever since I was little I remember playing games where I would fight the bad guy and win the girl in the end. This never seem to affect me or make me wonder what small effect it had on my thought process. In games such as Zelda, call of duty, assassin creed, gears of war, Mario, and even halo you play as a white heterosexual male. The idea of playing this way never seemed to phase me as a young child. As I grew up and became more aware of the difference of people and the need for other as well as myself a need to be able to connect and find one 's self in different place such as games, movies, and TV shows. I became aware of the one sided views that video games seem to have. Then I realized that it was seen as acceptable to only have the one sided displayed due to the lack of speaking out on the need for change.
This semester in kinesiology it has helped make my decision in what I want to to do in my career choice. Educating me on the human body and how the muscles work together, which is not only the study of human movement but the physical aspect but mentally as well, Kinesiology is describes the and explains daily activities, working out cardiovascularly or strength training, voluntary and involuntary movements and combining it with anatomy and physical education and psychological & sociological aspect as well giving knowledge in my future career as personal trainer, bodybuilder and biomedical engineer.
Recently students have had a lot to think about when it comes to our future and what we need to do to get our career and future on track. So to get some insight and some very useful help I met with Gayle Tucker of Fast Signs here in Sioux Falls. Gayle studied graphic design at South Dakota State University where she found her passion for design. I asked Gayle why she chose to pursue this field. She started out wanting to be a fashion designer but learned how little she could do with it here in South Dakota. This is when she found graphic design where she could pursue her love of design and still hold a solid career. She also found it to be more fulfilling to be creative, where everything else seemed to lack or feel mundane.
On any given day, my time regardless of how planned it is by making lists can be thrown off track due to usually a sick child/pet. No matter how hard I try, I know my kids will get sick and they will expect me to take care of. Since I cannot usually control when that will happen, it’s important that I take advantage of what I can control, such looking ahead at assignments that will need my attention to plan adequate time to complete assignments a head of time, instead of waiting till the last minute. When I know what to expect I can make plans. Another
Looking at my own approach to time management I have noticed that I am well organised and good at prioritising tasks and jobs. When I log onto my computer to start my shift I am sent down numerous jobs, each job is different and has different deadlines for attendance and completion. I plan my day based around the date and time deadlines of the jobs and also the locations of the jobs. I then schedule the most effective order of completing the jobs, putting high priority jobs at the top of my list and grouping sites that are geographically close to each other. By effectively planning my day I keep a focused attitude towards my work and I have time to think about tasks and situations, rather tha...
In summarizing the exercises, I found three commonalities that simulate creativity in the workplace: ask lots of questions, just start working and come up with as many ideas as possible. There are a lot more lessons that I have learned, but I believe that these are the most important. If I am able to implement these ideas into my work, creativity will flow into my projects and help me produce creative content essential to my campaigns.
In professional fields that are always changing due to the surrounding of the career and the participants, incorporating reflective practice is a great way to engage in the process continuous learning. Reflective practice is a great source of personal improvement and development for one to enhance one’s profession. This form of practice is a great way to reflect back on one’s abilities, actions, and experiences that have accord during one’s professional career. For education, the reflective practice is geared more toward the educator’s teaching methods and what can be learned and use to fit the student’s needs. Along with verifiable theories, the consideration of the students and the procedures used is taken into effect.
...usiness phone calls the workaholic will make [none can not be at the beginning, but after certain period of time if the whole procedure goes over and over again that can be established].
As a JusticeCorps member, I assist litigants complete forms related to their case in family law, housing law, and other pending legal forms. The program permits me to know how to work in a stressful environment where many people want their legal matters to be solved. I experienced many litigants coming to me in tears to help them out because they do not understand the court procedures and legal documents that they have received. Since I interact with litigants in a one-on-one direct service, it makes it easier for me to explain the legal process of their cases. When I need to translate litigant's Spanish declaration to English, I am proud that I am helping them get a step closer toward finishing their case. Helping people going through divorces, paternity, restraining orders or trying to get custody of their children can be a difficult challenge. When I started the program, I only manage to assist one litigant. As I continue going to the self-help center, I was able to help more than four litigants on a one-on-one direct service, and more than 15 litigants at the front desk. I come o...
This lesson is designed to review and reinforce a few important concepts about plants (e.g. Needs, parts, sequence of planting) and to also guide the students through applying a few scientific inquiry (e.g. Making observations, experimentation, discussion, reflection, reporting results etc.). The students have previously planted corn and bean seeds and today’s lesson has provided the students a chance to see the results of the planted corn and bean seeds. Additionally, seeds have been planted under and growing under the following conditions: without water, and without soil. The students see the results of these seeds planted under these conditions for the past week. Two plants in particular have already been grown their growth has been
...rks. In a word, the MA experience was considered to be a bridge that combines the student learning with working skills, it would be of great help for my future career.
I will fund my exhibit through donations and sales. I would reach out to the community, explain my exhibit and ask for donations, but I would primarily generate revenue through selling items related to the exhibit like prints of the works being shown, creative posters, key chains, t-shirts and other mementos. Additionally, I would have bake sales and fairs and other activities of a similar nature.
Having not studies for ten years, I knew there were several areas in my academic writing that needed to be improved. After receiving feedback from ‘Writer’s Diet’ on my submission on ‘why teachers should be effective communicators’ (See Appendix 1) was extremely helpful on the specific points I should be focussing on when writing an academic paper; therefore hopefully improve and achieve a clearer and concise piece of writing to readers. Other resources I used to gain feedback on areas to improve on were from www.grammarbase.com for my lack of comma usage. My other weakness is not thoroughly proof-reading my assignment before submitting. I am aware now which areas that I need to improve on and hopefully achieve improvement.