Jieying's blog

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Discuss in at least four paragraphs on how you will use your worksite experience to pursue your future academic, professional, and personal endeavors.”

   This week will be my last week of working in my worksite (MHC Tax Service). In this company I learned a lot of stuff.  I learned how to put checks into the company bank account. I learned how to scan and fax documents. 

   Since I am not very good with technology stuff, my supervisor taught me how to use keyboard shortcuts to input clients' information on the computer faster. I can use this knowledge for my schoolwork assignments that are associated with computer. 

   When I am graduated from college I might work in a company and I will need to do office work. At that time, I had an experience of how to do office work from MHC Tax Service. I know how to input clients' information in the database. I know how to put checks into the bank account for my working company. I know how to scan and fax documents to other companies. 

   I also know how to do accountant stuff. I know how to do local tax service online. I can work in a accountant office if I can not get into the occupations that I like. 

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My Dream Job

   I love fashion. When I see any beautiful clothes in the store, I could not restrain myself from buying them. I would like to wear them because they would make me look prettier. I like to hear people compliment my clothes. 

   My dream is to become a professional fashion designer and be able to say a new world in apparel making. At the same moment I enjoy designing my own clothing, as it gives me the possibility to stand out from the crowd and differ in style from my peers. I am bored by the people who would always wear the same style and fashion. I enjoy adding fresh ideas to my wardrobe.

   When I was a child, I enjoyed inventing garments for my dolls and seeing them take on a different look each time I gave them different apparel. I also loved to see my mom and aunts put on trendy clothes and turn into fabulous-looking princesses.

   I believe in my ability to be creative and to produce the clothing that will be unique in their own style and grab the attention of the most famous designers in the world. A good imagination is my personal strength, and the one that will lay the foundation for my professional expertise. In my view, the value of the designer's works lies in their originality, their difference from others. I dislike seeing the works of the artists who merely copycat other people's styles.

   I know being a fashion designer can not earn enough money to support my daily life. Unless I become a famous fashion designer. Most people will consider about income first when they are choosing occupation. But, I will consider about happiness first. I believe if I enjoy doing my job, I will create my own unique clothing. I also believe that my passion and skills can lead me to become a famous fashion designer.

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Week Three

   I can develop my StrengthsQuest strengths within and outside my work site. According to my Signature Theme Report, I have harmony, communication, restorative, and adaptability.

   I don't like argument. In my view there is little to be gained from conflict and friction, so I seek to hold them to a minimum. I want to be as harmonic as I could. I think harmony is a very good value in my work site because if we are not harmonic instead we are pugnacious, then we won't complete our works on time and produce any masterpieces. 

   I always like to communicate with people, not only in my work site, but also outside of my work site. I think having a good communication with people can build a good relationship with them. Communication can also lead me to make more friends. If I don't talk to people, I am sure, I will never be friend with them.  

   I love to solve problems. Whereas some are dismayed when they encounter yet another breakdown, I can be energized by it. In my work site, I enjoy the challenge of identifying what is wrong, and finding the solution. If I really can not find the solution, I will try to ask the employees who work there.

   I like to live in the moment. I don’t see the future as a fixed destination. Instead, I see it as a place that I create out of the choices that I make right now. However, it doesn't mean I don't have a plan for my future. I just want to learn more stuff and gain more working experience through SYCEP to prepare for my future.

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Week Two

   I always try to keep myself accountable especially when I'm continuing to adapt to my work site. When my employer gave me projects to do, I would do them carefully. If I see something that I'm not sure about, I would write them down and asked him later on because I did not want to do something wrong. 

   Same thing happened when the employees taught me some complicated stuff, I would ask them a lot of questions to make sure that I understood them before I started to work. When I finished them, I would ask the employees to check my works and get some feedback. 

   My employer gives me one hour for lunch. However, sometimes I did not bring my lunch box. So, I would have to go outside to buy lunch. I waited for about 30 minutes for the chef to finish cooking my food. Therefore, I only had 30 minutes to eat my lunch and I'm a very slow eater. So, I tried to eat as fast as I could because I did not want to be late for work. I wanted to be on time. I did not want to give my employer a bad impression. 

   Today Friday, July 11,  2014, I worked a little bit longer than I required to because I wanted to finish my project by the end of today. I did not want to stop in the halfway. I wanted to learn something new next week. 

    This week I was very exhausted because I had to make up 9 hours for my last week, but I learned a lot of stuff from my employers and co-workers. They were very patient when they were teaching me. Some of my co-workers bought me lunch and breakfast. I hope I will learned more stuff from them for the following 4 weeks. 

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First Week

   Before I came to Greater Philadelphia Cares, I was very excited to work there. I thought it would be fun. However, after I worked there for the first week, I realized this job is very boring. I faced the computer for the whole days just to translate the document from English to Chinese. The worst thing is we can not talk. Everyone is working on ones computer. They are very busy. My employer didn't talk to me at all except saying "hi", "thank you", and "bye". My coworkers also didn't talk to me except during lunch time. 

   The challenges that I faced in my work site are there's no Chinese tool bar in the computer. So, I can only use Google to translate from English to Chinese, but it takes too long, and some of the Google translation are not accurate. After I translated them in Google, I copied them and paste them on the Microsoft word. However, some of the Chinese words became dots in the Microsoft word. I will have to ask someone who works there to help me next Monday. 

   The biggest obstacle that I have is the first day I worked there, I had a stomach ache. I went to bathroom for a few times. I went to the kitchen, and ate a pill that can reduce pain with hot water. But my stomach still hurt. Therefore, I told my employer about it. I left there earlier and I went home. I was very mad at myself because I gave my employer and coworkers a bad impression on the first day. 

   I don't think I get any rewards of beginning to work as a new employee of my work-site. However, through this job I learned what I want to do for my future career. I want to have a job that can communicate with people. I don't like office work or any sedentary jobs. 

   Adaptability in transitioning into my work-site is very important. However, I do not adapt in my work-site at all. I never worked in a job that relates to office work. I'm not comfortable to sit in front of the computer for the whole day. I really want to communicate with people and do activities. 

   Although this job is very tedious, I will try to make it more interesting. I don't know how, but I will try. Sometimes I feel bad because my parents work so hard for the family, but they didn't complain about it. I feel I'm very suck. My work is not as hard as theirs, but I keep complaining about it. From now on I won't complain about it. I will try to learn more things from this job. My brother said, "when you overcome a job that you don't like, at the end you will become much mature." Maybe he's right.