Social Worker

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Subject: Social Worker

Dear readers, I present myself as Edward, but everyone calls me Ed or Eddy. I work at the McIntyre Junior High School in Ohio as a social worker. It has been only 4 years and a half since I have been working there as a social worker. Presently, I am 28 years old and live in a beautiful apartment. Unfortunately I do not have any pets since I am allergic to them. So, the reason I became a social worker is real simple. My mother used to work in this domain and I was always intrigued and wanted to know more. Plus, since she knew I liked it, my mother encouraged me in following my studies in this job.

Before becoming a social worker, I went to school for sure. I had to accomplish my Bachelor's degree so I went to the Ohio College and had a four year education. These years of my life seemed really long though but I finally made it which I am proud of myself. Yet, in these four long years, I managed to develop my communication and listening skills which gave me more confidence in myself. Also, I became more people smart than myself smart which is fundamental if working as a social worker.

So today it was a busy day for a Friday. Many students came in my office. For instance, this one girl has an alcohol issue and almost got expelled but as a social worker, you dwell with it and try to find a solution so that the worse don't happen. Also, there was a guy who cam to talk to me about his problems at home. How his parents are always fighting and all. I listened to the boy talk and tried to help him and find solutions. Also, there was this other girl who came to me crying that she was pregnant. This was a shock but managed to do just find and responded. I asked her to come each week for a weekly notice and how she was holding up. Also to talk about what she wanted to do with the baby. There were other students that came, but like you see, a social worker does not only work with small cases.
Where I work, it is not rare that there will be big problems to help. However, that is why I like being a social worker.

Travel Agent

Hello dear fellows! My name is Caroline and I am a 41 years old mother and wife. It has been 19 years that I work as a travel agent. I presently live in Vancouver, B.C. and work at TFL Travel Agency. I really enjoy working there since my coworkers and clients are always so nice and sweet. Because I work real close to where I live, each morning I walk to work, which is really pleasant and enjoyable.
First of all, I decided I wanted to become a travel agent because I always, always have loved to travel around the world. I've travelled in Europe, Russia, China, America as well as in Canada too. For me, trips are a big part of my life. I acknowledged this job when going on my first trip with my parents at the age of 15. At that time, my family did not have a lot of money. So that is how I became a travel agent, working in the domain I love so much.  

Yet, before achieving to where I am presently, I had to go through steps. For instance, after gaining my high school diploma, I went to college and did courses on travel and tourism. It took me 3 years and a half to get my Bachelor's degree in travel and tourism. Though, the length of education depends on how semesters you want to take your courses, because normally it is 2 to 5 years of education. During that time, I gained further skills that I did not necessarily had before. For example, I gained communication skills and selling skills which includes persuasive ones. Also, to be an excellent travel agent, you have to be people smart, since you work with people and clients.

To see how it is in a travel agent's day, here was mine. First of all, I went to work walking which it was a pretty autumn day. Not too cold though which was perfect. When I got to the agency, I prepared my clients files for the day which I would meet. Then, when my first clients came, I greeted them and asked them several questions on what they were looking for, type of trip they wanted and most importantly, how much ($) they wanted to spend on the trip (maximum). I proposed them few options, but they seemed undecided which is perfectly normal. Then when they left, they rescheduled another meeting. This meeting took about 2 hours, which then I went to lunch. After, I had other meetings which went prettily the same. One client it was its 3rd meeting and choose the trip they wanted and I booked it for them. Finally at the end of the day, I arranged paperwork and all and went back home walking.

Dentist

Dear internodes, this is my first post of my blog which I am really excited for. To tell you guys about myself a little bit, my name is Marcel and I am a 31 years old dentist at a small dental clinic called, Hygiene Healthcare Clinic. I presently live happily in San Francisco with my wife and two kids. I also have a golden retriever which I extremely love.

I became a dentist because when I was young, somehow, seeing someone with bad dental hygiene kind of pissed me off in one way, and this pet peeve sticked with me when I grew up. With this, I wanted to help people have great smiles, so here I am as a dentist, extremely happy of what I am doing.    

Like every job, you have to go to school and have an education to reach the top and become what you want to be. To be a dentist yet demands a lot of effort and focus on studies. This is why during my 5 years in university I had no real social life outside campus and with my friends, I saw less and less. But at the end, it payed me well with my bachelor and master degrees. However, I did not become a dentist without gaining skills. For instance, during my years at university, I gained communication, patience and team work skills. Communication is needed since you will have to work with a team which lead to team work skills. Also, patience is needed since when you work in a client's mouth, you don't rush. In addition, you have to be a body/hand smart person since you have to work with your hands and know the mouth.

So today, I had a normal day. I came in at work at 8:00 a.m.. I prepared myself since today I was going to have many clients. I did mouth clean ups and check ups. Also, I had to do a teeth filling to a 10 year old kid who was not pleased at all. I had to reassure him that everything was alright. It took more time though that I expected but at the end everything went extremely well and gave this kid a surprise. In addition, today I whitened a woman's teeth which took about one hour. Though she will have to come back next week to continue the treatment. Then, my last client came and did a check up and cleaning again. This ended my day and had to fill in paperwork. After this, I went back home happy that I could help others have clean and beautiful hygienic teeth/mouths.

So if you want to see my next log, come next week! Hope you enjoyed and see you next time! Bye!!!

Translator

Hello everybody!!! I present myself as Elena, a 45 years old book translator. During my whole career, I have translated eleven English books to French. I presently live in Quebec city which I highly appreciate to live there and where I was born. The reason why I am a book translator is real simple. First of all, my mother tongue is French. I know how to write and speak English because I went to an English college. So, I have always loved Quebec and the French language. This led me to have a huge desire to keep the French language in Quebec. By helping it to stay this way, I decided to become a French book translator, so people could read in French. In addition, I had extremely good grades in french so it made it easier for me to enter in this job field.

Before I became a real book translator, I went to school, college and eventually university. I am proud to say I went to Laval University. With this, I gained my Bachelor degree in language and my Master degree which took me a period of about five years to accomplish this. Also, through time, I managed to acquire different skills, including skills in language, understanding, working and wording skills. All of these skills are needed as a book translator because they will help you through out your career. In addition, I only recommend this job to the ones who are word smart since you must be this. If you are not word smart, you could possibly encounter difficulties.

To tell you guys how a day as a book translator is, I will tell you my day. First of all, I woke up at 10:00, an advantage since you mostly work at home. I had a meeting with my publisher at 12:00 which he would present me with a new project I would work with. Finally, after our meeting, I went back home and comfortably installed myself on my sofa with a cup of coffee, took the book I had to translate and started reading it. In awhile, I would take pauses and distract myself by doing something else to give my brain a break. Then I would get back to my reading. I read until it was 7:00 p.m., and I was already near the end of the book. Normally, it takes me about 1 to 3 days to read a book depending its size. Since I have not done reading the book, tomorrow I will continue, which it is sure I will be done. As well, tomorrow I will be starting to translate it. If you are wondering why I read the book first and not just translate it right away, it is because I have to know how the author wrote, the mood and all this kind of stuff. It is really important to be in the story, literally.

So now you guys know how it is to be a book translator. You might think it is a non-stressing job but there are many obstacles that make it the opposite, for instance the date limit to finish your project you are working on. I hope you have enjoyed and discovered more about his job. Thank you and see you next time!

Accountant

Hello! My name is Allison, but everyone calls me Alli. I'm 36 years old and I live in Sydney, Australia. It has been 12 years since I work as an accountant in an Australian company. I'm quite satisfied working there, since I get paid fairly well and it's something I like to do. I chose to be an accountant given that I am extremely strong in maths and always loved money.

Today was a calm day compared to other times, though who dislikes smooth, relax work days? Not me, ha ha! Anyways, this morning, I had a two hour team meeting about finance, budget and other accounting stuff. We talked how the company went this past year compared to other years and we concluded that everything went more than better and that our budget went higher. Also, during the meeting we talked about how it went individually, what could be improved, and so on... Then, to make my day even better, I did the a report on the company's budget and finance and gave it to my boss. After, near the end of the day, I showed the new one how it worked here, because I'm experienced. Like a course, we could say. Showed him how the paperwork was done, how the new computers work (network), and everything that was needed. With this, my day ended and went back home!  

Couple of advice for future accountants; they should be number and people smart, due to the fact that accountants work with numbers (money/math/etc) and clients/individuals/colleagues. This leads to important needed skills, such as mathematical, analyzing, communication and listening skills.

Being an accountant might seem an easy job but it is not. Some days are really stressful and not reposing at all. Yet, before reaching the peak, you have to go to school eventually. I did five years to complete and earn my bachelor degree in finance and my master level degree. I was not obliged to complete my master degree but it looked better in my handout, and this way, I had a better chance to obtain a job versus someone who had not their master.

Career Counselor

Hey! My name is Maggie and I am 28 years old. I work  at the Rosewood High School in Pennsylvania as a career counselor. It has been 4 years since I work at R.H.S and I really appreciate working there with the students. At the beginning, I never thought I would have wanted to become a career counselor. At first, I wanted to be an astronaut, for whatever reasons. Yet, when I was in high school, one day I went to see the school career counselor. We talked about my skills, my grades and about my interests. He proposed me few jobs, but they did not catch my interest one bit. After meeting few times, I realized that I wanted to be like him one day. I wanted to help others decide what they wanted to do as their jobs. For them not to be stuck and not knowing what they want to do like I was stuck in high school. Also, I wanted to help others in their problems. And now here I am as a career counselor.    

You might think that this job is a smooth relax one, but you are greatly mistaking. For instance, today during lunch break when I was eating, this kid came to me. He told me he was failing at school and that nothing in his life went well. As a career counselor, I tried to comfort this student, but in these sort of situation, the best way to help the student is to listen to what they have to say, which I did. I learned that his parents were alcoholic and that his older sister was in detox. Since my 4 years in R.H.S, numerous cases like this happened, sometimes even worse. Career counselors deal with all sorts of problems and situations. However, at the end of school, this other student came to me asking what job would she be best at. See? As a career counselor, ordinary problems as helping one know what they want to do in the future is one of the most common situation dealt with, but anything can happen.

As a career counselor, you must be people smart. It is really important that you know how to interact with others correctly, due to the fact that you will have to communicate and interact with others 99% of the time. Also, with this, you have to have excellent communication skills and be compassionate since you work with students that might be more fragile or in different situations than others. In addition, one of the most important skills is that you must have listening skills. It is extremely crucial that career counselors listen to their clients or students attentively. People like it when they can  talk about themselves and their problems without being judged. It makes them more comfortable and means they trust you. This exactly leads you to not judge the students. The students should always feel safe, welcomed, not judged, and comfortable when speaking with a career counselor. However, before becoming a licensed counselor, you must achieve and gain your bachelor and master degree which will take you approximately 5 years. Yet, it took me 6 years since the first year I took it in two years. Though it doesn't really matters since 4, 5 or 6 six years at school will still lead you at becoming a career counselor.  

Architect

Hello dear internodes! My name is Alexander, but everyone calls me Alex, which I do prefer too. I am only 27 years old and I am presently working in the architecture department. It has only been 2 years since I work in one of California’s greatest architecture agencies. I am quite proud of myself due to the fact that the Cali Architect Design & Co has asked me to work for them. With this, evidently, I had to move from Iowa to California. Yet, I do not really mind, for I work in something I am passionate at. It is really simple, I have always liked drawing and the construction and design of houses/buildings as well as it has always fascinated me. That is why it is my dream job. Also, since I was 12 years old, I drew dream houses in my spare time.

Enough talking about me. Let’s talk about the job. Well before becoming an architect, you have to go to school evidently. After high school and college, you have the choice to go do your bachelor of architecture or your master of agriculture, which I have completed my master. It took me 5 years to complete my master. So, for some advice, if you want to become an architect, consider it takes a lot of time before becoming one, so make sure it is what you really want to do. Also the fact that it is expensive. To continue, I dedicated my entire time for my studies. I had no time for parties or whatsoever. Yet, it did not affect me one bit, I was fairly content to say. Anyways, just to let you know, for me to have succeeded, I had to be extremely good in math and physics. This mean I had to be number smart. Still now, I also have to be people smart, due to the fact that I interact and work with others, for instance constructors. In addition, as an architect, I have to gain skills such as mathematical skills eventually, reasoning skills, artistic skills as well as creative skills.

Today, it has been an ordinary day like others. This morning, I finished one project which I am extremely proud of. It was a really long and pressuring project, however, with my team, we managed to work through it. After completing few paper works and signing, I met with my new clients and signed a contract to build their house. They were really nice individuals and I am looking forward to continue working on their house. So today we met to know what they wanted in general and showed me plans of their house plot, where they want to build their house. Tomorrow, I will meet them again, though to discus about preferences of what their house will look, etc. Also, this afternoon, I continued working on another contract I had. Though this project I am doing it with other architects because it is a long term project which will last few years.   

To conclude, you have seen a little bit of what I am doing as an architect and I hope it has interested you.