Month: April 2021

In this scenario if I was a business owner and needed to choose between either Jamie or Avery I would have to choose Jamie, this may not be everyone first decision but I would want a worker that could be consistent for me because this would be more important then someone that can preform under just certain situations better. Even though Jamie may not be great under pressure I know that she could get her everyday task done without constantly having to remind her or help her and in the long run that will save me more time and money then hiring someone like Avery who may preform good under pressure but lacks in the everyday area of work. I think a situation that a job may be better for Avery is something like a sales job, this is because it has more frequent high pressure situations that Avery may preform better in, this is better for him because he does not preform as well in regular day to day activities. A sales job like this would be better for Avery because he would be a much more valuable employee because he would have more opportunities to preform at his best. I think a job that would be better for Jamie would be something that doesn’t have a ton of high pressure situations, this could be something like a administrator that doesn’t have a ton of situations where they are feeling high pressure but instead has a pretty constant schedule and Jamie could focus on her day to day tasks that she excels at.

What is my brand as a potential employee? As a 21 year old I feel like my brand has very much evovled in the last few years. I think this is because I have had some pretty large life events that have happened but also just the fact that I am in college and figure out who I am and finally not overthinking what everyone thinks of me. I would say my potential brand as a potential employee would be that I am reliable and I truly care about everyones wellbeing. I am dependable in a sense if you give me a project I will complete it to the best of my ability which means I will ask for help when I need it because I am not afraid to speak my mind if it is going to benefit myself or others.

If I were to be trying to communicate my brand in a novel or creative situation wanted ad I think it could be best told by talking about the times that have shaped who I am and the times that I have had tricky stuff I had to get through to become a better person. I would say that something that has really shaped me in the last couple years that really playing into me being a caring thoughtful and dependable person is I had someone in my life that battled cancer over the last year and I was there care takers and it was difficult and incredibly hard to watch but I really built up who I am and the morals I have and this is something that is an important event in my life that would be communicated somehow to an employer because it would give you a better idea of who I am and that I am not just saying my brand is something but not giving follow up to it. Another thing that I would want in a novel or creative situation ad is how I grew up because it has really shaped me into the person I am, I speak my mind because I have three brothers and I had to learn how to stand up for myself and this really translated into me always being myself and not letting people step on me.

My current job I hold, is the job I have chosen to talk about because it had a semi formal hiring process and I was able to find the actual job description that I have attached below. I am currently and have been for the last 3 terms an academic tutor for student athletes. I actually found out about this job through a few friends that had worked there for a few years before I had and I knew was something I would be interested in doing. After hearing from my friend that they were currently hiring I was able torch out to my now boss so I could learn more about the opportunity. After speaking with him he sent me the link to apply on the OSU job postings website and had me look over the description and qualifications. The description is not very long but it gave me a good idea of what would be expected from me. In a very broad manner it covers what I do but not in great detail. As you can see below I need to be available to work during the week, and need to be able to teach these student athletes a handful of classes that I have taken during my college career. I think the biggest difference is that there is actually two different jobs available under this listing and I have held both now, one being a tutor and another being a facilitator. In this job you are not expected to teach but instead run a study hall where you over see athletes do their homework.

What happens when a company you support has a case of wide spread discrimination that directly effects a group you identify with?

This isn’t a black and white answer because it something that we see everyday in the news. There is always a new article about a company that has discriminated against people of color or a company that as far as they go back pay women less wages compared to their male counter parts. So how we we respond to these companies and places of business that have these issues going on is very important. This is because if the companies face no backlash or if it is forgotten about in a mere week then they think it is not a big enough deal that they need to focus their time and money on. I am not perfect I have definitely supported companies that I know don’t do the right things or make decisions to better there company. Through the last three years I have been trying to become a more conscious consumer and support companies that are striving to end wage gaps and make there company a better place for groups that get discriminated against but I am still not perfect and have a lot of room to grow. If a company that I currently supported came out in a big scandal about how they have had longstanding issues that they have not tried to address I would make a conscious decision to try to avoid supporting this company because I think it is important that these companies understand they need to start making a change or they will lose business and supporters.

• Organization choose to allocate more resources toward marketing or product design rather than employee recruiting and selection because they think there will be more pay off for them if they put money into the product rather than the employees. Many firms believe this because the pay off of putting money into the employee recruitment and selection doesn’t have a quick pay off and it can be very expensive but in the long term it really gives the company a much bigger advantage. A company could also do this because they may not realize that this is a huge part of having a successful company and that if they were to invest the money in this area instead of marketing and design the company could see much less employee turnover.
• There can be many strengths and weaknesses involved in the decision to not prioritize recruitment and selection. A strength could be that it is a very expensive to make a well auctions recruitment and selection part of the business and if they do not put the money towards this it can be used in other areas. A weakness is that the company will see much more turnover with employees and will actually end up loosing them money in the long run. Another weakness of not prioritizing this is that if you are not hiring the correct people for the job and the people that are actually invested in the job, they will not be working towards making the company better but instead just for money. This is a very important aspect because if all of your employees care about what your company does and is invested in its future they will be more efficient and push your company to excel.