Strangely, so far my jobs have not been obtained through the typical selection process. I have been fortunate enough to be recruited for jobs rather than searching for them through job postings. Unfortunately, that means I don\u2019t have much experience in being able to compare the descriptions to my actual jobs.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An example of a job that I had was an administrative assistant at a real estate company. The position was unique because I was in school and would be splitting time with another employee who already held the position. She was balancing two office locations so I took over the afternoons for her when she went to the other office. I ended up in this position because some of my family members work for the company and I know the owners. Rather than a reading formal description I shadowed the other employee and watched what she typically did in a day. She also wrote up some specific tasks that needed to be accomplished daily like transferring phones at the end of the day and locking up.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my experience the job was exactly like she described and I followed the tasks that could be performed routinely. However, there was an adjustment period when there were issues she couldn\u2019t prepare me for. There were always unique situations coming up that I would have to adapt to and figure out as I went along. Overall, I felt like I had a good sense of what the job would require after shadowing her for a couple of days. However, if I had just read a description I am not sure if I would have wanted to apply for the position. It would have been hard to describe because it required a lot of flexibility and learning on the fly. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Strangely, so far my jobs have not been obtained through the typical selection process. I have been fortunate enough to be recruited for jobs rather than searching for them through job postings. Unfortunately, that means I don\u2019t have much experience in being able to compare the descriptions to my actual jobs.\u00a0 An example of a … <\/p>\n