The alarm clock went “ding….ding… ding.” I woke pretending I couldn’t hear it‚ because I didn’t want to get up. My mom was yelling at my sister and me‚ “Get up girls it’s time to go school.” I didn’t understand why she was so excited. I miserably dragged myself out of bed; I just wanted to crawl and hide and the blanket. It was a cold day in March 1999‚ I was fourteen years old‚ and it was my first day of school in America. I was scared. My sister and I got ready‚ but we were not happy. We knew
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When you reach an age to work‚ the job you want feels like a dream or set goal‚ no matter the place of rank in the workforce field. At nearly nineteen‚ I held my first working experience at RHA on second shift. RHA is a company for the mentally disabled and mentally challenged adults. They are located across North Carolina‚ parts of Tennessee‚ and Georgia. Founded in 1991‚ RHA started out as a small cluster group homes in North Carolina to offer support to people with disabilities. The company
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four months ago‚ my parents‚ sister‚ and I became U.S citizens. When I ascertained that I had become a citizen‚ I recalled a few memories from my first day in the U.S until April 2017. The event that popped out most in my memory was my first day of school in this country. I remember the time when I woke up on this chilly day of February 2012 and started to shiver as I got out of my bed. The weather of Edison was way colder than I had ever experienced in my life. I took a shower so I could feel a little
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part of my life ever since I joined the Centennial Lakes Little League in 2010. This was my first sport and I had never been on a team before. I had no prior sports skills because I had never played any before this one. The day I walked into the facility for the first time I knew it was just my first day of softball‚ but what I did not know was that it was the first day I would shape my personality and discover my priorities. Being only eleven years old I was not putting much thought into my future
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My First Day on a New Job The beginning is a place where we all have to start at some point in our lives. It could be the beginning of a marriage‚ a relationship‚ a business‚ a pregnancy‚ or a job. The one thing all these relationships would have in common is that you don’t know what it’s going to be like. We all have our expectations; in courtship‚ before marriage‚ research and planning‚ before starting a business‚ and the interview before starting the job. Not even the interview and the expectations
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Losing My First Job When I was eighteen years old‚ I had an amazing job as a welding inspector making more money than I probably should have been for my age. I was with an amazing woman who I had just married. I was on top of the world; I thought I was set for life and nothing was going to bring me down. Then‚ I was suddenly struck off of my high horse. I was never really concerned about the future until I was let go from my job and I was left with no job‚ no money and no backup plan. As someone
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to staff‚ given job description‚ showed office‚ mahogany desk‚ computer‚ typed on computer‚ visited other section‚ learnt about functions‚ cleared my desk‚ cover & turn off computer‚ talk to Mr. Penn‚ say good afternoon‚ went outside to wait for mom‚ sat down on chair‚ reflected on past‚ felt grateful‚ mother came‚ asked how was it. I can never forget the first day I started working. I woke up on that morning September 14‚ 1992 having mixed feelings. I was feeling anxious because I never worked before
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First Day on the Job Vivian Quattlebaum Strayer University Human Resource Management/HRM530 August 25‚ 2011 Abstract Job satisfaction describes how content an individual is with his or her job. The happier people are within their job‚ the more satisfied they are said to be. Job satisfaction is not the same as motivation or aptitude‚ although it is clearly linked. Job design aims to enhance job satisfaction and performance. Methods include job rotation‚ enlargement‚ enrichment and re-engineering
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It was my first day of tryouts. I was 7 years old and love to play soccer. At the time playing soccer was my life. Rapid Wien was/is the best team in Austria. I was super nervous because it was the first time i ever tried out for such a big team. My heart was beating. BOOM….boom boom. I laced up my shoes and pulled up my socks. I was ready for the challenge. I run onto the field and the coach asked me what my name was in German. My German was not so good at the time‚ so it took me a while to say
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someone told me that my first job would be in the food service‚ I would accuse them of lying. If they told me I would absolutely love it? Impossible‚ I’d say. It will never happen. Yet here I am‚ seven months into my first job at a bagel shop. I now work a job I never thought I would have‚ and it changed me in ways I never thought possible. Looking back‚ I remember the morning of my first day: I started getting ready at eight o’clock. My anxiety rose through the roof as I paced around my room. The same
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