Week 1 Assignment

Special Note: Please also be aware that this assignment has multiple pages. You must complete all pages.

1. GOALS
Do the activities and answer the questions in Chapter One.
What do you want to accomplish?
1. Graduate college
2. Visit Africa and help the children that arent receiving adequate education
3. Get involved in my parish committees
Your Three Most Important Goals
1. Graduate from NICC with a diploma and degree
2. Graduate from Loras with a bachelors degree in accounting
3. Build a home and have it paid off within 5 years
Now do some planning for how you are going to achieve ONE of those 3 goals.
GOAL: Graduate from Loras with a bachelors degree in accounting
Give details about this goal. What specifically would you like to accomplish?
I would like to be able to get accepted into Loras College in Dubuque and continue my education in
accounting after receiving a diploma and associates degree in accounting from NICC. After being
accepted into Loras, I would like to try to maintain a 3.50 GPA and graduate from Loras within 2 years.
In the next 2 years, what three things could you do to move closer to this goal?
-Do well in my accounting classes at NICC
-Get an internship somewhere next year, the year before attending Loras, that gives me an
abundance of experience in the accounting field
-Graduate from NICC by May 2018
List 3 things you could do in the next 6 months.
-Start looking for a part time job in the business/accounting field, such as a bank
-Attend all of my classes this semester

- Register for more accounting classes for the spring of 2017

List 3 things you could do in the next 30 days.
- Reach out to teachers if I dont understand something rather than accepting the fact I dont know
something
- Study for my classes every day, for at least 20 minutes a class
-Legitimately read my textbooks, not just look for answers to homework problems within the text

2. SKILLS & PERSONAL INVENTORY

NOTE: Please read Chapter 3 and 4 before beginning the worksheet.
Do the activities and answer the questions in Chapter 3. Remember, your efforts in these activities and
assignments will be valuable when you are writing your resume and interviewing.

ADAPTIVE SKILLS
List five things about yourself that you thing make you a good worker. What will employers like about you?

Your Good-Worker Traits

1. I am a dependable and reliable individual.
2. I treat everyone with courtesy and respect.
3. I demonstrate excellent customer service skills.
4. I am compassionate about the work I do.
5. I enjoy helping everyone out as much as I can and am proud when a customer is pleased.
Do the Adaptive Skills Checklist in your textbook. List what you feel are your top 20 or strongest adaptive skills.

Top 20 Adaptive Skills

1. Willing to learn new things

11. Professionalism

2. Loyal

12. Positive attitude

3. Hardworking

13. Competent

4. Honesty

14. Take pride in work

5. Flexibility

15. Learn quickly

6.

Reliable

16. Trustworthy

7. Responsible

17. Well-organized

8. Helpful

18. Mature

9. Highly motivated
10. Good-natured

19. Ambitious
20. Thorough

TRANSFERABLE SKILLS
Do the Transferable Skills Checklist in your textbook. List your top 20 or strongest transferable skills.

1. Organize or manage projects

11. Initiate new tasks

2. Write well

12. Mediate problems

3. Solve problems

13. Get results

4. Use my hands

14. Manage money or budgets

5. Analytical

15. Build, observe, inspect things

6.

Notice details

16. Accept responsibility

7. Interact well with others

17. Evaluate

8. Trust

18. Articulate clearly

9. Remember information
10. Manage or direct others

19. Show sympathy

20. Play instruments

JOB-RELATED SKILLS
Do the Education and Training activity in your textbook.

1. Names of schools and years attended

a. University of Iowa, 2 years
b. Kirkwood Community College, 1.5 years
c. Northeast Iowa Community College, currently attending
2. Courses you did well in, especially those that relate to jobs you might want.
Statistics, Introduction to Computers, Dosage calculations
3. Extracurricular activities/hobbies/leisure activities/travel experiences you have had.
Traveled all throughout the United States, traveled as far north as possible on the Mississippi
River, grew up on the Mississippi River, enjoy spending time with animals, including my two
cats, involved in parish festivals for 10+ years
4. Accomplishments, awards, recognitions you have had both in and out of school
Received CNA license in high school, excelled in pharmacy at Walgreens while managing front
end of the store

SUMMARY
Top 3 Adaptive Skills
1. Hardworking
2. Reliable
3. Loyal

Top 5 Transferable Skills

1. Interact well with others
2. Analytical
3. Manage or direct others

4. Organize or manage projects

5. Accept responsibility

Top 5 Power Skills

1. Hardworking
2. Analytical
3. Organize or manage projects
4. Reliable
5. Interact well with others

List Your 5 Top Job Titles from the 1000+ Jobs

Use the textbook or from http://www.bls.gov/oco/

1. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

2. Budget Analysts
3. Cost Estimators
4. Financial Analysts
5. Statisticians