Essays on Professions & Career

As we continue our senior year, the reality of our future comes closer and closer. Some of us are going to go to college and some of us are going to just get a job. There are some of us that haven’t even made our...

Multitasking has become a common practice among teens in modern day society. There are products that cater to the multitasker to make the “task” easier, such as computers with multiple monitors, beds with built in TVs, Bluetooth headphones, and smart watches. Like anything, there is...

Maximizing on an available time to get more results is one of the actions of today’s generation. Living on the edge and performing 24/7 seems to be an exciting concept but in reality, does multitasking really works? Does it bring in the desired outcome? Do...

Alina Tugend, a New York Times columnist, analyzes and informs the general population about the negative side effects of multitasking in her 2008 report “Multitasking can make you lose… Um… Focus.” Tugend gathers a multitude of supporting evidence by exhibiting research completed by psychiatrists, neuroscientists,...

The kitchen water is running, you hear it. Your hands are moving a sponge about, but you don’t really feel as if you are in control. Your ear is closely nestled to your shoulder. Keeping a rather slick phone gently wedged. You are listening intently...

Labor union was marked a period of sharp decline in labor movement during 1920s. The economy was on track and industrial output would skyrocket in the next few years. At that time, labor union was considered as a threat organization which causes chaos in the...

During past years, labor unions were used by manufacturer workers as a way to make the workers’ voices heard and to push for different conditions regarding unfair treatment. To most, these unions were seen as a type of threat but to others it was a...

The article addresses the points made by Christopher Tomlins in his 1985 book, The State and the Unions, and the various reactions to Tomlins’ critiques of the National Labor Relation Act (NLRA). In his book, Tomlins asserted that the New Deal essentially offered a false...

The Haymarket was a strike to go against wage reduction. They fought for better pay, reasonable hours and safer working conditions. The physical confrontation between police and industrial activists in Chicago on May 4th, 1886 had been a symbol of the multinational dispute for the...

As America healed from the Civil War and fell into the era of Reconstruction, a new revolution was around the corner. The increase in industry ultimately brought about America’s second industrial revolution. The success of railroads, creation of steel, and greater immigration led to the...

Martin Luther King Jr.’s “The Drum Major Instinct” speech was a sermon that was told at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia on February 4, 1968. During the time of the Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King Jr. was a strong supporter in the Movement....

There are lots of people who think that money is the core cause for stealing. Money is one excuse for stealing; however, it is not the only explanation. Why do people steal? What do they feel when stealing? There are issues such as moralities, false...

From the time I was inducted into National Junior Honor Society in seventh grade, I had always dreamed of the day when I would walk across the stage to become a part of National Honor Society. I have been continuously determined to do my very...

Many employees steal from their employers, and they tend to give reasons, but it is still unethical. Stealing from an employer would include taking assets and finances from them or giving false information about how much they have worked to fool an employer. This is...

As I revisit my past a decade ago, I realized I didn’t have a proper mentor to guide me as a mentee. I learnt on my own, using trial and error. Through my journey, I see myself as a mentor, guiding and sharing my expertise...

Job occupations and professions in the United States have a deep history of embedded segregation. Until the 1970s, the term “segregation” suggested the separation of the races, but the concept itself has evolved to encompass more than just racial segregation but physical separation by sex....

It all started in the Bluebird Café in Nashville, Tennessee. That is where Scott Borchetta, chief executive officer of Big Machine Records, discovered young, curly-headed Taylor Swift, which led to the release of her first single “Tim McGraw” and her self-titled debut album a short...

When I started working at Good Samaritan Society in Moscow, I had three patients who suffered from Parkinson’s Disease. At the time I didn’t know much about the disease other than people who do have PD usually suffered from a constant tremor. I knew that...

Caring is a feeling or showing concern for or kindness to others. We use caring today and many different aspects in life. Some examples of caring are parents taking care of their children, older siblings caring for their younger siblings and older adult children taking...