Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________ Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1 st Period AMI Business Day 11 Personal Statement Flyer Follow this “recipe” for a successful personal Statement 1. You should type your personal statement as a flyer. If it is not possible to type today, write it on paper and decorate the paper to resemble a flyer. Include images that represent you. If you are completing this assignment at home without a computer, you may paste school appropriate images on the paper or draw images on the paper. 2. When typing, use fonts wisely. If writing, be neat and write so people can read the information. 3. Your personal statement should not contain any spelling or grammatical errors. Ask someone to proofread it for you. A family member or friend can assist you. 4. As a student, you may include a statement about your age and year in school. 5. Include any clubs, teams, and organizations of which you have been a member. If you have held an office in any group or organization, mention the office. Mention how being a part of these activities has helped you in some way. 6. Mention your accomplishments, awards and honors. Also include any hobbies, interests or talents you have. If you volunteer or work part-time, mention that as well. Be careful not to over- exaggerate your accomplishments. 7. If you plan to attend college, mention your intended major. If you are going into the military, mention the branch of the service and your intended area of concentration or interest. If you plan to enter the workforce, mention the kind of job or field in which you will seek employment. 8. Be creative in representing your values, talents, and personality when designing the flyer. 9. Be concise. Provide the information that is requested. 10. Read it several times to make sure that it includes all necessary information. SAMPLE PERSONAL STATEMENT: Below is a sample personal statement of a high school student. Look for the suggested components in her statement. When designing the
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Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
AMI Business Day 11
Personal Statement Flyer
Follow this “recipe” for a successful personal Statement
1. You should type your personal statement as a flyer. If it is not possible to type today, write it on paper and decorate the paper to resemble a flyer. Include images that represent you. If you are completing this assignment at home without a computer, you may paste school appropriate images on the paper or draw images on the paper.
2. When typing, use fonts wisely. If writing, be neat and write so people can read the information.3. Your personal statement should not contain any spelling or grammatical errors. Ask someone to
proofread it for you. A family member or friend can assist you.4. As a student, you may include a statement about your age and year in school.5. Include any clubs, teams, and organizations of which you have been a member. If you have held
an office in any group or organization, mention the office. Mention how being a part of these activities has helped you in some way.
6. Mention your accomplishments, awards and honors. Also include any hobbies, interests or talents you have. If you volunteer or work part-time, mention that as well. Be careful not to over-exaggerate your accomplishments.
7. If you plan to attend college, mention your intended major. If you are going into the military, mention the branch of the service and your intended area of concentration or interest. If you plan to enter the workforce, mention the kind of job or field in which you will seek employment.
8. Be creative in representing your values, talents, and personality when designing the flyer.9. Be concise. Provide the information that is requested. 10. Read it several times to make sure that it includes all necessary information.
SAMPLE PERSONAL STATEMENT:
Below is a sample personal statement of a high school student. Look for the suggested components in her statement. When designing the flyer, be sure to use clip art, graphics, and/or drawings to make the document visually interesting. The text can be bulleted items if sentences do not work well with the document.
My name is Jane Doe. I am a seventeen-year old senior student at Pea Ridge High School in Pea Ridge, Arkansas. I have participated in many clubs and activities while in high school, including the Girls’ cheerleading squad, of which I was captain for two years. I was also a member of the Girls’ Choir. I am currently President of the Senior Class and Secretary of the Student Council. I have received awards for perfect attendance every semester except one and I have been included on the Honor Roll for the last two years. I am a volunteer at a senior citizens’ home on the weekends, where I help serve lunch and play games with some of the residents. My favorite subject is music, and after graduating I plan to attend the University of Arkansas. I will major in elementary education and declare music as my major. When I earn my degree, I plan to teach music to elementary school children. My ultimate goal is to open my own music studio and give private music lessons to children.
DIRECTIONS:
Write your own personal statement. Remember your personal statement represents you. It should make the reader say, “I want to meet this person.” If you don’t have a strong personal statement start thinking about what you can do to boost your personal statement before leaving high school.
Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
AMI Business Day 12
Interview Questions
Answer the following as you would in an actual job interview.
1. What are your greatest strengths and your biggest weaknesses?
2. How do you handle working with others?
3. Tell us a little bit about yourself.
4. How are you with time management and organizational skills?
5. What would current/ex co-workers say about you work ethic?
6. Why should we hire you?
7. What skills can you bring to our company?
Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
AMI Business Day 13 and 14
Top 100 Power Resume Words
Circle, highlight, checkmark 5 (or more) of the following words you would use to describe you AND your work ethic/projects in a resume/cover letter/interview. TWO-SIDED DOCUMENT
In order for something to be a goal: It has to be important to you, personally. It has to be within your power to make it happen through your own actions. It has to be something you have a reasonable chance of achieving. It must be clearly defined and have a specific plan of action.
Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
AMI Business Day 18 and 19
Help Wanted Ad
You will use the following examples to create your own help wanted ad. You must come up with a position and a company hiring for the position. You will then write a help wanted ad using skills that you have learned/or will learn in CBA, really think about skills that you have used in class and in school. You can create these electronically if able or by drawing and creating one on the back of this piece of paper.
Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
AMI Business Day 20
Soft Skills
Select the soft skills that you believe you have.
The Top Rated Soft SkillsThese are the most important soft skills to employers.
Type of Soft Skills Definition Your Ability
Adaptable and Flexibility
Being able to handle change and adapt oneself to new and changing situations. Yes____No____Not Sure____
Accurate Doing your work carefully, precisely, and free from error. Yes____No____Not Sure____
Communication Being able to share, send and receive information with your coworkers. Yes____No____Not Sure____
Confident Being assured of oneself, feeling certain of yourself and abilities. Yes____No____Not Sure____
Decision Making Being able to make good choices. Yes____No____Not Sure____
Dependable and Reliable
You can be counted on to do what you said you would do and expected to do it Yes____No____Not Sure____
Leadership Being able to lead others Yes____No____Not Sure____
Organization Being able to effectively organize things, plan, schedule, and arrange activities Yes____No____Not Sure____
Positive Attitude and Enthusiastic
Having a good attitude toward work and others. Being cheerful and upbeat about
things.Yes____No____Not Sure____
Problem-Solving Being able to figure out things and solve problems on your own. Yes____No____Not Sure____
Teamwork or Team Player
Being able to work cooperatively with others. Being able to support others. Doing your share of the work and helping others
Yes____No____Not Sure____
Trustworthy and Honest
Being honest or truthful Yes____No____Not Sure____
Self-Motivated Being able to work independently, with little or no supervision Yes____No____Not Sure____
Strong Work Ethic Hard working Yes____No____Not Sure____
Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
Your Top Rated Skills Review
Select five skills from “The Top Rated Soft Skills” chart that you think you have and list them
below.
For each skill you selected, explain why you believe you have this skill be giving an example.
ExampleDependable
Example
I am dependable because I always show up to my soccer practice and games.
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Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
AMI Business Day 21
Identifying Skills
Annie is 20 years old and enjoys outdoor activities such as hiking, surfing, and mountain biking. In high school, she played soccer for four years and became the team captain. She was chosen to be the team captain because she was good at motivating and leading other students. As the team captain she strengthened these abilities. Also, she was well liked by her teammates. For the last few years, Annie has been attending community college and has been working on a certification in mechanical drafting. She is proficient with using a computer and knows the computer program called CAD. Annie has also spent the last two years volunteering at the local food bank. At the food bank, she has gained a reputation as a dedicated volunteer that always shows up and does what she promises. The other volunteers enjoy working with Annie because she is always smiling and never negative.
Directions: After reading the passage above, identify Annie’s soft and hard skills and give evidence to support each skill.
Soft Skills Evidence
Hard Skills Evidence
Juan enjoyed high school. He never missed a day of school and was never tardy. He also had a reputation for being hard working student. In school, he enjoyed taking computer courses and became very talented with technology. He learned how to build web pages and even won an award for designing the school’s web page. During his senior year, Juan volunteered with the school district’s technology department. He had many different assignments. He helped update software on the school’s computer, installed new computers, and fixed broken computers. In fact, Juan was really good at figuring out and diagnosing what was wrong with broken computers. Juan also belonged to the ASB club as was selected as the treasurer. He was selected as treasurer by the students because they trusted him and knew he was the most responsible.
Directions: After reading the passage above, identify Annie’s soft and hard skills and give evidence to support each skill.
Soft Skills Evidence
Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
Hard Skills Evidence
Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
AMI Business Day 22
Email Passage and Questions
Ray Tomlinson, creator of email, diesDaily News Article — Posted on March 9, 2016
(KDVR.com) BOSTON — Ray Tomlinson, widely credited as the creator of email, has died, his employer, Raytheon, said Sunday. He was 74.
Tomlinson invented direct email messages in 1971. Before his invention, electronic messages could be shared only on a very limited network. …
Tomlinson, a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and MIT [Massachusetts Institute of Technology], was working for a Boston technology firm in 1971 when he decided to figure out a way for people to send messages via computer.
At the time, Tomlinson recalled, ARPANET — the Internet’s predecessor — was fairly new and the idea of sending messages from computer to computer was novel. Computers were often giant mainframe beasts that filled entire rooms.
“Computers were very expensive — I think one we had here, for example, was something on the order of ($200,000) or $300,000. That’s 1970 dollars. They were a scarce resource,” he told the Verge in 2012.
Tomlinson had seen a mailbox protocol he’d thought was too complex. [Protocol is a procedure for carrying out a scientific experiment.] In its place, he hacked together a simpler plan that included such now-commonplace concepts as the “@” sign — to denote the location of the correspondents — and the naming of the fields.
The reason for the “@” sign was mundane, he told NPR: Not only was it a little-used symbol, but “it’s the only preposition on the keyboard.”
Why bother at all, given the limited number of people using computers in those days?
Well, Tomlinson told the Verge, the telephone was fine, “but someone had to be there to receive the call.” No voicemail back then; there were few answering machines and people who could afford it subscribed to answering services.
“Everyone latched onto the idea that you could leave messages on the computer,” he said. “As the network grew and the growth of all that accelerated, it became a really useful tool: there were millions of people you could potentially reach.”
For a couple decades thereafter, email was a novelty. It wasn’t until the explosion of the personal computer, followed by online services in the late ’80s and early ’90s — including America Online, Prodigy and CompuServe — that email became widespread.
In the age of texting, social media and smartphones, email has become somewhat less important to everyday communication, but it’s still pervasive: There were 3.9 billion email accounts in 2013, according to a study by the Radicati Group, and the number continues to grow.
Business alone accounts for 100 billion emails sent and received per day, as of 2013. (How much is actually read is another question.)
Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
Tomlinson told the Verge his invention had worked out pretty much as he’d imagined, though the scale was far greater.
“I see email being used, by and large, exactly the way I envisioned. In particular, it’s not strictly a work tool or strictly a personal thing,” he said. “Everybody uses it in different ways, but they use it in a way they find works for them.”
Tomlinson was inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame in 2012.
Reprinted here for educational purposes only. From CNN News wire. May not be reproduced on other websites without permission from KDVR. .com (Fox 31 Denver).
Questions1. In what year did Mr. Tomlinson invent email messaging?
2. What was Mr. Tomlinson trying to do when he invented email?
3. Why was Mr. Tomlinson's invention so significant at the time?
4. How exactly did Ray Tomlinson develop email messaging?
5. Why did Mr. Tomlinson use the @ symbol?
6. What caused email use to become widespread?
Date: ________________ Name: _____________________________________Mrs. Lippe Survey of Business 1st Period
AMI Business Day 23Ethics
Write/type a minimum 1/2 page report over the following:
A person (athlete, actor, politician, etc.) who committed an unethical act
Possible questions to cover:
What unethical behavior did that person partake in? How did the public opinion change towards that person? How did that affect the person’s professional career? What (if any) did the person do to correct the unethical behavior? What could the person done differently?
Your essay should have an opening paragraph that introduces what the report is about (at least 3 points). The 3 body paragraphs should go into detail of each point. Your final paragraph should review and summarize your report ALONG with how that change your personal opinion of that person.
