Transferable Skills Task QUESTION Dewy, Cheatem and Howe Law Firm are looking for an Office Junior / Administrative Assistant. The main purpose of the role is to support the administrative functions of the office. Office Junior / Administrative Assistant Duties: * Ensure that all the office stationery, printer supplies are well stocked. * Ensure that there is sufficient tea, coffee and glasses stocked in the kitchenettes * Taking responsibility for ordering all office supplies and stationery * Picking up the milk daily * Sorting all the incoming post, distributing and filing * Franking post * Organising the weekly courier * Checking all reservations in Senior Management diaries * Filing and archiving * Keeping the office tidy What transferable skills might be taken from such activities? ANSWER After analysing the duties that the Dewy, Cheatem and Howe Law Firm have outlined for the post of an Office Junior / Administrative Assistant, I have come up with the following transferable skills, which I believe I could take from the outlined responsibilities: A.
Writer, Christine Rosen, in her article "The Myth of Multitasking" expounds on the effects of multitasking. Rosen's purpose is to convey the idea that multitasking and self-distractions are detrimental to a person's all around well-being and makes wisdom difficult to be gained when a person's attention is in multiple places. Multitasking is something that everyone utilizes, sometime some more often than others. Rosen used her article to justify her theory that multitasking is detrimental to one's self; she establishes her reasoning with examples of studies done by psychologists, neurologists, and other credible sources. Rosen begins her article by quoting Lord Chesterfield where he offered the following advice "There is time enough for everything in the course of the day, if you do but one thing at once, but there is not time enough in the year, if you will do two things at a time".
The film centers around eight different families all with multiple things in common, they’re poor, can’t find a reliable source of income and have people in their lives that they need to take care of. One thing I found interesting in this film was the fact that almost all these people were different races, and that didn’t seem to matter much. Whether the family was white, black or Hispanic, they were all in the exact same position of not being able to support themselves or their loved ones. I was always under the assumption that the old white male was always the first one to get the job, but it seems like now a days it doesn’t matter if you’re old, young, male, female, black or white, jobs are hard to come across. John, the father of the mentally challenged boy, is a perfect example of this.
Shelly Weeks Mrs. Morgan English 111 17 January 2015 Summary of “Does the Internet Make You Dumber?” In “Does the Internet Make You Dumber?” author Nicholas Carr points out that when it comes to using the internet people are constantly distracted causing our thinking and attention to be affected. First, the author points out that people who are constantly distracted by the busyness of the internet tend to comprehend less than people who read a traditional book. Also he states that several studies have shown results that while technology may improve some skills, it also interferes with our thinking. He also points out that students who use computers with internet in the classroom tend to perform more poorly on tests than students that
Balancing family and work life Crystal SOC 402 Eboni Hill June 25, 2012 Balancing family and work life Over the past few decades, the things have changed when it comes to work life and family life. Years ago men were the providers while women stayed home to tend to the children and the household. Due to the recent recession as well as the divorce rate, a lot of women now have to take on the role as provider, plus find the time to take care of the household. Not only is it women, but men as well. This day and age, balancing family and work life an affect a person’s work environment.
Of all the research found on the internet, the most common effect was that children who had a care taker showed more aggression then children who were primarily taken care of by their parents. The typical nanny works as a full time job. That means that they charge a full, 40 hour week and will do so for a year (per a typical contract). A nanny that makes $9-$12 an hour would cost at least $400/week, which means it can get costly. Because of this, they are typically only used for desperate cases (or rich families).Desperate cases refer to any number of things, but typically are for families where the parents do not have the chance to see their kids all the time.
What is the Internet Doing to Our Brains? During the occasional instances of downtime during our busy day, the thought of reading a book is just not something that comes to mind for most. Our attention is quickly shifted by the many interruptions of life, be it a notification from our smartphones or a new email we need to check. Many different forms of media compete for our attention all day long and we are living in a continuous state of distraction during this Internet dominated era. Do we really even have the focus and dedication to sit and read a traditional book anymore?
This is a belief formed by sociologist Philippe Aires in 1962. The feudal family was looked at as a production unit, with every member working so the family could survive; obviously babies could not work, so they were looked at as ‘inadequate adults’. Parents were also very distant with their offspring, not attaching themselves to them emotionally. This is due to the high infant mortality rates; an example of this is that children were usually not given names until they reached their 5th birthdays. Children were looked at as economic assets rather than a symbol of peoples love for one another.
"Is Google Making Us Stupid?" By Nicholas Carr informs us on the ways technology is negatively affecting our brains. This article starts out by talking about how the Internet is a resource we can use for almost anything. As a result, we are becoming dependent upon it in ways like increase our work productivity, reading, as well as writing. This article also claims that technology is a huge distraction in our lives in the sense that instead of traditional reading we now tend to skim read and even skip right to another article without ever returning to the original one.
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Shirley Lemacks NUR/440 April 9, 2012 Karen Harriman Grandparents Raising Grandchildren In today’s society, an increasing number of middle aged and older adults are raising their grandchildren because of complex family problems with the majority of the caregivers being the grandmothers. With the increasing incidence of parental substance abuse, child abuse and neglect, parental AIDS, incarceration, divorce and desertion there is sure to be more children placed with their grandparents. Grandparents differ from other adults caring for children. Most are close to retirement or have already retired and have lower financial resources and less physical stamina than the younger adults have. They face difficulties resuming parenting responsibilities, difficulties assessing assistance and high legal costs.