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Workflow explores the everyday lives of every career imaginable.Whatever your job or position may be, your story has a unique way to be told and shared.
Lost in the Rhythm of Machines. Top Story - September 2021.
The drone of mechanical tapping fills the back work room. Needle number nine of the Tajima embroidery machine embroiders the neck of a goose caricature on the front of a hat in 853 light brown, going at fifty stitches per minute. In between color changes the local radio talk show filters in from the stereo propped up on a shelf. The hosts end their morning segment before I press the green go button after the machine moves to needle four and begins tapping out the name of the shop the hats are for in a light silver (150).
By Esmoore Shurpit4 years ago in Journal
The Sidekick: Your Hero’s Voice of Reason
Dick Grayson. Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson. Scooby-Doo. Samwise Gamgee. Wong. Jimmy Olsen. They all have one thing in common: they are the sidekicks, the voice of reason to their respective hero…or vigilante in Dick Grayson’s case. These are the close friends of our favorite fictional characters. It is their job to help the main characters see reason. They watch the other’s back. Sidekicks help the reader or viewer discover different aspects of the main character’s personality. They are the ones the main character turns to for advice. Or a good swift kick in the buttocks.
By Beth Freely4 years ago in Journal
Reflecting on Recruiting
I'm the person you want to impress. I'm who you put on your best clothes for. I'm who caused you all that stress. You're hoping I'm nice. You're hoping you can answer my questions. You're waiting for my decision. But more than that, you're hoping for a job. You don't really care about me. But I care about you.
By Hannah Farrow4 years ago in Journal
The Work I don’t have to do
The alarm, blaring the song, “The Hardest Button to Button” by the White Stripes, rockets me from my slumber. I brush my teeth, wash my face and hands, go to the medicine cabinet, retrieve my prescribed drugs, and verify them with my father. Then, it’s time to attack the Peleton bicycle with all vim and vigor.
By Skyler Saunders4 years ago in Journal
The Adrenaline Addict. Top Story - September 2021.
All manner of bodily fluid has found its way onto the thin barrier my paramedic uniform provides me. Rather than ‘just’ urine or ‘just’ vomit, it’s often a cocktail of biological liquids that attempts to test the absorbability of my poly-cotton blend work attire. The mix sometimes includes blood that is my own.
By Nancy Gwillym4 years ago in Journal
Tools That Help Me Write For Vocal
When I turn my attention to writing a new article, story or poem my mind, I have to admit, doesn’t always lean towards efficiency and order. Ideas pop out of my head like kittens from a basket, unpredictable, hard to keep a hold of, and even more difficult to get into any semblance of order.
By Paul Douglas4 years ago in Journal
I Love My Job
I tried the whole "work full time at a shit job in order to afford basic luxuries" lifestyle and was absolutely miserable. I tried fast food, retail, restaurants, healthcare, factory work... it all leads to burning out and hating life. The money wasn't worth the exhaustion, the anxiety and the lack of self worth. So I went on a very long hike and re-evaluated what I wanted out of life, I wanted to enjoy my job, even if it meant I needed to give up many luxuries I had come accustomed to. If I had an apartment and bills to pay then this job wouldn't be able to support me but thankfully I manage to avoid such costs by living in my off-grid converted school bus.
By Mollie Harrison4 years ago in Journal
Peace of Mind
When I go into work, I know I am doing more than just getting a paycheck. My job has meaning and purpose to a lot of people. I answer calls as a Consumer Advisor Expert for one of the most well-known medical insurance companies in the country. I only work Saturday, Sunday and Mondays, but I work 12- hour shifts. I have been with the company nine and half years. This company has not just given me a job, it’s given me a career.
By Crystal Green Stinnett4 years ago in Journal
It's a bad day, not a bad life
Just like the usual morning working routine, once you greet all your colleagues in your chat room, whether individual or group, you will expect that a huddle will be called by your superior. Few minutes later, your laptop is ringing and you had no choice but to answer and turn on your video. At the back of your mind, you are hoping and praying that this meeting will turn out well, unlike in the past few days wherein half of your day was "wasted" because your time was focused on listening and jotting down changing instructions and hearing the rants from your higher up on how your team was not delivering the assigned tasks, short of saying your team is ineffective. It's too heavy to bear, given that the team was just established in less than a month and there are piles of tasks to deliver. You know that everyone is doing their best, that aside from the team's tasks, there are other workloads to finish. You wish that you are an octopus, with 8 tentacles, or hands so that you will be able to attend to check emails, conduct meetings with your subordinates, prepare reports, interview applicants, participate in inter department meetings, analyze data, monitor the team's performance and others.
By Hermione Hope 4 years ago in Journal
A Day in the Life of a Banker
I am jolted awake by the concerned voice of my husband speaking to my co-workers. It is 10 A.M., and I am an hour late for my shift at the bank! I jump out of bed and get ready in a frenzy of cloth and various scented gels while my husband shoves food in a bag for me.
By Guenneth Speldrong4 years ago in Journal
I Love My Job Because It Changes The World One Person At A Time!
“I AM” is a powerful influence on what I call drivers and swayers. It is said that what you put after “I am” shapes your reality. If you put negative words after I AM then you will connect to the negative emotions and act negatively. But if you put positive words after I AM then you will connect to the positive emotions and act positively. I try my hardest to help as many people as possible in the world because I feel that is my reason for being here. There are many things that I do for others and I might not have much, but what I do have I will give if someone is in need. Living this way has developed many hobbies for me, like creating bracelets, crafts, and homeless bags for others to try and cheer up their day. But I must say the most rewarding so far is volunteering my services to parents, foster parents, foster children, and foster agencies. The past few years I have been developing training for foster families including everything from behavioral contracts to chore contracts. I covered stranger danger, good touch bad touch, and also things such as emotions, responsibilities, etc.
By Buffie Peterson (Angelsoulbp)4 years ago in Journal
