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Day In The Life
Skills &
Education
Here's the path I took:
High School
Roosevelt
Bachelor's Degree
Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science, General
Secretarial Business College
Here's the path I recommend for someone who wants to be a Loan Officers:
High School
Bachelor's Degree
Graduate Degree
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Life & Career Milestones
My path in life took a while to figure out
1.
Getting married instead of going to a 4 year college right after high school.
2.
Attending a 2 year Secretarial School gaining my 1st skillsets to obtain a job.
3.
2nd marriage and becoming pregnant while in college which caused me to withdraw.
4.
Promotion to Supervisor over a Secretarial pool and while attending college with my 3 & 5 yr. olds.
5.
Enduring 3 lay-offs, and 2nd divorce. These moments caused me to change my mindset about employment.
6.
Becoming homeless while working a very low paying job.
7.
Working through employment/temporary agencies for years which enabled me to select my current job.
8.
Going back to school, learning a new skillset. Am now a Business Process Manager. 10/2014
Defining Moments
How I responded to discouragement
THE NOISE
Messages from Society in general:
Because of gender and race you'll never reach this type of status. You'll never be an executive.
How I responded:
There is a saying that I've always meditated on. It says, "In all thy ways acknowledge me and I will direct thy path." I often study successful people and I embrace what I find to be true as opposed to factual. I use what is beneficial and throw away that which is not. I quiet the negativity in my inner ear by drowning it out with the positive information received and validating it by all the positive and wonderful experiences, I've had. How in the midst of all odds... I am successful!
Experiences and challenges that shaped me
Being laid off 3 times. I used the fear and negative energy by examining my alternatives and taking advantage of them. No time to waste and waddle, I immediately reached out to agencies for gainful employment.