Well, I'm coming from the business world... Director of a company. I attained this position directly after graduating college in 2005 – a rare opportunity for newbies fresh out of college, I’m sure. Nonetheless, I loved my job, working for families whose children were struggling in school or needed to enhance their academic skills.
As director, I presented individualized educational diagnoses for each student who enrolled into our learning center. I developed personalized plans designed to fill in the gaps of a child’s deficient academic skills. All of my professional gifts/strengths/interests matched this position perfectly; it was a match made in Heaven. And then, the economy shifted downward... and we went out of business in 2008.
Although this job was perfect in my eyes, it did have its sour notes. For instance, my responsibilities included meeting monthly sales quotas. For those of you who have never been in sales – you’re not missing anything! Enrolling into Bellarmine’s Nursing program will forever alter my professional future – a future that will never include sales AGAIN!
I’m frustrated to have to start all over again on the corporate ladder. A starting nurse’s salary will be less than my prior salary. On the flip side, I am extremely excited at this opportunity to learn a skill that will be useful for the rest of my life! I pray that my gifts/strengths/interests will again be perfectly matched to clients in the medical field. I am thrilled when others benefit from my assistance; it’s almost as if I experience a professional “high.”
Having a Choleric ("Red") personality, I feel confident that I know my strengths and weaknesses and will use this knowledge to actively pursue the right destination in the medical field. I already sense that the Bellarmine Nursing Teachers are well-equipped to cheer us on to greater territories! Let the games begin.
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