Interviews:
I was asked to interview 3 people , two where I worked, and one in a career that I was looking into. The questions I asked each individual were the following.
Can you tell me how you got to this position?
What do you like most about what you do, and what would you change if you could?
How do people break into this field?
What are the types of jobs that exist where you work and in the industry in general?
The first interview was my supervisor Pastor Brandon Rainwater, I recorded his responses to the questions here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9v0YqDrZZw
The Second and third interviews were not recorded, but I summarized their answers as best I could right after I conducted the interviews.
Philip Kinlow was the second person I interviewed, he is in charge of the media department at The Vine Christian Ministries, along with working for World Vision on their website.
He Got his position by first volunteering at world vision while he was in college and learning to be a website designer. Once he graduated they picked him up full time and he has been with them for 7 years. Getting involved in the company early was one of the best step he could have taken to getting a full time Job because he already knew the in’s and out’s of the company.
He loves that he can see a real impact on the world with what he is doing; it makes a difference for those who are misfortunate to see that progress can be made. The website he helps manage reports growth and results for World Vision. If he could change anything it would be the amount of people who cared about the poor, seeing the website is one thing, actually volunteering your time is another.
People break into this field by at first being an intern. That is the main way World Vision picks up new employees. People who are really dedicated and have proven themselves to be doing this for the right reasons are the ones that World Vision wants to hire. Schooling is also highly advantages.
Many types of Jobs exist in the industry of helping. Anyone can be a leader in his or her community by just volunteering at a soup kitchen. As far as the upper levels like administration it is more of a God calling then anything else. You can have the best laid plans and then next thing you know you can be living on the street. The main thing to remember is the golden rule. You treat people how you want to be treated and you will end up going where you need to go.
Rachael Konzalman is a manager of a Sunglass Hut in North Bend. I met her when I was shopping and I guess I amazed her with my knowledge of sunglasses because she offered me a job on the spot. I had to deny it at the time because I don’t have a car but I may pursue it down the road because it is something I am passionate about.
Rachael Got her position starting out part time as a summer job, but quickly fell in love with the product that she sells, everyone needs sunglasses, and soon she got promoted to manager when her boss left the company.
Her favorite thing about her job is the environment. She likes talking to her customers and hearing their stories. It is a very stress free job with no pressure to do well. She would change her location if she could, at an outlet mall in north bend it’s hard to commute from her house, but other then that she loves it.
Usually people start out as a summer job worker and if you stay around long enough it is pretty easy to become a store manager, just so long as you don’t get into trouble and have a positive attitude.
Besides the employees and managers, who both sell sunglasses there is a whole corporate team that works on sales techniques, much like any other company. However as the buyers market switches to more of an online presence website developers are becoming more and more needed.
