tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78555626235316037312024-02-08T11:30:30.365-05:00Aspirations For A Career In MarketingThis blog has been created to share the career aspirations of Krista Joy Smallwood.Krista Joy Smallwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12129258247678270120noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855562623531603731.post-39303378590819461112012-08-28T18:36:00.000-04:002013-03-12T15:09:36.329-04:00Side-Tracked! And Back AgainAfter working hard at readying myself for the job market last summer, I fulfilled an agreement with my mother to move in September. It was impossible to continue job hunting until I was settled again so I put my research aside and began this new project.
It took forever! I moved three times before getting into a place I could call home. Kijiji, http://Krista Joy Smallwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12129258247678270120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855562623531603731.post-86714594135052269582011-07-14T15:20:00.006-04:002011-07-14T16:27:03.715-04:00On the Hunt!I graduated York in the spring of 2010 pleased that I will be able to return to complete my Master's of Business Administration (MBA) after having achieved the required B+ average in fourth year. I am elated with my success. I spend the next year working with my mother at home. As the spring of 2011 sprung I decided to make my move into the job market.I began doing research into companies I felt Krista Joy Smallwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12129258247678270120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855562623531603731.post-8592591765828932912008-11-04T16:37:00.004-05:002008-11-04T21:17:58.263-05:00In The Beginning, I Knew NothingOne of the main goals I have at this time, 2.5 semesters from graduation, is to find information about marketing jobs. I don't feel like I know very much about them in a practical sense and this is a source of insecurity for me.I did some work on the Career Cruising website facilitated through York University. After completing many sets of questions it gave me a list of general careers that may Krista Joy Smallwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12129258247678270120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855562623531603731.post-25938864778556430562008-10-27T12:32:00.013-04:002008-11-04T20:27:51.712-05:00Personality Testing - 1,2,3I began at York University in May of 2006. In June 2005 I had the pleasant experience of being informally identified on the Myers-Briggs Model by a wonderful client while working in the esthetics industry. My code, by her oral-interview deductions, was ESTJ - extroverted, sensing, thinking, judging. I kept this anagram in the back of my mind for the next three years until being urged to Krista Joy Smallwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12129258247678270120noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7855562623531603731.post-9387508480313715672008-10-25T15:12:00.012-04:002008-11-04T20:25:44.767-05:00BackgroundThe idea to create a blog of this kind has been inspired by Lisa Violo in her creative and inspirational fourth year E-Marketing course at York University. This space will be used to convey and discuss the information, resources, problems and opportunities I am encountering in making career decisions. In nine months I will graduate from York University with a Bachelor of Administrative Studies Krista Joy Smallwoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12129258247678270120noreply@blogger.com0