Name of your host: _____Rhonda __________________ Relationship to you: ______________Mom____________
The Interview: (ask your host these questions)
1. What is your job title? ____Bakery sales and merchandising at Safeway _____________________________________________________
2. What is your job description?_ Producing and displaying products in an appealing way. Helping customers with their shopping needs._________________________________________________
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What are the duties and/or tasks you perform at your job? Helping customers, decorating cakes, baking, building displays, paper and computer daily charting.
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What qualifications do you have for this job in the following areas:
a) training? I was trained for many years in different areas of the department._______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ b) education? I did a merchandising course to help with how to build displays and merchandise product.______________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ c) experience? _I have worked for Safeway 32 years and have learned a lot over that period of time and gained a wealth of experience.__________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________ d) skills and attributes (personal qualities)?_It helps to have an outgoing personality to interact with customers. You also work with a variety of people of all ages so being friendly and helpful to everyone in an asset. It also helps to be very organized, effiecient, being able to multi task and have a creative mind. ___________________________________
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What are some of the things you like about the job? _ I like the flexibility I have with my schedule, being able to be creative, working with people, and being in a workplace where I am can get lots of physical activity. __________________________
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What are some of the things you dislike about this job? _It can sometimes be difficult dealing with customers and their needs. Sometimes its is really hard to get up at 4am, but you are off at 130 in the afternoon and it can feel like you still have a whole day left to do things!_________________________
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How do you anticipate this job changing in the next 5 years or so? __I don’t anticipate a huge change in my job. However, things are constantly changing, new products and ideas from the company can make it seem like its hard to keep up!__________________
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Other question (s):
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Student Reflections:
Give three reasons why you would like this job (be specific):a)_______________I love doing hands on things and all I did there is lift boxes and stock shelfs so I really enjoyed that.__I spent 7 hours stocking shelves but I liked it so I didn’t mind _____________________________________________ _b) _I love helping people when they need help finding something I just love helping people where ever I can _____________________________________________________________ __c) _I also love to bake food so when I saw all the dough getting made in the big mixer it felt like I was in heaven._____________________________________________________________
Give three reasons why you would not like this job (be specific)a) one reason I wouldn’t like this job is because it would be really hard to wake up at 4 in the morning everyday.___________________________________________________________ _________b)___After 5 hours my legs really started to get sore and it was hard to stand so I couldn’t work as hard as I was before.____________________________________________________ __________c)__There are so many different types of people so it gets hard to deal with them and I got a little annoyed with a couple of my mom’s employees. ____________________________________________________
Is this job for you? Why or why not?
__This job is totally for me I loved all of it epically helping people when they needed help this was one of my favorite days in my entire life. ________________________________________________________________________________________
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Explain the value of the TYKTW experience in relation to your ideas about your post secondary (after high school) plans (education?, training?, travel?, work?).
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The value would be with people skills and talking with people I enjoyed talking with people who work there and take their experience a shift it into this write up. I had a very fun day at my mom’s work.
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