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Career Clips

Grade Levels:	6 - 12
Core Subject(s):	Language Arts, Language Arts
Website:	http://www.uen.org/dms/
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• Carlo

  Career Clips: Carlo. Carlo is an Infrastructure Manager, which means he is responsible for anything having to do with technology, both in the corporate environment and on the plant floor. His career advice is to finish school; get a four-year degree in computer science. Getting the degree indicates to employers that you're able to learn new things, which is important. Writing Prompt: "Why is the ability to learn new things important?"

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• Carolyn Mastoe

  Career Clips: Carolyn Mastoe. Mastoe talks about her job as an IDD Therapy Specialist at Coordinated Health. She explains that IDD stands for Intervertebral Decompression Device, and that it's a machine that pulls your body from the top and bottom to get blood and oxygen flowing between the discs in your spine. The best career advice Carolyn has received is to do what you love to do. She tried a bunch of different things to figure out what she enjoyed doing. Writing prompt: "What experiences have influenced your career goals?"

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• Frank Sabernowski

  Career Clips: Frank Sabernowski. Frank is a worker at Bosch RexRoth, an engineering company. He is responsible for plant management and financial affairs. He offers career advice to work as a team, and to understand the needs of others, so that a complete, successful final product can be achieved for everyone. He stresses how, in an engineering company, everybody depends on everyone else, and coordinating everyone's efforts is highly critical. Writing Prompt: "Why is teamwork important?"

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• Fred Everitt

  Career Clips: Fred Everitt. Everitt is a Director of Manufacturing Support Services, and his career advice is to treat others with respect and dignity. "It's not just what you get done, it's how you do it. Treat others with dignity and respect, and they will want to work with you because they trust you and appreciate how you treat them." Writing Prompt: "What kind of person are you?"

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• Gene Nichols

  Career Clips: Gene Nichols. Nichols is the Communication Manager at Good Shepherd, and he is responsible for getting positive stories about Good Shepherd in the newspapers and television. His career advice is to "never get pigeon-holed;" learn lots of different skills and always grow. Writing Prompt: "How does having multiple skills help you?"

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• Jim Kressler

  Career Clips: Jim Kressler. Jim Kressler, Director of Operations at Bosh RexRoth, lists his work experience in different areas of a manufacturing facility, and gives the career advice to "believe in yourself and have confidence as you move through questions and problems you may have." Writing Prompt: "What gives you confidence and why?"

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• Justin Snyder

  Career Clips: Justin Snyder. Snyder describes his duties as a physical therapist, and how he helps patients who have spinal cord injuries, neurological problems, and after-surgery knee and hip replacements. He encourages students interested in the physical therapy field to observe a local hospital or clinic, because most jobs look for applicants who had had observational experience. His career advice is to "do what you love and love what you do." Writing Prompt: "What kind of jobs would allow you to do the things you love to do?"

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• Karen Paulas

  Career Clips: Karen Paulas. Karen Paulas, Team Leader of the Admin Team, tells about her vocational responsibilities, which are to teach others new policies and procedures when she learns them. Her career advice is to "go to school and learn what you can, because it pays off in the end, and to follow your heart and work hard." Writing Prompt: "What does it mean to follow your heart?"

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• Kerry Cane

  Career Clips: Kerry Cane. Cane is a Speech Pathologist at The Good Shepherd Home in Allentown. Cane's job is to help people who aren't able to speak. She talks a little about the technological advancements in her field, such as being able to communicate just by moving your eyeballs. The best career advice she received was to focus on her technology skills since she had knack for it. Writing Prompt: "Describe technology use in your dream job."

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• Kerry Demeret

  Career Clips: Kerry Demeret. Kerry works as a physician extender at Coordinated Health, where she casts joints. Her career advice is to "try lots of different things. Join lots of different clubs and figure out what your strengths and weaknesses are and what your interests are." Writing prompt: "What clubs or activities do you participate in? What other activities would you like to try?"

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• Lucinda Lawson

  Career Clips: Lucinda Lawson. Lawson is the Director of Human Resources at Coordinated Health, a medical practice in Lehigh Valley. Her career advice is that every young person should question adults about their careers: what education they needed for it, how much they are paid, whether they like it, etc., because paths to jobs aren't always well known. Writing Prompt: "Which adult professionals would you like to interview and why?"

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• Meloney Sallie-Dosunmu

  Career Clips: Meloney Sallie-Dosunmu. A manager of Organizational Effectiveness and Talent, Meloney describes how her job is too help workers learn their jobs and be the best they can at what they do. Her career advice is to "do your best, even if you're a toilet cleaner, be the best toilet cleaner you can be. It's an important job." She takes pride in committing herself totally to doing a good job so that, compared to others, she shines. Writing prompt: "Describe a time when doing your best paid off."

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• Paul Davis

  Career Clips: Paul Davis. Davis is the Group Transportation Manager for Nestle Private Fleet Nationally. He gives advice to be positive and be persistent. He encourages, "Target what you want to work toward, develop goals, and be persistent in going after those goals." Writing prompt: "Describe a time when you were persistent."

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• Philip Stockdale

  Career Clips: Philip Stockdale. Philip is Logistics Manager 3 at DSC Logistics. He gives his work history at DSC, describing how he began as a forklift driver and worked his way up to manager. His career advice is "never stop learning. Don't limit yourself or what you learn. Learn as much as you can." Writing Prompt: "Describe the benefits of learning something new."

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• Rachel Houch

  Career Clips: Rachel Houch. Houch is an Occupational Therapy Assistant, which means she helps people rebuild their living skills, such as getting out of bed, or getting dressed. She enjoys how this work involves encouraging people and helping them, and she enjoys using her creativity to help her patients. Her career advice: Have a passion for what you do. Writing Prompt: "Describe a time when helping someone made you feel good."

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• Rick Denine

  Career Clips: Rick Denine. Denine is a Group General Manager, working in logistics (the transportation of goods between manufacturer and store). His career advice is to 'try to figure out what you enjoy doing, and see if you can make money doing it." Writing Prompt: "Describe your dream job."

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• Ross Born

  Career Clips: Ross Born. Born is the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Just Born Candy Company in Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Born talks a little about how you find something you enjoy doing, such as going to an amusement park, or going swimming, and then finding a way to convert that into a career, such as lifeguarding for example. His closing remark is, "Ask questions! That's how we learn!" Writing prompt: "Write about a company that appeals to you."

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• Steve Moral

  Career Clips: Steve Moral. Moral is the General Manager of Lehigh Valley Syrup Plant, and gives career advice to "do what you like to do; find something you enjoy doing, because you'll be doing it awhile, and will probably be better at it since you enjoy it." Writing Prompt: "What do you enjoy doing?"

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• Tonya Dean

  Career Clips: Tonya Dean. Dean is the Production Manager at the Lehigh Valley Syrup plant. She is responsible for having all operations go smoothly and fulfilling customer orders. Her career advice is to "take care of the people (employees and coworkers), and the work will take care of itself." She advises, "consider what sort of person you are to them, how you educate them in their jobs and what resources you provide to them. Make sure you educate them and give them big-picture knowledge about their work." Writing Prompt: "Describe a time when you learned from a mistake."

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• Tonya Joseph

  Career Clips: Tanya Joseph. Joseph is the Human Resources Manager at the Coca Cola Company, and she helps the organization hire employees. In the seventh and eight grades she really liked law and later went to law school, but there were always bits and pieces of it that she didn't like. Her career advice: "Do something you like until you find something you really enjoy." Writing Prompt: "Describe a time when you solved a people problem."

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