Week 3 EOC This Charming Man

While watching This Charming Man, we were asked to notice the issues of discrimination. Discrimination is a very large category involving HR departments and has some very serious issues with the workplace. "An employer can no longer seek out preferred individuals based on non-job-related factors such as age, gender, or physical attractiveness. Those that do so may be confronted with significant legal problems." Many companies nowadays have policies for discrimination acts and have the access to legal help. During the short film, I picked up on many racial slurs and sexual discriminations. The film was based in Denmark and the have been having issues with immigrants trying to find jobs. The men in the film, in particular called the Pakistanis rude, insensitive names and workers and the hiring companies thought of them to be on the bottom of the totem pole. "With great success, and more customers, however, comes the need to identify, train, and retain even more talented people. These people must be kept happy, focused on excellence, and committed to the organization's goals."  There was even some sexual discriminations when Lars told Ida he didn’t even recognize her because she lost weight and one man called a receptionist “sugar”. Treating people right has everything to do with treating your employee’s right.  "Exceptional hospitality management company leaders are often quoted as saying that “our people are our greatest asset.” These managers are not simply paying lip service to the importance of employees. They know it is true." 

Week 1 BOC My Voice

21 year old fashion enthusiast. When I'm not being a full time college student or a part time employee, I enjoy DIYing, watching Netflix, browsing the internet, and spending quality time with my family. I am inspired easily & I thrive on constantly exercising my mind. You can do anything you set your mind to and if your dreams don’t scare you, they’re not big enough. Passion is something you follow and I intent to follow my dreams and passions for the rest of my life. 

EOC: Week 1 Best & Worst Jobs

As of now, I can say that the best job is where I currently work; Francesca’s Collections. It is a small store with only 5 others, but has given me a lot of experience and has taught me new things to take to my next job. This job gives me the opportunity to take things into my own hands when it comes to visuals of the store and make it my own, which is ultimately what I want to do. My manager is fantastic and has given me multiple opportunities to grow and do things that only upper level would normally do. We have conference calls weekly with upper level management such as regional and district managers to talk about improvements and how our store is doing. The store and system is very organized and timely, which I think is essential to a successful business.

The worst job I’ve ever lasted a short time and for a good reason. I worked at a small boutique named MIXT. I was there for about a month. It wasn’t a hard job at all, but the woman who owned the store was Satan’s spawn. She was a lovely woman while I was being interviewed and seemed like a good person. She was barley in the store ever, but when she was all hell broke loose. I was paid under the table and the woman was very unorganized. “Success requires a full complement of staff members from owners/managers to entry-level employees who consistently attain required quality and quantity standards. In this industry, the emphasis must be on human resources, and leaders must practice human resources management principles and practices.” We had no system to “clock us in” and there were just a lot of missing factors. The company is still in business, but has a high turn over rate, which means there’s something wrong with management. I just don’t think management was properly trained therefore I wasn’t properly trained.