Personal Narrative: My Career Story

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My Career Story Told 24 years ago, I was unlucky to be involved in a five-car road accident that left seven people injured, I being the most injured. It left me in shock initially since I did not know how much the accident had affected me. I was seated in the back seat when it all happened, and I thought, “Why not get out and give a hand to the others.” With my experience in the medical field from working as a Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Technician, I thought I could lend a helping hand. Summoning all my energy, I tried to get out of the car but I could not move. I felt a sharp pain through my chest and I blacked out, I can barely remember what happened thereafter. What I can recollect from the hours that followed is that the company …show more content…

I began to think that I should give it a shot, and if I failed at least I would know I gave it my best. The course was seven months long and after those seven months I graduated with one of the highest grade point averages ever in the school and made it to the academic wall of excellence. After graduation, the real work of job hunting began. After months of sending out résumés and audition tapes, I was getting nowhere. Just before I gave up, the placement director at the Academy called to let me know a local news station was looking for a news production assistant. Knowing I would not actually get the job, I decided that this interview would be a great learning opportunity. A few ways down the road, one event leading to the next, I found myself living 15 miles away from the campus. I thought to myself, "Why not give it a shot? Even if I fail, I can say that at least I tried." The course took me seven months and I graduated from the school with flying colours setting the highest records the school had ever seen. That 's how I got my name on the school 's wall of excellence. The Job …show more content…

I was greeted cordially by the news director who handed me a form to fill out saying he 'd be back in 20 minutes. I stared at the form and pen, not knowing what to do due to my finger movement which I had lost. I could write using a splint, but the form had small boxes that had to be filled with precision. Luckily for me, my wife had insisted on staying behind waiting for me during the interview just in case I needed anything. I rushed down to where she was parked and she helped me fill out the form quickly. As quickly as I had rushed down, I went back up, in the elevator of course. When I got back, I found the news director waiting for me, wondering where I had disappeared to. I had to lie and say I was in the lavatory. Later on that day, I called the placement director to thank her for looping me in on the opening. I had no hope at all of landing the job

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