Jennifer Nunez

Congratulations and best wishes! To one of our GPOIC’s 2019 student, Jennifer Nunez

 

The great race car driver Mario Andretti is quoted as saying, “Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal – a commitment to excellence – that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”This quote sums up Ms. Jennifer Nunez nicely.

From the moment she arrived for classes at the Greater Paterson OIC, we could see evidence of these characteristics. Desire, motivation, determination, commitment, and the unrelenting pursuit of earning her Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification were present from day one. She knew what she wanted to accomplish and was determined to achieve her goal.

We’re extremely proud that not only did she achieve one MOS certification but went further and obtained two more. She accomplished this while overcoming obstacles that would have caused many others to quit, including fighting through injuries that caused severe back pain.

Jennifer’s desire and motivation to achieve excellence will do her well in her next endeavor; She is moving on to her new position as a customer service/office assistant with Liberty Auto Care.  We wish her well and have no doubt that Liberty Auto will be elated they have her on their team, as we were having her in our program.

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Valicia Simon

Congratulations & Best Wishes!

GPOIC’s 2018 student achievement award recipient, Valicia Simon, is now gainfully employed and working in the field of finance for Passaic County. While at GPOIC, Ms. Simon became not only a Certified Microsoft Office Specialist and Customer Service Business Professional, she is the first student at GPOIC to achieve a QuickBook certification.

“Attending the Greater Paterson OIC has given me back what I thought was lost. I will be grateful always to OIC for their support and encouragement in helping me to re-discover myself.” – Valicia Simon

 
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Wise Words from The Rock!

Goodmorning! Great speech from The Rock ..

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3 Ways to Keep Your Job Search Going

Your ultimate goal is clearly to find a job, but it’s a pretty hefty one, and as you know, a goal without a plan is just a wish. You should be doing several things in preparation for and during the job search, including: https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/11/06/tips-effectively-pursuing-job-search-essay

https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/11/06/tips-effectively-pursuing-job-search-essay
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How to Know You’ve Found Your Ideal Job

When it comes to employment, increasing numbers of people are seeking more from their work than just collecting a paycheck. Finding work that has meaning and value is now high on the list of job seekers today. Having a process to evaluate a great job match is helpful in making that determination. There are 5 key factors that can be used to identify the ideal job. If you find yourself with less than 3 of the 5 it might be a cause for concern, and maybe time to look for a change.

The 5 keys are as follows:

  1. Love What You Do

The first criterion in determining the ideal job is doing work that you love, that you are passionate about, that drives, energizes, and leaves you with a sense of personal satisfaction as you go about completing the daily tasks involved.

  • Love Why You Do It

Having a cause that is bigger than yourself is another critical aspect in determining meaningful work. Why you do something is equally, if not more, important than what you are doing. Knowing why you’re doing what you do provides additional energy and clarity to your work.

  • Love Where You Do It

Fortune magazine annually puts out a list of the best companies to work for. Google, SAS, and Wegmans Food Markets, Inc., are a few companies that have been on that list for multiple years. It’s no coincidence that companies that people enjoy working for achieve high levels of success. When you love your place of employment, and when your work is done in an pleasant environment, the quality of work produced is consistently higher.

  • Love Who You Do It With

In any working environment you are bound to run into someone who rubs you the wrong way. But when you love the people you work with, it makes going to work every day much more enjoyable. Working with a group of like-minded people with a shared vision and purpose adds value and meaning to any work situation.

  • Love Who You Do It For

This alludes back to the “why.” Who are the intended beneficiaries of your work? Who are your customers, clients, constituents (whatever you want to call them); what is the impact you have on their lives? When your work is centered on enhancing the lives of others, every aspect of your work is filled with unbridled vigor and meaning. When all five of these elements are in place, you can feel confident that you’ve found the ideal job. Some might say this isn’t realistic, but I disagree. It’s not common, but there are people enjoying and experiencing all 5 of these key elements in their work, myself included. How many of these can you apply to your current work situation? I would love to know.

By Hollis Nelson

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