CareerBeam Values & Vision

What is the vision of your ideal future?

When I think about my future and what I envision it to be like I see my self working for an international fashion company,preferably spanish or italian,either in Europe, New York or Miami. Possibly working for a company like Zara, H&M, Tiffany's to Miss Sixty. Or I see my self working in the marketing area of an international national soccer team. Ultimately environments in which I am passionate about those hobbies, in this case languages,fashion and sports. 

What are the benefits of writing a vision statement?

When writing a vision statement it first allows your creative juices to start flowing and ge

ts one to actually start thinking about what they really want to do with their life after college. Therefore by creating a vision statement and at the same time envisioning ones future, it serves as a building block to achieve that vision. Basically creating a goal that you wish to see be met and obtained since that is what you ideally would enjoy doing in your future, some what like your dream job.

What are the challenges of writing a vision statement?

An evident difficulty when writing a vision statement is that fact that it forces one to have to think far in advance as to what they wish to do in the future. The difficulty with that is that you may think that what you envision now is what you will want to be doing and at the same time you don't know if you will still want to be in the same career and strive for that vision in years to come; because as they always say people change careers multiple times in their life, so its not necessarily easy to automatically decide right then and there. 

Which of your values are most important to you?

When taking the Value assessment test on careerbeam is

 stated that my results were: 

YOUR SCORES:

• Driver:26
  
• Creator:23
• Humanitarian:25
• Pursuer:22
• Maximizer:24

When going over my value results they are all obviously important to me because they are what describe me as a person. However, if I had to choose which are most important to me would probably have to be driver and pursuer, because those are two key values to have if you want to get ahead in life because one lives on that and if you do not have drive or a desire to pursue then you will not achieve your goals and it also says what type of person you are in the fact that you will keep going until you achieve what truly wish to have and ultimately what makes you happy.

How do you express/display your values on a daily basis?

In my day to day life I believe that I always try to express or display my values even if I do it subconsciously. I always try to bundle them all together whether it be a combination of drive, creative, or pursuer, I use all of these in order to get any task done. For example if I set a goal for my self to finish something by the end of the day I will give it all I have and do everything possible in order to complete the job. Another way in which I use my values on a daily basis is when there is an obstacle in the way I will try to find a creative manner in which to over come it so as to continue going forward.

Find an organization that expresses a close match between your vision/values and the organizations vision/values. Quote the organization's vision/mission/values. Describe what it would be like to work for an organization with these vision/values.

When looking for an organization/company that expresses a similar vision and value system as me I looked at Zara. Zara believes that:

" The customer is the center of our particular business model

, which integrate design, manufacture, distribution and sales through its own network of stores. All processes, beginning with the creation of the product, share the same objective: to give the customers the fashion they expect. Every day, Zara interprets, adapts and takes trends to millions of people...The co-ordinated product is always the protagonist and shopping freely and in comfort is a pleasant experience"

Now knowing to some sort of degree as to what the company stands for I believe that working for this company with these sort of vision/values would be definitely a great experience. The reason being is that they know what they must do in order to compete with the competition there fore, with my drive, creativity, pursuance, and maximizing abilities to be able to meet the customers needs of providing them with affordable and fashionable clothes but at the same time maximizing dollars and cents, ultimately being innovative and putting my values to use.

Picture representing vision/value:

First Meeting with Our Mentors

On Thursday night, September 11, we finally got to meet with our mentors from the Executive Mentor Program. That night we basically learned that we wold be participating in this program in order to gain knowledge and advice from actual accomplished business people who have been in our same position and will advise us on how to get to the top. Ultimately, they are there to help us become the best that we can be in our desired business field and profession.

Once we finally divided in to our separate groups we each went in to different rooms and began to converse with our mentors. That night I got to meet two out of the three mentors because the other one was traveling, that is the reason as to why I was assigned three mentors because of their busy schedules and constant traveling, all of which working for Ernst & Young LLP. Besides the information I already knew about one of my mentors, Allison, is that she has switched majors constantly and did not know what she wanted to do , but after getting her masters at the University of New Orleans she was able to do what she wanted to do and was finally satisfied. Also with her profession it allows her the ability to travel to foreign countries, which is definitely appealing. In regards with Michelle, I learned that even though she majored in accounting she did not want to be an accountant or auditor, and therefore decided to go beyond and do something with her degree that she herself wanted to do. One main thing that we were told and is definitely good advice, is that it is definitely an advantage to decide what you want to do after you graduate because if you wait till your senior year you will be stressed and put in an unpleasant situation. 

By participating in the Executive Mentor Program, I ultimately expect to gain hands on knowledge on my specific field that I wish to go into after graduating and learn the do's and don'ts so that once I am out in the "real world" I can perform as best as I can. I also expect to obtain hands on experience with both marketing and international business endeavors so that once I begin to apply for a job I will already have experience since that is what many companies look for when hiring, not someone who does not have any experience; ultimately to get a head start on things. 

In regards with the Executive Mentor Program, I think that it will definitely be valuable in the long run in regards with how I should do certain things in order to work my way up the latter and improve and at the same time enhance my skills that I already pertain so to use them properly and as an advantage in the field I wish to work in. Also one key element that can be definitely useful is that bey doing this Executive Mentor Program it can open the doors to connections in regards with meeting people who work in the marketing and international business fields, specifically with fashion since that is what I intend to work with once I graduate. Ultimately it will give me value of knowing how to become the best that I can be correct any errors before I go out in to the real world and work in the business arena.