Service Learning Helped My Career Decision :: Community Service, Volunteer Work

My community service experience was great I versed many new things that I can hire not only in the workplace but also in life. The people I had the opportunity to work with were very generous with their clock time and talents. They helped me to bring insight into what I want to do with my life.During high school, I was indecisive on what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to work any as a firefighter or an engineer. I performed my community service at the City Utilities Company. I worked with people who were water engineers and they gave me great advice on graceful an engineer. I was told that there were many different types of engineers. I didnt even know which type of engineer I wanted to be. Then I told him that I was thinking about being a firefighter as well. Thats when I learned his son was a firefighter and loved being one. When I heard about how his son loved the job, I knew then thats what I wanted to do.I was their secretary for the week from 8am to 5pm. I had to pick up the phone and take messages when they were out of the office, I had to organize some of their paperwork, and talk to the people who walked in looking for information of for one of the other workers. I had learned the responsibility of being on time and following directions. This experience helped me be more comfort fit around people I didnt know and able to interact with them. That came in handy in my job now, I work at American Eagle and I have to interact with people either day but Im already comfortable doing so. It helped me in life because Ive been able to meet new people around the college because Im comfortable talking to complete strangers.The chance I had to work with these people was amazing. I always had the feeling of me being welcome there. In the time I was there I received many gifts from them but not for volunteering for them but because I was a friend. They let me take home leftover candy and popcorn home to my family, even though my mom and sister never k new because I ate it before I got home.