Questions, Questions

Can an employer choose not to hire you because you are a smoker?
       If it conflicts with your job like if you are taking smoke breaks too often and not getting work done, or if it damages the image of the company like if you were hired to talk to people about the dangers of smoking and then you go out and smoke then it is ok if they don't want to hire you but if they are just personally against smokers then it isn't justified and it's not right.

Can an employer choose not to hire you because you are obese?
       It's the same, because an employer cannot hire someone who cannot complete work requirements so if your weight is an issue and it hinders you from completing your job then they shouldn't hire you. If they are just trying to make everyone look a certain way because they made a judgement call that thinner people work better than overweight people and it is just their opinion then it isn't right not to hire someone.

What went wrong?

Problems we had yesterday were that they don't give you that type of information online, so we couldn't check if they were hireing. Another problem was that we didn't know wich ones other people had so we couldn't all call the same place like 3 times, also we couldn't use our phones or we would get in trouble.

What can we learn from the city job fair?

We learned that we need to inform the people that will be attending about what to expect from the job fair and that they may need to apply online. We also need to have businesses that are hiring. We also need to keep people coming so that the employees don't feel like they are wasting their time and start taking breaks or leave early.

EP Job Fair

  This wednesday there was a job fair and 8,200 people had been there by 5 p.m., as compared to the 5,674 people who went last year. Workforce Solutions said they expected lots of people to go because of the high unemployment rate and the high rate of job positions available.

New Seating Arrangement

With this seating arrangement I will get to talk to people who I usually don't talk to in this class and maybe they can ask me question on stuff when they have trouble or I can ask them for their opinions on my work and we can become better together.

Skills Assessment

My strengths in the work-place would be that I am good at desktop publishing and can make something look presentable. I can also plan ahead and use my time wisely. I know how to behave in the work-place and in formal situations.

My weaknesses are that I don't type fast enough or with enough accuracy. If I was applying for a job it would be my first job so I guess a weakness can be that I don't have experience. Another weakness is that I'm not very organized so I can keep track of stuff but it has to be spread out everywhere and I am one of those people who micro-manage things and end up saying, "Stop. I'll do it."