administrative assistant

dental assistant

housekeeper

dental hygienist

social work supervisor

East Carolina University

While I'm unsure of what my position's title was, I list it on my resume as a web content administrator, because that's what the work entailed. We used CommonSpot CMS tools, which are essentially a set of tools that can create and update sites quickly with almost no web development knowledge. 

While the description for the job asked for web design knowledge, as I said previously, practically none was needed. Occasionally, I would open up an elements HTML view to discern problems with lists that the autoformatter had messed up. 
My primary duty was to update websites from an old page design that did not scale responsively to user attributes such as mobile platform, resolution, etc. into a new responsive design. Sounds complicated? Cool? Wrong, this was practically a glorified data entry job. 
Was the work easy? 
Yes.
Did you ever do anything beyond copying and pasting text boxes?
Nope.
I had the capacity to quickly finish nearly all the work orders within about 15 hours a week, and knew that all of mine and coworkers positions could be trivialized into scripts that could have been easily implemented and administered. I hated knowing this and the fact that no one around me seemed to even consider the possibility or even care.

As I was facing a myriad of personal issues, management neglected to inform me of any expectations. No hour range or page count was qualified to me and while I was in the middle of determining my academic situation I was abruptly terminated without warning. This lack of communication about expectations is completely unacceptable, and while I had little desire to continue my employment in that position, I am still irritated at the circumstances behind it.

My job is to proctor exams, help grading the exams, post them online ASAP, tutoring students and help with research. I learned how to interact with people and talk in front of a crowd in my teaching assistant job. My research related job however taught me something entirely different. I was lucky to be a part of a project that I learned how a topic of a project is determined, how to do the background research and literature review. Every Tuesday I need to present a summary of reference papers. After several months I found that I'm getting more confident when giving presentations and less nervous. The hardest part of my job comes with the lack of research experience that sometimes I need to go over the work again which later became the funniest part of the job. Every time when reading the materials again or summarizing it I realized something I missed and then they became something new I learned. Through the discussion and guidance of the professor, I came to be more cautious when exposed with abundant information and more open-minded to understand different perspectives and sides to look at things.

East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine is a very clean, organized facility that provides quality care to not only patients and their families, but to the students searching to advance into the dentistry field. The building offers amazing technological advancements regarding the tools and equipment provided to take care of patient's needs and also hands-on learning experiences to future dental professionals. The staff are very welcoming and patient with all who that enter through the doors and overall patient satisfaction is moderately high. The most enjoyable part of my clinical hours at East Carolina University School of Dental Medicine was the knowledge of knowing that everyone attending was there to learn. I did not feel singled out for not being as knowledgeable as I wanted and had many opportunities to learn from other Dental Assistants I and II, multiple dentists whom have specialized in different specialties, and the different years of dental students in their curriculum.

I worked as a research associate, an instructor, and supervisor of a cardiovascular testing program. Each role was a learning experience, and I have acquired so many skills and contacts from the university setting. My co-workers are amiable and enjoyable--in my department most everyone is active and friendly. I have enjoyed getting to know many of them. The hardest part of my job is still the schedule of work with me as a single parent of three school aged children. I have no problem with workloads, but sometimes the instruction requires my presence when it is almost impossible. The most enjoyable part of the job is being a part of a well-seasoned and growing team, who cares about their students and co-workers. I have been so lucky to have learned what I have through the years. I feel well-rounded and prepared to move forward with the skills I have. I have written freelance for 20 some years and have always wanted to use the experience I have gained through the health field in a positive way.

Working at East Carolina University allowed me to fill different roles that I normally wouldn't have had the opportunity to experience. I felt my experience there in both the autopsy suite at Vidant Medical Center and the Writing Center at Joyner Library allowed me to work at a pace which prepared me for a more strenuous workload and gave me the ability to adapt to new environments and vocations. Working as an autopsy assistant exposed me to the medical field and instilled the importance of patient confidentiality as well as the importance of cleanliness, attention to detail, and a level of care that strengthened my aptitude for precision. The writing center was a wonderful opportunity to expand on my people skills and clerical work that was extremely beneficial and solidified my ability as an office assistant.

ECU Sports Turf Grounds Crew was a great job for me to have while I attended school at ECU and it offered flexible hours with my full time class schedule. I learned a lot about professionalism in the work place, especially during a game day. There was a high expectation for the employees to uphold and I learned to exceed that expectation when at all possible to make the visit to the sports complexes awesome for all guests. The hardest part of the job was not being able to work past a certain time on weekdays because we ran out of daylight quickly after I became available to work after classes each day.The most enjoyable part of this job was the opportunity to work for a college level grounds crew on college team sports fields.

During a usual day at work I would have to help the team with community service projects such as fundraisers. 

I learned that by working together you can accomplish even larger tasks than you could usually do by yourself. For example, we raised $692 for BHLC through our hard work and dedication as a team.

My Co-workers were very easy to get along with as well as the management. They were very professional and helpful.

The hardest part of my job was planning the projects with the team and carrying out the fundraising efforts.

The most enjoyable part was when we got to hear about how much money we had raised for a good cause. It made our efforts feel very worthwhile since we helped many people.

While working at Campus 31, in the student center of East Carolina University, I was required to direct, shoot, and edit various videos for different organization and events around the campus of ECU.  We produced promotional videos, advertisement videos, and covered live events.  Being provided with our own work space and computer, we had the freedom of working at our leisure, as long as the project we were assigned was completed by the deadline. This job helped me craft my skill in every aspect of film production and taught me the steps needed to become successful within this field.  The most enjoyable part of this job was the great times I had with my co-workers, and being able to learn from them as we worked on projects together.

In my time at the history collections, I have learned and gained competency in archives/museum work.  I was able to work with the archives on campus as well as with the Country Doctor Museum in Bailey, NC.  My co-workers have been very helpful and supportive, as well as the personnel of the library's administrative offices.  The hardest part of my job has been the reorganization process of the manuscript collection which had been neglected for many years and for which a finding aid had never been placed online.  That was a challenge and the most fun part of the job since I enjoy being tasked, given the chance to lead a major project.

I would meet with the employees after work to socialize, I would show housekeepers how to log on the computer, I was at work 4am mornings so when they came in the could fix their coffee and began their work day. I went around and chatted with each employee everyday, I helped them if they had death in the family, or had babies, got married, or got divorced .I listen to them I always tried to keep us safe. I utilized the ECU police force when necessary. I just did little things to make the days pleasant.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Administrative assistant 106 salaries reported	$42,962 per year
Dental assistant 72 salaries reported	$43,376 per year
Housekeeper 70 salaries reported	$34,922 per year
Dental hygienist 67 salaries reported	$69,341 per year
Social work supervisor 57 salaries reported	$59,132 per year

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