Monday, November 4, 2013

Welcome To My Career Step Journey

Let me start off with welcoming you to my little blog. I feel like I should explain my back story and what brought me to Career Step. Please bare with me while I ramble on about my little family and our lives. This background information is important, at least to me. 

My name is Jenna and I am a stay at home mom with a Bachelor's degree in Social Sciences. I graduated from BYU in Provo, Utah April 2012 after recently giving birth to my second child. I am currently pregnant with my third baby and due at the end of April 2014. My husband graduated from BYU in December 2012 with his Master's degree in accounting and currently works in downtime Salt Lake City for one of the "Big 4" accounting firms. We purchased our first home in September 2013 and we are still trying to adjust to changing little life. As a sit here typing out this first blog post, my 19 month old is taking her nap and my 3 and half year old is playing an educational computer game right to me (I just had to state is was educational to be funny but seriously, she is enjoying herself and learning some colors so I can peacefully/ frantically type this up before her sister wakes up from her nap). 

Any way. Now the main question why you are here (if you haven't already left): 

Is Career Step really an option for me? 

Now here is why my background story was important! I decided to enroll in Career Step for many reasons. I have young children (and I am currently growing a child) and I want/need to be home with them. To each their own about child care and babysitters- that is not a topic I want to discuss here. I wanted something where I could be home with my children but still be working my brain. Which brings me to another reason why I enrolled in Career Step. I missed college. I loved going to school and taking classes. I love to learn and to have my mind challenged. I looked in graduate school after I graduated but nothing seemed right for me. I wanted something there I could continue my education, work at my pace, but also see a real "return" on my education. And here is another reason for enrolling in Career Step, the money! I don't want to sound greedy but if I was going to pay X amount of money for a program after already having X amount in student loans from my college degree, I wanted to see some money come back! Career Step has amazing resources to help you find a job after you finish the program. I actually found this program because my friend had already completed the program and had a job. I loved that I already knew someone who had done the whole program and actually had a job in the field. I asked her so many questions before I enrolled- I wanted to be confident that I wasn't signing up for a scam or for a career where I wouldn't be able to find a job after completion. And that finally brings us to the reason I started this blog. To help others realize their full potential when it comes to enrolling in Career Step. This is a legit schooling option which plenty of job options after you complete the program. 

The list of reasons why I enrolled will go on and go, some more general and some reasons are actually personal. But forever reason you want to enroll, don't hesitate. I am actually only a few money into the course and I am trying to work on the program daily. So my goal is to blog about my journey through this program so others can actually read about progress, about how the program works, and get some real examples of what they will be doing once they enroll. You don't need to be a stay at home mom, a college graduate, or be anything like me to enroll. (Side note: my brother moved out of state for college and he needed to work and wait for residency before he could actually afford going to college. So, if my brother would have known about this program before hand, he could have signed up and worked on the program online while working at his other job. Then when he hit his residency after a year he would have also hit his completion mark for the program. Then he would have been able to work from home/online and take whatever college courses he needed/wanted without worrying about working around his work schedule). That is just one example about how this program can help you. It can be a stepping stone for your next step in life. It can be the career you have been looking for. It can be anything you want it to be. 

The main reason I decided to do this program was give myself a stronger feeling of self-worth. I love being a mother, I love being a stay at home mom, and I love having a college degree despite my lack of using it in a professional setting. But I am only human and my insecurities got the best of me and I needed to have a project for myself. I wanted to have something to work on daily to help me personally. And this program does just that. 

Thanks for joining me on my journey through Career Step. I will blog as often as I see fit. Feel free to comment with any questions about the program. This blog is merely here for help and as a little outlet for me. Please be respectful with comments and please don't steal! 

Thanks!

Jenna B.

Remember, I am writing this between nap time, cleaning the house, laundry, and actually working on my Career Step homework. Sorry for the typos or incomplete thoughts. I barely have time to write let along proof read all the time. Thanks for understanding. Now I must tend to a screaming baby and change a diaper. Joy!

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