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Trent Ofukany Joins Royal Bank For The Summer |
| FTLComm - Tisdale - Tuesday, May 14, 2002 |
| Trent Ofukany grew up in the Tisdale area out near
Crooked River and has been going to SIAST Moose Jaw where he will return in the fall.
But for the four months we call summer he will be working as a trainee and getting
the experience of working in a bank. The most important thing about finding the right work for yourself is to find out what it is that you don't like. All of the studies that have been done on job satisfaction and feeling good about the way you earn a living is finding the kind of career that fits the interests that you have. Surprisingly, we all seem to think we know what we like but until we actually do the work, we do not know that what is really most important is discovering what we just can't stand. My father put me to work on a section gang with the Canadian National when I was a teenager. I was eager to earn money and thought that I like working outdoors and the physical work would be good for me. Indeed, the physical work was the only thing I liked about the work on the track and that summer was the most important year of my life. By mid July I was certain that my life would not involve shovels, lining bars and jiggers. I realised that collage and a career working with people was what I needed to do and there would be lots of other people to work with things. Trent has already started his process of finding the right career for him, but for those young people in high school who are sixteen or older, at the end of June, would be a good time to sample some work and do some on site testing. Simply put, get a summer job that will help you determine what you do not like. The researchers have found that there is a very wide spectrum of activities and avoiding drudgery is so important in making each day worth living. If you can figure out if you are a people person, like to work with machinery, need artistic challenge in your work, need to see some accomplishment each day, finding out these things will help you select work that will be something you look forward to each and every day. Oddly enough a significant number of managerial types have failed to discover the importance of the people they supervise enjoying their work. Studies have shown repeatedly that when people are doing what they like to do they do better work and their greatest reward is not the pay they earn, but the achievement they feel in doing a job well. So if you drop into the Royal Bank or any other business in Tisdale with summer workers give them your best smile and all the encouragement you have time for. Their experience is the key to the success of their summer. |