«If you're a lawyer, you're
constantly learning on the job.»
When I think about this, I think about how smart lawyers are, having to
constantly learn on the job, and how they've mastered Word Perfect, then MS Word, then Track Changes, even email.
Constantly learning on the job and gaining new certifications and designations through the National Association of Realtors and other industry resources isn't just something that can help your bottom line — it can also help prove you can be extremely useful to those producing content around real estate.
Not exact matches
My interests were diverse: I really enjoyed the writing aspect of my
job; I craved a chance to
learn about a broader range of medical and biological topics; I wanted more social interaction in my
job, but I also needed «quiet time»; I wanted to continue organizing workshops and conferences, which I had been doing
on a volunteer basis; I liked to focus
on the details; and I
constantly needed to
learn something new.
In urban schools students come and go all day.No 45 minutes is like the time that preceded it or the time that will follow.Urban schools report 125 classroom interruptions per week.Announcements, students going, students coming, messengers, safety aides, and intrusions by other school staff account for just some of these interruptions.It is not unusual for students to stay
on task only 5 or 10 minutes in every hour.Textbook companies and curriculum reformers are
constantly thwarted by this reality.They sell their materials to schools with the assurance that all the students will
learn X amount in Y time.They are continually dismayed to observe that an hour of school time is not an hour of
learning time.Many insightful observers of life in urban schools have pointed out that it is incredibly naive to believe that
learning of subject matter is the main activity occurring in these schools.If one observes the activities and events which actually transpire — minute by minute, hour by hour, day in and day out — it is not possible to reasonably conclude that
learning is the primary activity of youth attending urban schools.What does the process of changing what one does every 45 minutes and even the place where one does it portend for fulfilling a
job in the world of work?If one is
constantly being reinforced in the behaviors of coming, going, and being interrupted, what kind of work is one being prepared for?
To ensure that my students
learn, I work closely with other teachers (in and out of my school district) who are getting the
job done (students perform well
on standardized assessments), I research
constantly in areas I feel weakest, and I invest in my own professional development.
I am
constantly learning new things and this
job always keeps me
on my toes!
The roles of a software engineer are
constantly evolving, and a majority of software engineers
learn on the
job with the simultaneous evolvement of development environments and computer languages.
Be a trained, highly skilled administrative professional ready to take
on any new administrative (and then some) tasks — one who
constantly refreshes and upgrades your hard skills and soft skills, and uses what you
learn daily and visibly
on the
job.