About Me!
My name is John Nickerson, I grew up in Chelmsford MA. As a kid I played hockey and baseball and i still play baseball here at the university. I enjoy golf and listening to music in my free time, and I have one sister who i am very close with. In the future, I hope to hold a management positions and live down south. I chose to take this course because it was business related and I thought it would be good to look at writing from a business perspective. Although I am not the strongest writer, it may be important going forward in my career.
Outside Artifacts
Business Managements
In this project, I was assigned a case study to evaluate and discuss. I talked about companies that thrived and struggled during the recent pandemic. I was required to use research skills and informative writing skills to complete this prompt.
Literature of Math
This was an essay I had to write this semester for my lit. of math class. We read the book, "Factoring Humanity" by Robert J. Sawyer and had to analysis some of the characters and themes. I had to utilize my reading skills as well as my interpretation skills in order to discuss the themes of the book.
Resume
In this resume, I highlighted my past occupations and my educational background. I mentioned my part time manager positions that may stick out to future employers, and my other occupations that could peak interests. I made sure to include my GPA from high school and college, as well as my extra curriculars.
Informal Artifacts
Week 3
This is a discussion post that i wrote in this class on week 3. As management is my major, I feel like this post is very important for my career. In this post, we identify the GAP, (Genre, Audience, and Purpose) to better understand readings in a business standpoint. It also incorporates managerial thinking and problem solving.
Week 5
This is another discussion post from this class in week 5. In this post, I used some problem solving skills that would be necessary in managements positions. In case of emergency, as manager should be able to react fast to benefit the company.
Formal Artifacts
In this project I was able to put my writing skills and management skills to use in a real life situation. This assignment helped me learn what kind of language to use while addressing a company about and issue or problem. I think its very useful info to have as this is a situation that can happen in many different fields.
For this assignment, I had to conduct an interview with someone in a field of work I am interested in. My father is a CFO at Sensitech Inc. and he was able to answer lots of good questions about that position and other positions in his office and company.