When an individual is living, they have to consider the social and economic factors, such as employment and earnings. One needs to know how income is determinant in doing most of the basic things in daily life. Income can be in form of salary or any other form of remuneration depending on someone’s place of work. This paper explores Shelby Johnson’s life situation by focusing on various factors of her career.
The positive aspects of Shelby’s career are that from the job, she can have interesting tasks to undertake every day. Therefore, when an employee finds working to be motivating, they can deliver well. Shelby has a possibility of impressing the management at the pet store from her diligence while working. The other advantage is that the current career venture gives Shelby the liberty to utilize various working metrics, such as communication skills, use of technology while working, and performing financial reporting duties. From the information, Shelby has a significant degree of expansion in terms of experience and customer service. Shelby may have learned many ways of operating a pet store by the time she considers opening her enterprise (Baltes et al., 2019). The two positive aspects can help Shelby discover more opportunities while working in their current position. It would also enable the company to develop the portfolio while assisting Shelby with financial incentives that can help her make an individual business move.
The negative impact of the current career that Shelby is undertaking is that the remuneration is low compared to the anticipated expenditure. Shelby is paid a salary of $1,750 while expenses are $1,210, she has a student loan of $3,000, and her credit card debt is $2,400. From the figures, Shelby’s salary is less likely to cater to the cost of her life, and she needs to get better remuneration for that purpose. The other shortcoming with her current career is that her income is not fixed but is subject to change due to inflation issues hence causing financial stress to her. Therefore, it becomes hard for Shelby to be financially stable despite working for the pet store.
Concerning Shelby’s current and future career activities, she should engage management to increase her monthly income to be able to cater to various costs in her daily life. The other measure that Shelby has to take is to master the activities that are required to run a pet store, take a loan and, open hers (Baltes et al., 2019). In that way, she will be able to get some capital to start and apply the knowledge she has to run her pet store effectively. Lastly, she can consider selling her personal property to gain starting capital for the dream business.
Shelby can use a resume worksheet to develop sections of her professional experience that would enable her to have comprehensive information about her career. A resume worksheet will enable Shelby to have an organized thought on how to orderly capture information (Baltes et al., 2019). For instance, she will know where to indicate her skills, such as recording business transactions, communicating with clients, and use of modern machines to work in a pet store. About preparing for an interview, the financial planner will help Shelby to know possible questions and how to answer them during the interview. Furthermore, preparing for interview information is important for her since she will have the required information on grooming, conduct, etiquette, and intelligence (Baltes et al., 2019). Shelby may as well decide to shift to other career ventures that have a likelihood of paying more than what she gets. If she critically analyses her situation, it will be easier to know what to do concerning her career.
Reference
Baltes, B., Rudolph, C., & Zacher, H. (2019). Work over the lifespan. Elsevier Science & Technology.