Jobing Community Video in Phoenix

Pharmacist David Martin explains how he first realized he wanted to become a pharmacist, why he believes the job is so special and how important it is to be meticulous in this profession.

Physical Therapist and Clinical Therapist Jeff Aberneth explains why he got into the physical therapy field, how much school it entails and why it's important to love your work.

Maggie Slade speaks about what the nursing profession entails, how she became RN supervisor and what she loves most about the profession.

Thursday April 30, 2009 The Jobing Foundation is hosting the first ever Experience Your Future Day at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. Students from all over the valley will be bussed in to take part in an interactive employment experience with employers in dozens of different industries. This video outlines what the students can expect when they arrive as well as some basic guidelines for the event.

Thursday April 30, 2009 The Jobing Foundation is hosting the first ever Experience Your Future Day at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. Students from all over the valley will be bussed in to take part in an interactive employment experience with employers in dozens of different industries.

Career interviews with speakers at the first ever FBLA, Pursue the Passion Entrepreneurship Challenge.

Career interview with Joy Estes the first woman to be accepted to West Point Military Academy and current owner and agent for State Farm.

Career interview with Golf Instructor and former LPGA Professional Shirley Furlong. Shirley describes how she came to love golf, why she started instructing and what it takes to succeed in professional sports.

Career inter view with a Fire Battalion Chief and Captain. They explain the unique team dynamic that surrounds firefighting. How to overcome the challenging application process and the essential step to navigating the process.

Career interview with Leslie Carrera, Environment Artist for Rainbow Studios. Leslie speaks about how she came to work in video games and why she loves it.

Career Interview with Character Artist at Rainbow Studios, Samuel Howard. Samuel speaks about what every character artist needs to focus on, some of the tools he uses and why he loves character design.

Career interview with Video Game Technical Engineer at Rainbow Studios, Elliott Olson. Elliott speaks about discovering what you want to do in design and how to make it happen.

Career interview with a Sound Designer at Rainbow Studios, Dave Lowmiller. Dave talks about how he gets to blow up cars for his job, the types of backgrounds a sound designer may have and "living the dream".

Career interview with Associate Producer at Rainbow studios, Dave Knudsen. Dave speaks about how he used his finance degree to find a job in video game design, what his job entails and how to be successful.

Career interview with Technical Artist at Rainbow Studios Bryan Moss. Bryan speaks about his role in the video game production process, what makes the job unique and how to succeed in the video game industry.

Career Interview with seven employees at Rainbow Studios, creators of the Nintendo Wii game "Deadly Creatures".

Career interview with a video game engineer at Rainbow Studios, Andrew Hair. Andrew speaks briefly about how he got into video game design, why it's so rewarding and what every aspiring video game engineer needs to know.

4 recent college graduates, discouraged by their professional experience out of school, set out on a cross country road trip to find answers. 16,000 miles, 100 days and 200 interviews later they returned with a wealth of career knowledge and began working for the Jobing Foundation building resources for students and professionals unhappy with their work. See there weekly career interviews on Friday's at Jobing.com or sign up for the newsletter at www.pursuethepassion.com

Pursue the Passion interview with Aerodynamics Engineer Joe Manzo. Joe describes what it's like to work with rockets and what it was that drew him to this particular career.

Pursue the Passion interviews Director of Animal Management, Dan Sabaitus about his career in the animal business. Dan highlights the importance of volunteer work and a love of people in his profession, but admits there is nothing as important as, "...being able to use a rake and shovel."

NPR correspondent Rene Gutel explains what it takes to work as a freelance journalist. It's a balance of print journalistic skills, an education in media technology and hustle. Freelance has allowed her to create her own job and become the purveyor of her own destiny.

I recently started a short video on first jobs based on the interviews done on the Pursue the Passion Tour. What I was surprised to find was that most of our interviewees didn’t generally succeed their first time out. Their first jobs were primarily obstacles or learning experiences that simply contributed to the overall journey. With that said the video quickly became a compilation of stories about obstacles. Here are some of the professionals we interviewed speaking about the “hiccups” e

Joel Dickinson started off his professional journey in the many of us do, apathetic. He dropped out of school and wound up taking a job in road construction. While Joel liked the work he began to wonder about his desire to pursue it long term. Ten years after dropping out Joel went back to school and chased down a dream. Here's his story that has a "green job" ending.

One of the hardest aspects of zeroing in on a career that we can be passionate about is simply discovering where our interests lie. Throughout the course of the Pursue the Passion Tour we found that almost everyone we interviewed was able to link their current career with a childhood interest. Here is a short compilation of their stories.

Pursue the Passion Interviewed Tommy Thwaits in Denver, Colorado in front of a live student audience. Tommy is the owner of Coda Coffee, a coffee wholesale co. that he owns and operates with his brother Tim. In this video Tommy speaks about his journey in the coffee industry and the risks he took to preserve his passion.