Saturday, September 24, 2011

Communication is important to your career. Chapter 1 Man 131.

       First I would like to introduce myself to all my name is Ricky Brackett and I’m pretty
much new to this blogging site. Today I would like to talk to you about Communication and why
it is important towards your career. In order to go forward we must first know what’s the
definition of communication. Many have different definitions of that word and that is fine by me,
but I would like to tell you my definition of the word communication. Communication means
interacting with other people inside or outside of the workforce, it can also mean “transferring
information between senders and receivers using one or more written, oral visual, or electronic
media” which is found in a business textbook Business Communication today (Bovee & Thill, 3).
You can have the greatest ideas in the world however if you can’t express them clearly it will not
be any good to your company or your career. For example if you want to be an engineer or
finance you probably need to share complex ideas with executives, customers, and colleagues.
I’m proud to say that I’m a young man who knows what I want in life and is part of a business.
Do I want to be an entrepreneur? Yes I do because I not only want to help myself but I want to
help my family and people around me or should I say giving back to the community. If you have
the entrepreneurial urge you will need to communicate with a wide range of audiences such as
investors, bankers, and most of all government regulators, employees, customers, and business
partners.
            One of the ways of why communications is important is because once a person has come
of their comfort level anyone can become leaders. Being a leader is one of the most important
things in communicating. Now some might agree and others might disagree but think of it as a
start. Think of it as if you are being interviewed for a position at a job, so now the question is
how can you get or even start a career without communicating? Ok we all know there are many
different ways to communicate right? Computer, Cellular phone, word of mouth, hey even
blogging. Why did I bring this up? According to the authors of my business textbook Business
Communication today they stated “the higher you rise in an organization, the less time you will
spend using the technical skills of your particular profession and the more time you will spend
communicating.” (3). I understand what that quote means however I disagree and here’s why.
One reason is that even if you are at a higher position in an organization yes you do have to
communicate more so but so still spend a decent amount of time on you technical skills, higher
positions still go on the computer everyday, on top of that some CEO’s have skype video
conferences on the computer instead of going out of state to a headquarter building and are
communicating about a next event. The technology era that we are in today I believe that more
people are spending time with their technical skills because your still communicating with your
peers. I remember my first day of college a professor asked me why are you taking this class? At
the time the class is an Entrepreneurship class so I reply “ I need it to graduate.” Unfortunately
she told me I need it because when you get out there in the real business world you will be more
then ready. Many employees express frustration at the poor communication skills of many
employees such as recent college graduates who have not yet learned to adapt their
communication styles towards a professional business environment. One of the key tools of
communication is to write well, speak well, listen well, and also try to memorize your colleagues
names because people around you will know that you got a good memorization. We are still
learning when you’re  in school studying for a degree or in or out the work place. Where am I
going with this? One advice that I will never forget that was given to me from Long Island
University Career Service Counselor please refrained from calling your employers or employees
names like “Yo, Hey, You” etc. If you don’t know the person’s name ask he or she for their
name because calling your peers with those words is not work appropriate to me. It may or may
not be negative but it doesn’t sound good in a work area. Remember people are watching you!
May God Bless you all and Have a Blessed Day.