[jeannine]

College Major?
B.A. Spanish, Doing my thesis and getting my M.A. in Spanish in May 2003. Someday hope to get my Ph.D. I don't know yet in what.

Current Career/Profession and Description? Bilingual Social Insurance Specialist for Social Security Administration, basically accepting or denying claims for SSI benefits. Speaking and interviewing with claimants and of course using my language skills to do just that!
Also an Adjunct Professor at Germanna Community College, teaching courses in conversational Spanish and Course on Hispanic cultural awareness to employer.

Dream/Goal Career (If its not your current)?
I am not sure, I would like to teach part time at a college some day, but I actually have a lot in common with Maria and Katey. I really enjoy working with the public and would like to be an administrator, perhaps pursue public policy or work in some other way in the government affairs area (whether public or private sectors). I guess I get from my dad since he has been a lobbyist for years in D.C.

Name some jobs you have held in the past?
Tons! Most recent ones include: Director of Education for a local non profit agency; Government Affairs Manager for a national transportation trade association; Fed. Gov’t Employee for DHHS/OIG; High School Spanish Teacher, to name only a few! I have also spent a lot of time volunteering with different orgs (like all AGD’s do!)

This Forum was an excellent idea! Perhaps we should take this on further and extend it to include and help other AGD’s through mentorship opportunities for recent grads from those of us already in the workplace, etc. I know that Rosevines tries to do something similar, but hey, we all know how wonderful our GC is! We all seem to access it so much!

Perhaps I will start with a post, name some great sites on-line or resources, to help in pursuing your dream jobs. Or even better yet, "what types of experiences do I need to be that person I want to be?!"
See my future post for a sample, perhaps others could also post things from different fields!