2. Major: Business Management
Sparked interest in Business my Freshman year in High
School
Took 4 Business courses throughout high school
Emphasis: Supply Chain
Work well with calculating the forecasting for products.
Will be able to apply my organizational skills
Can understand both the buying and selling aspects
within corporations.
Cluster: Human Resources
Allows me to enhance communication and relationships
by working with employees.
3. Graduating with an Honors diploma
Acquired 90 hours of service over the course of my high
school years
Member of National Honors Society
Kept an average 4.0 and earned multiple academic awards
Earning my Young Women’s Medallion
Allowed me to gain skills needed to become a mother and
wife.
Brought me closer to Christ
Being married in the Temple
Have worked hard to be worthy
Was patient in finding a priesthood holder that can take me
there.
Appreciation for Elder Hales’ advice, “Fearless Love”
Can improve communication
Raising a family strong in the gospel
4. Why Business?
Have grown to be very comfortable with it
It has been the vision of what I plan to do since my high
school classes
Allows me to put to work my strongest skills
Organization
Management
People/Communication
Why BYUI?
Provides a comfortable and spiritual environment
Values the same standards as myself
Is recognized as a quality school
5. “Making a living and a Life” by Elder Lynn G. Robbins
This article stood out to me most because I found it
most applicable to my life and situation.
Important to put God and family first and work second
Must live “level A” lives on Elder Robbins scale
“Return”
Book flows similarly to the timeline and challenges we
face in life.
The most important chapter I found in the book was the
one titled “Atonement”
Christ’s atonement is the key to our mission in life
6. Allowed me to recognize both my strengths and
weaknesses.
Strengths
Respect for others
Time management
Organization
Weaknesses
Public Speaking
Opened my mind up to different career possibilities
Originally had only considered retail management
After doing the tests, I realized my interest in both Real
Estate as well as hotel management.
7. 2 Mentors in the apparel retail industry
Found common hardships
Coping with the up and down economy
Finding ways to draw customers in
Understood the role of a managing position
Kept order in the store
Met with district managers and discussed store issues/improvements
Mentor in the housing industry
Helped me realize it was something I wouldn’t want to pursue.
Have to evict people from their homes
Mentor in hotel management
Was similar to the apparel retail industry in that:
It’s important to find ways to draw customers in
One must have good financial skills in order to deal with a downfall in
the economy
8. Overall, compiling this portfolio allowed me to look
over my life and figure out who I am and what I want
to become.
I was able to branch out and see the pros and cons to
furthering the different careers I have found interest
in.
It allowed me to become more professional and be
more readily prepared for when I’m thrown out into
the business world.
