Insights of Interview

For this week’s blog I will discuss my thoughts and experiences with the interview for the case study paper. Before choosing my interviewee, I was nervous for the interview. I did not know whether to choose someone I sort of new or asking a complete stranger to hear all about their career development. I stuck with the semi easy route and selected my interviewee who is a family friend’s daughter. In order to keep her identity confidential, I will use her initials (KG).

KG is a middle-class, white female. She is in her early twenties and has a bachelor of science in nursing degree. I was hesitant to interview such a young person for career development, but I thought that I could see any indecisiveness that occurred during her process. She currently works as a registered nurse in a well-respected hospital. In the hospital, she works in the intensive care unit. KG grew up with a father who is an entrepreneur and a mother who is a certified nurses aide. When KG was eight years old, she knew she wanted to become a registered nurse. In my own perspective on her situation, I believe that KG developed this goal because of her mother.

KG lost her father in 2007. Watching her mother go to work and the tasks she would perform as a nurse’s aide surrounded her; that became the only thing she knew. During high school, KG found a love for art. She excelled in art and it soon became her hobby. At this point, she was in a time of indecision. She loved art and was outstanding, she received multiple awards for her art pieces, but she also had a passion for becoming a nurse. KG received counseling for both the loss of her father and her indecision. She was able to come to a conclusion that she would further her education and go to school for nursing.

Without going into full detail of her previous part-time jobs, I will state that I do not see why they are pertinent to her career development process. She worked a number of retail positions which are completely opposite of nursing. I see some similarities in wanting to help people and being around people in her previous and current job, but I do not see any of the connections. KG also wondered about the connections between all of her jobs. I can relate to KG in this way. In my own experience with part-time jobs, I have not seen any relation to my ultimate career goal.