Professional Association in Economic, Finance and Management

Well, one of the lastest assignment is to research about professional associations. Well, I must confess, that I did not thought that! And it is probably for a reason: making human connections is extremely hard - not painful, not stressful, not dreadful- no just plain hard. People are so strange. They don't set their life to some principles and plan it accordingly. They cannot analyze, and rather judge by its feeling. And they think they want something, and they fire back. So far though, they are the majority. Since a child, I always tried to understand. Problem is they still are hard to understand. Sometimes they are hard to bear, many of them don't have principles, are highly cynical, or are highly plain plain plain-minded. Hahahahaha. I think I am enjoying blogging.

Anyway, being hard does not meaning being avoidable. You have to network, because you are responsible for any outcomes, an networking is a good way to look for influence. In the end, people are easy to manipulate, and they flow with their feelings. So if you think you are not being liked for who you try to have something in common, don't worry. Lower a little bit the coefficient of dis-likeness you have assigned, and try to cry. They know how being hurts feels -because they always go for that outcome - and your smartness, attitude and confidence will amuse them. What amuse them more, is that you are not afraid of taking not-popular-but-needed decisions, a quality they will always lack. But I am guessing that is not good when networking.

So now I wish you luck, and wish me luck because I know this is going to be hard.

Economics:

· American Economic Association: The American Economic Association (AEA) is an association which purposes are: i) the encouragement of economic research, especially the historical world and statistical study of the conditions of industrial life; ii) the issue of publications on economic subjects: iii) the encouragement of perfect freedom of economic discussion. The association publishes many Journals: The American Economic Review, The Journal of Economic Literature, The Journal of Economic Perspectives and The American Economic Journals. Its membership fee is 35 USD.

· Association of Environmental and Resource Economists: The Association of Environmental and Resource Economist ( AERE) focus on environmental and resources economics. They promote meetings and workshop that present research of the members. AERE publishes two journals: Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, and Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. It charges a membership fee of 27 USD

· National Association for Business Economics: The National Association for Business Economics (NABE) is a professional association for business economist and those who use economics in the workplace. They have several subject-oriented roundtables for Corporate Planning, Financial, Health Economics, International, Manufacturing / Industry, Small Business / Entrepreneurship, Real Estate / Construction, Regional / Utility, Technology and Transfer Pricing. It has a quarterly journal, called Business Economics and offers several certifications, as well as conferences. The student membership is 30 USD

Finance:

· Association for Financial Professionals: The Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) targets treasury and finance professionals. It focuses on providing information such as news, economic research and data, certifications, events and training. It does not have journals; instead, it provide several surveys that focus on key financial indicators such as Payment Survey, Liquidity Survey, Financial Risk Survey, Business Outlook Survey and Compensation Survey.

· Association for Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business: The Association for Accountants and Financial Professionals in Business (IMA) has as mission to provide a forum for research, practice, development, education, knowledge sharing, and the advocacy of the highest ethical and best business practices in management accounting and finance. Its membership provides professional development training, networks and communities, publications, conferences and events, career services, research and information, ethics center and helpline. It also provides students access to different scholarships.

My Resume

After a few days to the library, and taking in consideration all the things I've on the red, voilà my resume. Hope you like it, or better, hope the companies I want to work at like it.

JHONATAN MONDRAGON

521 Isham St, Apt 1F ¨ New York, NY 10034 ¨ (347) 813 – 7594 ¨ jhon902@hotmail.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

§ Clerical skills: Typing at 55wpm, Scheduling, Filing, Photocopying, Faxing, Photocopying

§ Software: Mac OS, Windows X, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Powerpoint, MS Outlook, Filemaker Pro and Taxwise

§ Languages: Spanish, English and French

EDUCATION BACKGROUND

LaGuardia Community College, Long Island City, NY September 2010 – Present

Major: Business Management

GPA: 3.5

Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru March 2006 – December 2009

Major: Political Science

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Food Bank for New York City – New York, NY December 2010 – April 2011
Intake

§ Received clients and assisted them with the organization's paperwork

§ Surveyed clients to determine their eligibility for Food Stamps, translated for Spanish and French speaking interviewees

§ Made copies of paperwork; handled different schedules for different tax-preparation departments, sent clients to the tax-preparer and made "210 New York School Credit" for qualified clients

Catalonia Trade & Investment – New York, NY November 2010 – December 2010

Data Entry-

§ Made copies of all business cards

§ Scanned business cards, fixed minor errors and exported to Microsoft Excel

§ Exported the files to FileMaker Pro and kept an updated and organized database for all business contacts

San Marcos National University – Lima, Peru May 2009 – December 2009

File Clerk

§ Checked and distributed documents and correspondence fast and organized. Ensured every official document was signed

§ Maintained hard copies of memos, official letters and receipts

§ Filed the archives in their respective folders following a time-entry order procedure

§ Photocopied and scanned records of administrative documents

WarCab Internet Café – Lima, Peru September 2008 - April 2009

Customer Service Associate

§ Ensured that each customer received outstanding customer service which included troubleshooting, and explanation of software as well as cloud computing

§ Informed customer of time limit or availability

Building a resume and how Dow Jones might help

If you want a someone who manage your life, go for the Wall Street Journal. While the economic section have become boresom over the years, and the spanish sections contains more errors than ever - and it is NOT as amusing as before -, there is no other publication that can match its products for lifestyle, careers, money and technologies. While I definitely think that the WSJ is the worst publication to look for predictions, its the best for personal achievement answer because it surveys many executives of different industries in an array of subjects.

Thus, if I want to create a Resume, naturally i would look in Google "wsj"+"resume" (no site: because we don't want to leave SmartMoney behind).

So let's look what the hunt gave us today:

* Building a skill-based resume: although limited explained, it comments how the resume is percieved. http://blogs.wsj.com/laidoff/2009/03/23/getting-ahead-with-a-skills-based-resume/

* Finetunning your Résumé: It is extremely easy to write a resume; making it a marketing tool for your potential employer is another story. This focus on what the points one should consider in order to get the resume considered. An what better source than a journal than have access to several hiring executives and human resources managers around the United States. i) Like any marketing product, you should focus on your market by first indentify it. ii) Besides, promotion is a value and thus taking in account how hiring managers gather information.iii) Sometimes a paragraph can say more than 1000 thousand bullet points. Give a your potential employer a broad picture of your job, your company, your responsabilities, and your achievements. iv) Meeting an insider at a company is one of the best options you have. You want your résumé at the hiring manager, so meeting people that can get your resume landed and recommended to your potential managers. Besides, you every marketing strategy comes from a marketing vision, which is to get a job. One of the advantages of this tactical plan is that its results have a stronger chance to achieve the mission - getting the job -; v) putting a personal touch on your resume. The WSJ is not explicit and is more ambigous at this point. As a value strategy, sending a physical resume may be very odd giving that most resume are scanned, but the example seems more about communicating knowledge and interest at a company, in other words, looking to be part a valuable resource to achieve a company's vision and mission; vi) reevaluate regularly. The last part of managemeng and marketing alike: you should always evaluate strategies and marketing mix to see if they are delivering results. http://guides.wsj.com/careers/how-to-start-a-job-search/how-to-fine-tune-your-resume/

Finding a Master Résumé Writer: Many people argue about others doing your résumé. But I argue otherwise. Making a Résumé requires a lot of skills that we usually do not use on others situation. The whole process of learning is time-consuming and you could be rather strengthening your comparative advantage. It so obviously violates the division of labor principle and make the world works inefficiently. Thus, I do agree and support that you look for a professional to do it. Of course, there are some things you might consider. For example, the résumé-writer may no be familiar with your industry or ... - to know more click the link! http://guides.wsj.com/careers/how-to-start-a-job-search/how-to-fine-tune-your-resume/

How to write a Resume: What does the employer want when hiring? This article that you should include hard facts as savings and profitability you ever made, and be sure to include in software. If a employer ask for bachelor's degree, write that in you resume so the resume scanner will spot it! http://guides.wsj.com/careers/how-to-start-a-job-search/how-to-write-a-resume/

How to protect your privacy when job hunting: Believe or not, your résumé contains a lot of personal information. If you call to your bank and they want to confirm your identity, they most likely ask for your address, telephone, zipcode or past employers. That information happens to appear in your résumé! I cannot stress how important is to be careful with your personal information. While the article of the Wall Street Journal explain more of it, I suggest you to go to your local politician and ask to strengthen the privacy protection. You don't want people hurting your credit information, which is what most employers now look at. http://guides.wsj.com/careers/how-to-start-a-job-search/how-to-protect-your-privacy-when-job-hunting/

Now come SmartMoney. SmartMoney is the outspoken, critical and very judgemental brother of the Wall Street Journal. I like reading it because it is a little me at times. As oposed to the Wall Street Journal that focus on the average and tries not to be controversial, SmartMoney analyze things, describe every scenario, says the irrational behaviors and that happens in every industry and position... and of course, it gives advises. So let's see what SmartMoney have for us!

Did you get my résumé: This interesting article explains how the resume-scanning software industry is working where it is heading, and of course, how that may affect you! Do you now that you may have to pay $40 dollar for answering personality questions? Check more here: http://www.smartmoney.com/plan/careers/did-you-get-my-resume/

Can a $1000 Resume Boost Your Career?: This article is all about how the resume a employment coach industries work. What do they do? What do they focus on? your are not to far from the answers: http://www.smartmoney.com/plan/careers/are-job-coaches-worth-it/

The Modern Resume: So far how painful has it been to consider all the details? This article add to the detail list the "how to send it?' part. Take a look. http://www.smartmoney.com/spend/family-money/the-modern-reacutesumeacute-15770/

And... aha! I found this one by chance! It is a funny article saying looks count, something we all know. But wait! The article is about how looks count! It is really funny! If you read it, I hope you begin to save for your surgery as I am, because we want to have a higher salary right?

The Myers & Briggs test: my inventor and fieldmarshal

One of the experience I've been looking forward, was to take the Myers-Briggs Test. It is one of the three theories that intend to explain success in a job, along with The Big Five and the Emotional Intelligence theories. At first I felt that the test was not fitted for me: it didn't felt accurate and aligned to my vision and explanation of the world. I really felt the answer may not be accordable with my ideaw. However the test was very accurate in the end.

There was a curious event however. I took it two times. The first time I came up as an inventor, because I answered mostly by historical behaviors. When I was a kid, I loved to break out problems, also studying software and math alike. I loved to read a lot, a thirst that hasn't disappeared along the years. My emotional center was towards loneliness, I always dreamt of a machine, being able to do whatsoever alone and focus what I like about more, because others really never mattered to me.

There is an event that changed all my life: The Wall Street Journal. I have always been a reflexive guy, liking to wonder why things happen, and how to control its effect. This has pushed me to research a lot of scientific majors, among them psychology. Psychology triggered an amusement for human behavior, especially, for human misbehavior. Among other information, I found I was a not-so-severe ezquizoid. I took this as a threat: ezquizoid people lack people-skills, thus they are regarded as simple, not-ambicious and incapable people. This make others hesitate and deny opportunities for success to ezquizoid. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is a journal dedicated to white-collar workers, which usually find in the journal a guide for lifestyle, vogue, wines, investments, and work success. It is not uncommon to find article about management, explained by psychology theories. I investigated more and ended up on literature about Emotional Intelligence. Fascinated by it, I began to change myself following the recommendation it had. Therefore, when I took it a second time, my test gave me as a Fieldmarshals. This probably takes into account my belief that knowledge should be useful, unbiased and as complete as possible. In every stage of my life, I always thought against irrational ideas and concept, from the existence of god, the sustainability of socialism and communism, the idea that free market is still based on the ideas of Adam Smith, and other irrationalities that appears along the way.

I am really happy of having what I think have two great personalities. Inventors are known for their creativity and smartness. At first, I confess, I felt very insecure: being half-half two personalities may make me more flexible, but it will not give me the ability to maximize my personality’s quality. However, I make up a plan. I will be an economic advisor, school dean, economic media reporter, economic minister or economic consultant and niches related. Let me explain myself: my inventor side makes me turn knowledge into product or ideas. At the same time, provides me with the knowledge, the character and the leadership for debate economic affairs. These two abilities combined make me perfect for taking very specialized knowledge and converting them into reforms. And my field marshal side makes me gather support and loyalty from different people to create the product. My inventor side again is able to upgrade and reform as needed, while my fieldmarshal helps me uniformize, communicate and push for my reforms ideas, as well as to stand against pressure to turn it down. What is good to point out is that I posses both the Judging and Perception Lifestyle. The judging makes me able to set the vision, the goals and resolve any conflict as well as crisis without hesitation that may destabilize the organization, important to inspire direction in an organization when there is a crisis or a shift. But my perception lifestyle, a more flexible and spontaneous image, let my organization feel free to try ideas, debates, and flourish their creativity to give value to the organization. Once I read why a city’s wealth to its population is bigger than a smaller town’s wealth to its populations: in a bigger city, there are more people interacting, communicating, inspiring, dreaming; all this energy and passion being released by every single person in contrast with a rigid, boring and stressful organization.