
The Hope Life Skills class took a trip to the campus of CVS Health, one of the world’s largest companies with revenues of more than $150 BILLION, in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The mission of today’s class was to introduce students to a variety of jobs at CVS Health,
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Today’s guest to the Hope Life Skills class was Nan Quinlan. Nan is the former Training and Development Manager at TACO, Inc in Cranston, Rhode Island. Nan has been a frequent guest to our class, most recently, appearing three weeks ago for a class on “Writing An Effective Resume“. Our Life Skills host today was […]
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Today’s guest to our Life Skills class was Mike Martel, a Senior Director of Pharmacy Inventory Management at CVS Health. Today’s host was Isaac Demola who did an outstanding job welcoming Mike to Hope High School and introducing Mike to the Life Skills class. Mike presented the details of this summer’s CVS Health Hope Life […]
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First of all, I’d like you all to know today, March 16, is my granddaughter’s, Claire Cronin, birthday. 5 years old. Secondarily, and arguably, more importantly for you, here are a few job interviewing tips. Many of you are either interviewing now or preparing for an interview. Nan Quinlan, a previous guest to our Life […]
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Today’s Life Skills class guests were Dan Rivera, Senior Director Product Flow and Supply Chain at CVS Health and Lou Mercado, Vice President of Inventory Management at CVS Health. Today’s Life Skills’ hosts were Maria Dasilva and Juan Corona who welcomed both Dan and Lou to Hope High School and introduced both men to their […]
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1. Please prepare your job resume using the template outlined by today’s Life Skills guest, Nan Quinlan. Send your 1st draft of your resume to me by Wednesday, March 9th, 12am. Don’t worry; you can’t make a mistake on your resume. This will be your first draft that we will work on to refine before […]
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Today’s guest was Nan Quinlan, a Professional Training and Coaching Consultant and Contractor. Prior to starting her own consultancy, Nan was the Training and Development Manager at TACO, Inc in Cranston, Rhode Island. Today’s Life Skills class objective was the creation of a great job resume. Nan began today’s class distributing a ‘resume template‘ for […]
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Rob Rock, the Director of Elections for the State of Rhode Island, was today’s guest. Rob’s story was about finding a rewarding career or job. “Every person has asked themselves at some point in their life ‘how do you know what job or career you’d like in the future‘. I had no idea in […]
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Today’s guest was Jeshua Zapata, the Founder and President of Xzito Creative Solutions www.xzito.com, a branding and identity marketing firm specializing in web design and development, search engine optimization and process improvement. Jeshua’s Xzito team is a dynamic and diverse group of 21st century ‘creatives’ passionate about maximizing their clients’ success through innovative, data driven […]
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Today’s guest was Natalie Hogan, a ‘Futurist‘ at Hasbro, the international toy and game company. Our Life Skills host was Valentina Gomez-Rincon, who welcomed Natalie to Hope High and introduced her to the Life Skills class. What in the world is a ‘futurist‘? Natalie explained her role at Hasbro. “I facilitate conversations among smart Hasbro […]
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Today’s guest was Misty Delgado, an Attorney at the Rhode Island Center for Justice. Our host for today’s class who welcomed Misty to Hope High and introduced her to the Life Skills class was Ayobami Bankole. “I certainly took the path less traveled, you might say the more challenging route to success” Misty explained. “I […]
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Today’s guest was Michelle Saunders, a Senior Talent Development Business Partner at Sensata Technologies. Our Life Skills class host who welcomed Michelle to Hope High and introduced her to the Life Skills class was Jeff Kinnie. “My story today reinforces the importance of ‘attitude’. With a positive attitude and positive people surrounding you, reaching your […]
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