Jose Portales

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Having communication skills is a basic but extremely important skill to possess as a professional in the workplace. It maintains the rapport, colleague/work relationships in order to establish and maintain a proper work environment with the best interest of the company and employees in mind.

Jose Portales

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CA 103- Stress Management

Managing my level of stress has definitely been the focus the last few years and most importantly within the last year. With a lot of external stress that is out of my control, I've had to come to the realization that it is in fact something that I cannot manipulate the outcome of. By acknowledging this, it has helped tremendously. Another way I've helped cope with the stress is to take about 2 minutes during the day or whenever I am feeling overwhelmed and drop everything and just sit in silence or write down anything that I need to accomplish… >>>

Jose Portales

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CA101 Self Assessment- Ethics, Strengths/Weaknesses

I believe that self evaluation is extremely important when it comes to grown as a professional in the workplace. If you don't take the time to sit and reflect on what you have done/accomplished, acknowledge your successes but most importantly, recognize what mistakes were made so that they could be corrected in the future. Modeling one that follows proper ethics, following policy and rules, being respectful to others or even being the one that others can follow is great practice to ensure an efficient and professional workplace.