Category: Portfolio

Name of your host: Simin Assi

Relationship to you: aunt

Interview:

1. What is your job title? “Tailor/Seamstress”
2. What is your job description? “To make clothing alterations.”
3. What are the duties and/or tasks you perform at your job? “Some of the duties or tasks include measuring, sewing and cutting fabric.”
4. What qualifications do you have for this job in the following areas:a) Training? “I had training for learning how to sew patterns and similar things.”

   b) Education? “I went to a sewing school for 9 months.”

   c) Experience? “I had gotten experience from sewing at a young age.”

   d) Skills and attributes (personal qualities)? “You would need patience and good sewing skills.)

5. What are some of the things you like about this job? “Being able to meet new people.”
6. What are some of the things you dislike about this job? “It can be very time consuming.”
7. How do you anticipate this job changing in the next 5 years or so? “There might be new inventions to help with sewing, but I don’t think much will change.”
8. Other question(s): How long have you been doing this job? “I’ve had this job for 30 years.”

Student Reflections:

1. Give three reasons why you would like this job:a) I would be able to work at home.

   b) I would be able to make my own clothing.

   c) I would develop better social skills

2. Give three reasons why you would dislike this job:a) I am not good at socializing.

   b) It would be time consuming.

   c) I would not have a steady time schedule.

3. Is this job for you? Why or why not? I don’t think this job is for me because I’m not very interested in sewing and would much rather choose a career with writing as it’s main focus, but sewing would be a fun hobby.
4. Explain the value of the TOKTW experience in relation to your ideas about your post secondary plans. The value of TOKTW day is to experience different jobs in order to help you find the right career for you.