Queen Essays

Note: this is a sample letter and cannot be used as a topic for the Project

First Last Name (put your name in)

3516 Sun Valley Drive

Fort Wayne, IN 46804

September 24, 2014

Representative First Last Name (put the actual name in)

1300 South Harrison Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Dear Representative First Last Name,

First, I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I write this letter in hopes to

increase your awareness of the Schedules That Work Act (H.R. 5159) and hope that you will

support it. The Schedules That Work Act (STWA) would help many Hoosier’s have a better

chance when it comes to work schedules and being protected when asking for more notice when

receiving schedules. The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reported

that in August of 2014, 17.8 million Americans work part-time (Economic News Release). This

Act would help ease the stress that is already pushed on part-time workers and make it easier for

them to work other part-time jobs and/or schedule other needs (e.g. doctors appointments,

daycare, illnesses, and education).

Enacting the STWA would provide employees with a two-week advance notice of work

schedules. Most of the part-time jobs are in retail, fast food, and cleaning. I used to work part

time for a liquor store where I was at the will of the manager when it came to when I would

work. With being a college student, working a schedule that interfered with my studies would

not work. For some time I just had to juggle the demands of work and school. Lucky for me,

after some time I was able to find a job at school that fit my schedule and left me more time for

my studies, but most people are not as lucky as me to have another option.

Other students have this same problem working and not being able to get notification about

schedule changes before it is too late. Not having any power or say in the creating of the

schedule, hampers workers desire to work in a place that does not consider that there employees

have a life outside the business. The STWA would not just help students that are working part-

time and pursuing more education, but also help everyone working part-time in the country. A

person that has a family needs to know when they will have to work to schedule their life around

work. This should not be the case. Businesses should put the needs of the worker before work

when making a schedule.

The STWA would require “the employer to grant a request because of health conditions, having

responsibilities as a caregiver, enrollment in a career-related educational or training program or if

the part-time employee request a change for a reason related to a second job” (congress.gov). I

know as a student worker having more set schedules and being able to know when I work makes

it easier not only on me but my family and friends.

This Act will help millions of people in America in balancing of their work and private life’s.

Workers should not be punished when asking for clearer scheduling guide lines. Workers cannot

always be having their schedule being changed and varying month to month. It makes it very

hard on a person to budget when your schedule is not consistent or cannot be given notice of

what the future work week(s) will look like. Part-time workers now more than ever need a more

stable footing comparable to their full-time counterparts.

The way people work and the way that the work force has changed in America has not happened

over night. Workers require more forward knowledge of what the work week could look like.

Part-time workers are sometimes called at a moments notice when employees don’t come in or

someone leaves because of scheduling problems. The STWA will help many working families

with unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that harm not only families but also the

work place productivity.

This Act would provide employees with the right to request a schedule change without fear of

punishment. The Act would also create a way that workers who need a schedule change due to

having responsibility as a caregiver, pursuing more education, working a second job, or to take

care of one’s own health. The Act is a way to ease work place stress along with making it more

likely that a worker stays.

Changing the way that a business schedules a worker is not only good for workers, but it is also

beneficial to employers. I know personally with my time at the liquor store, more people had to

quit because of scheduling problems and little if not any notice of changes to the schedule. Being

more flexible and understanding of people and their private lives makes employees more eager to

help when help is needed.

Working in the liquor store taught me a couple of things; schedules don’t get changed and

working part-time with no set schedule is no fun. I urge you to vote “yea” for the Schedules That

Work Act. Not only does this Act give part-time workers a fair say in their schedules, but also

this is something that is right and that all working people should have.

Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to read my letter and to take

my thoughts into considerations when deciding how to vote.

Again thank you

Sincerely,

First Last Name

3516 Sun Valley Drive

Fort Wayne, IN 46804

Email: [email protected]

References

United States Department of Labor. (2014). Economic News Release.

Retrieved from: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t08.htm

Congress.gov. (2014). H.R.5159 – Schedules That Work Act.

Retrieved from: https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5159

Note: this is a sample letter and cannot be used as a topic for the Project

First Last Name (put your name in)

3516 Sun Valley Drive

Fort Wayne, IN 46804

September 24, 2014

Representative First Last Name (put the actual name in)

1300 South Harrison Street

Fort Wayne, IN 46802

Dear Representative First Last Name,

First, I would like to thank you for taking the time to read my letter. I write this letter in hopes to

increase your awareness of the Schedules That Work Act (H.R. 5159) and hope that you will

support it. The Schedules That Work Act (STWA) would help many Hoosier’s have a better

chance when it comes to work schedules and being protected when asking for more notice when

receiving schedules. The United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reported

that in August of 2014, 17.8 million Americans work part-time (Economic News Release). This

Act would help ease the stress that is already pushed on part-time workers and make it easier for

them to work other part-time jobs and/or schedule other needs (e.g. doctors appointments,

daycare, illnesses, and education).

Enacting the STWA would provide employees with a two-week advance notice of work

schedules. Most of the part-time jobs are in retail, fast food, and cleaning. I used to work part

time for a liquor store where I was at the will of the manager when it came to when I would

work. With being a college student, working a schedule that interfered with my studies would

not work. For some time I just had to juggle the demands of work and school. Lucky for me,

after some time I was able to find a job at school that fit my schedule and left me more time for

my studies, but most people are not as lucky as me to have another option.

Other students have this same problem working and not being able to get notification about

schedule changes before it is too late. Not having any power or say in the creating of the

schedule, hampers workers desire to work in a place that does not consider that there employees

have a life outside the business. The STWA would not just help students that are working part-

time and pursuing more education, but also help everyone working part-time in the country. A

person that has a family needs to know when they will have to work to schedule their life around

work. This should not be the case. Businesses should put the needs of the worker before work

when making a schedule.

The STWA would require “the employer to grant a request because of health conditions, having

responsibilities as a caregiver, enrollment in a career-related educational or training program or if

the part-time employee request a change for a reason related to a second job” (congress.gov). I

know as a student worker having more set schedules and being able to know when I work makes

it easier not only on me but my family and friends.

This Act will help millions of people in America in balancing of their work and private life’s.

Workers should not be punished when asking for clearer scheduling guide lines. Workers cannot

always be having their schedule being changed and varying month to month. It makes it very

hard on a person to budget when your schedule is not consistent or cannot be given notice of

what the future work week(s) will look like. Part-time workers now more than ever need a more

stable footing comparable to their full-time counterparts.

The way people work and the way that the work force has changed in America has not happened

over night. Workers require more forward knowledge of what the work week could look like.

Part-time workers are sometimes called at a moments notice when employees don’t come in or

someone leaves because of scheduling problems. The STWA will help many working families

with unpredictable and unstable scheduling practices that harm not only families but also the

work place productivity.

This Act would provide employees with the right to request a schedule change without fear of

punishment. The Act would also create a way that workers who need a schedule change due to

having responsibility as a caregiver, pursuing more education, working a second job, or to take

care of one’s own health. The Act is a way to ease work place stress along with making it more

likely that a worker stays.

Changing the way that a business schedules a worker is not only good for workers, but it is also

beneficial to employers. I know personally with my time at the liquor store, more people had to

quit because of scheduling problems and little if not any notice of changes to the schedule. Being

more flexible and understanding of people and their private lives makes employees more eager to

help when help is needed.

Working in the liquor store taught me a couple of things; schedules don’t get changed and

working part-time with no set schedule is no fun. I urge you to vote “yea” for the Schedules That

Work Act. Not only does this Act give part-time workers a fair say in their schedules, but also

this is something that is right and that all working people should have.

Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to read my letter and to take

my thoughts into considerations when deciding how to vote.

Again thank you

Sincerely,

First Last Name

3516 Sun Valley Drive

Fort Wayne, IN 46804

Email: [email protected]

References

United States Department of Labor. (2014). Economic News Release.

Retrieved from: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t08.htm

Congress.gov. (2014). H.R.5159 – Schedules That Work Act.

Retrieved from: https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5159

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Note: This is a sample project and this organization (TinCaps) cannot be used.

Student Name

Indiana Institute of Technology

Human Resources

Dr. Walls

Interview with Cathy Tinney

February 19, 2017

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I interviewed Cathy Tinney of the Fort Wayne TinCaps. Cathy is the office

manager and human resources administrator for the TinCaps. I chose to reach out and

interview Cathy, because she is the human resources administrator in an area that I have

interest for in my future. My major concentration is sports management, so this was a

perfect opportunity for me. I was able to learn about different human resource processes

that the TinCaps use.

Here are the following interview questions and answers:

What do you like or dislike about your job?

 There isn’t anything I really dislike about my job. I do enjoy it very much and at

certain times of the year it is very fast pace. Around January is when I’m the

busiest, because that is when all the applications start coming in and I begin the

processing and interviewing of candidates. So there is always something keeping

me busy and it’s not a boring job whatsoever.

What brought you to the field of human resources and has it been a great fit for you?

 It has been a great fit, yes. It started for me when I first started with the team in

2002 and I fell into the office manager position. That was with the Fort Wayne

Wizards and when the team moved over here to the Tincaps the employment grew

and that’s when I took over as a human resources administrator. I actually don’t

have any college experience in this field so everything I have done since 2009 has

been a learning process.

What process do you go through for your staffing and recruiting?

 October is when we go through and make any changes needed to applications for

the upcoming year and then January is when we get the applications out. We

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have our radio guy who gets it out through the media, social media, and then we

have them on our website. We start our interviewing and hiring in February,

orientation is in March, and then our season starts in April. It’s typically a month-

to-month process.

What are some things you look at when making your final selection decision?

 I get the applications in and take care of all the background checks. I look over

the applications so see what applicants put down and what their age is to see

where they would be a good fit. So someone who is 17 might be a better fit in our

kid’s zone area or concessions verses being an usher. I put that into factor and

then put it off to each department, because all of our departments actually do their

own hiring. I basically filter through the process and determine who would be a

good fit for each department.

What training process do you put your employees through?

 Each type of department has their own training, but normally we do an open

house. The open house is usually on a Saturday sometime before the season and

we open up everything in the park and that’s when we go through and train

everybody. We do have a lot of employees return from the previous year, so that

also helps with the training of new employees. There is also individual training

along the way and even the first weekend of games is still part of the training for

some departments.

Do you do performance evaluation on your employees?

 Each department should be doing performance evaluation, but it doesn’t always

happen. It can be a lot, because the food and beverage department has about 300

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people. At the end of the year we do sit down with individuals and evaluate them

to see who was a good fit and this helps us make our list of who we will bring

back for the following year.

What is your policy for employees being absent?

 We do have a policy in place, but because there are so many people her we do

have an understanding. There may be someone who had a flat tire, or an illness,

or a lot of our employees have second jobs so they may have been caught up in

their first job that may cause them to be a little late, so we are very understanding

about it. But if we get someone who is consistently a half hour late and has no

reason then we do have a warning system where we give three warnings before

you are terminated.

How do you go about your drug testing and background checks of applicants?

 We don’t do drug testing, but if an employee is injured and has to go to a clinic

they are drug tested there. As far as background checks, we use three different

Indiana websites to do the general background checks of applicants and just

because someone did something 10 years ago doesn’t mean that is going to affect

them now.

How many employees are currently employed here with the Tincaps?

 There are around 500 people employed during the season and during the

offseason there’s 35 full time employees.

What has been your greatest accomplishment during your career?

 I think one of the greatest accomplishments for me has just been being able to

learn new things. Everyday is a new day, so it’s a process for different things and

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new things come up that other companies deal with on a daily basis but I never

really deal with and just being able to adjust and learn about this career has been

an accomplishment.

I enjoyed this interview, because I was able to learn more about not only human

resources, but about the sports industry and how a sports organization works. It was cool

to learn that Cathy had no school background in this area and it helps put in perspective

that your career path is not always going to be the way you plan it. This project has been

beneficial for me and I hope to be able to use this knowledge I gained from it in the

future.