Classification Talks - Oct. 7, 2014

Posted by Al Anile 
 
Michael Pechter, Skokie Police Department Deputy Chief
John Ohrlund, Skokie Park District Executive Director
 
 
 
At our weekly luncheon meeting of October 7, 2014, The above club members gave their Classification Talk.
 
A Classification Talk is presented to the club assembly, usually 1 to 6 months after becoming a member. The Talk is summarized as follow:
  • A brief career history
  • Why his/hers particular business or profession was chosen
  • Parts of his/hers job found most rewarding and most difficult
  • Standards of practice within his/hers field
  • The ethical issues faced on the job and how Rotary helps deal with them
  • The characteristics most needed for success in his/hers business or profession
  • The changes that technology, government regulations, environmental factors, and other outside forces have generated in his/hers field and how these changes may in turn be affecting other fields
  • Educational requirements for entry-level jobs in his/hers vocation
  • The advice he/she would give to young people thinking of entering his/hers career field.
More often than not, the member will also talk about his/her family.