Video: The Value and Responsibility Learned from a First Job

Todd Aakhus, Director of Rio Salado College LifeLong Learning Center in Surprise tells us about the amazing growth and education that his facility offers.

Todd Aakhus, Director of Rio Salado College LifeLong Learning Center in Surprise tells us about the center and the many programs and educational benefits they offer.

Todd Aakhus, Director of Rio Salado College LifeLong Learning Center in Surprise tells us about the new programs they offer for the mature workforce.

Richard Hubbard, President/CEO of Valley Partnership describes his first job and the principles he learned from it and the skills that he uses today.

Chris Callahan, Dean of ASU Walter Cronkite School of Journalism & Mass Communication shares his first job and some lessons he learned from that experience.

I recently started a short video on first jobs based on the interviews done on the Pursue the Passion Tour. What I was surprised to find was that most of our interviewees didn’t generally succeed their first time out. Their first jobs were primarily obstacles or learning experiences that simply contributed to the overall journey. With that said the video quickly became a compilation of stories about obstacles. Here are some of the professionals we interviewed speaking about the “hiccups” e

Mark Eklund, Vice-President, Haydon Building Corporation, speaks about his first job as a construction laborer and how the blisters have paid for themselves over the years.

Todd Valland, Branch Manager of American Mortgage Specialists shares what he learned in his first job on a farm to being Branch Manager in the Finance industry.

Nate Kennedy, Vice President of Operations from Risal Inc., speaks about his first job and the skills he learned and uses today.

Todd Aakhus, Director of Rio Salado College LifeLong Learning Center in Surprise shares with us the reason a 50+ worker may benefit from recent education programs.

The Mayor of Surprise, Lyn Truitt, talks about how he got involved in the community and getting his position in government.