Justin Moody
672 w 100 s
Payson, UT 84651
(801) 369-9437
jmoodyis@yahoo.com
Objective Secure part-time work as part of a team to help develop skills that can be applied in a career of administration
Skills • Computer Knowledge, Written and Verbal Communication skills, able to work well with peers as well as students, self-motivated.
Education Utah Valley University
Current Student Junior
• Bachelor’s of Science in Aviation Administration
• Currently completed general education requirements and have 2 semester’s to complete degree
Experience
General Contractor
2001– Current
Customer Service, Bidding and estimating, blueprint reading and implementing, all facets of construction work.
Residential/commercial wood and steel construction, structural framer
1993-2001
Framing of residential homes and commercial buildings. Crew leader/Forman.
USDA Forest Service
2008– 2009
Customer Service, collections officer, information specialist.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Personal Action Plan
Spring 2012
Aviation upper level classes to finish out degree
Start on Math
Family vacation before upcoming internships and upper level class workload
Summer 2012
Concentration on Math classes
Check into possible internships
Fall 2012
Flight Rating (private Pilot and Instruments ratings)
Finish up any upper level classes for degree
Spring 2013
Finish up any remaining graduation requirements
GRADUATE with degree in Aviation Administration
Look for opportunities for work after graduation
Aviation upper level classes to finish out degree
Start on Math
Family vacation before upcoming internships and upper level class workload
Summer 2012
Concentration on Math classes
Check into possible internships
Fall 2012
Flight Rating (private Pilot and Instruments ratings)
Finish up any upper level classes for degree
Spring 2013
Finish up any remaining graduation requirements
GRADUATE with degree in Aviation Administration
Look for opportunities for work after graduation
Goals
Short term
Develop better stress management and time management skills.
Determine clear cut plan for career: private pilot license and aviation administration
Develop school habits and continue to work on getting degree with improved GPA.
Mid-term
Improve my family unity between mine and my husband’s children from different marriages by doing more family activities to unify the children when they are all in our home.
Complete my educational goals. Graduate with my degree within two years. Keep on track with my studies and managing my extra-curricular activities.
Continue with my current work at Little Giant Ladders and work toward finding an internship within the aviation field to gain experience.
Work toward determining exactly what type of position I’d like to hold within the aviation admin field.
Develop better stress management and time management skills.
Determine clear cut plan for career: private pilot license and aviation administration
Develop school habits and continue to work on getting degree with improved GPA.
Mid-term
Improve my family unity between mine and my husband’s children from different marriages by doing more family activities to unify the children when they are all in our home.
Complete my educational goals. Graduate with my degree within two years. Keep on track with my studies and managing my extra-curricular activities.
Continue with my current work at Little Giant Ladders and work toward finding an internship within the aviation field to gain experience.
Work toward determining exactly what type of position I’d like to hold within the aviation admin field.
Mock Interview
Mock Interview
The person conducting my interview was Cory Thorson and he is a self employed business owner. The most useful thing to me was just the process of an interview and what to expect. Being in the construction field for so many years it has been a long time since I’ve been through a formal interview process. The most difficult question was probably telling about the experience I have just because right now I don’t have a lot of experience in the field I’m going to be going in to. The thing that I would suggest to others about preparing for an interview is to go through and research questions and be ready and willing to answer anything that is asked. I think it is best if you have answers to questions right off the top instead of having to sit and think about it. Think about past job experience so that you are ready to answer questions about what you have done and how you have handled certain situations in the past. I learned that you have to be willing to talk about yourself, both the good and bad. I learned that I am fairly relaxed when being interviewed. I also learned that I need to keep working on my interviewing skills. I need to improve on having my thoughts collected, know my skills and how those relate to the company I’m interviewing with, and also that I need to work on my professionalism. This was a great exercise that I believe I will be repeating before I go out and do interviewing in my field as I finish up my schooling.
The person conducting my interview was Cory Thorson and he is a self employed business owner. The most useful thing to me was just the process of an interview and what to expect. Being in the construction field for so many years it has been a long time since I’ve been through a formal interview process. The most difficult question was probably telling about the experience I have just because right now I don’t have a lot of experience in the field I’m going to be going in to. The thing that I would suggest to others about preparing for an interview is to go through and research questions and be ready and willing to answer anything that is asked. I think it is best if you have answers to questions right off the top instead of having to sit and think about it. Think about past job experience so that you are ready to answer questions about what you have done and how you have handled certain situations in the past. I learned that you have to be willing to talk about yourself, both the good and bad. I learned that I am fairly relaxed when being interviewed. I also learned that I need to keep working on my interviewing skills. I need to improve on having my thoughts collected, know my skills and how those relate to the company I’m interviewing with, and also that I need to work on my professionalism. This was a great exercise that I believe I will be repeating before I go out and do interviewing in my field as I finish up my schooling.
Job Shadow
Justin Moody
Job Shadow
CLSS 2100
December 12, 2011
What an exciting assignment. Today I had the opportunity to go with my landlord and fly in his airplane with him. It was quite expensive to do this Job Shadow but well worth it. Dave Stewart Is self employed as a part time flight instructor in Spanish Fork. I had many more than 8 questions for him so Ill emphasize on the most important questions I chose to ask him.
• How did this type of work interest you and how did you get started?
Dave’s interest in the aviation field started as a young child as it does with many young children. He agreed that there aren’t many kids who don’t like airplanes. Dave set a goal to get his Private pilot’s license right after he graduated high school and he did get his rating from UVU at the age of 18.
• What are the most important personal satisfactions and dissatisfactions connected with your occupation? What part of this job do you personally find most satisfying? Most challenging? What do you like and not like about working in this industry?
Dave loves his freedom and can’t get enough flying in, as an instructor it allows him to fly more often without the extra expense. Getting paid to fly is always better than paying! Not often but at times he finds his frustration with students dissatisfying, everybody learns at a different pace and some just need a bit more attention. The most challenging situations he finds are new pilots that want to advance to quickly. He loves the beautiful scenery related to the career and doesn’t like bad weather.
• Can you suggest some ways a student could obtain this necessary experience?
Dave suggested that seeking a degree at UVU is a good method but not the method he used. Dave did start and get his first rating from UVU but did not finish a degree. He stated that you have to choose a level at which you want to fly at. If it is one that would be a career pilot then a degree is should be definitely considered. He knew for himself that he just wanted to fly recreationally and decided it is much cheaper to gain your ratings from a private instructor.
• What are the various jobs in this field or organization?
As a flight instructor he does have 4 different ratings which are Private pilot, instrument, CFI, and commercial 1. With these certifications he can crop dust, fly small cargo in a class 1 or 2 airplane, Bush pilot, and even own his own tour guide company.
• Do you find your job exciting or boring? Why?
Dave loves his job and finds it very exciting. He experiences emotions of fun, excitement, and fear often in flight.
• Why do customers choose this company?
Dave’s customers choose his company because he has a very safe record and over 2,800 hours logged as a flight instructor.
• Why did you decide to start for your company?
Dave was seeking more time in the airplane. Fuel cost and maintenance limit the time he could afford to fly. Flight instructing doesn’t pay a whole lot but it does pay for the fuel and offset some of the maintenance cost for his airplane.
• How does a person progress in your field? What is a typical career path in this field or organization?
Dave says there is only one way to progress in aviation aside from being lucky enough to get the interview. Fly a lot and gain hours. When companies choose their employees they interview many and the amount of experience validated by flight hours is a strong consideration. Dave also says if you have the commercial ratings to volunteer to fly right seat as copilot as much as possible. This doesn’t really pay a whole lot but if you want to fly left seat and make the big buck you have to be willing to put in the time.
This job shadow was helpful. I really do desire to fly but after flying with Dave I was reconfirmed on why I choose to change my emphasis to administration. With an administration degree I can still get my ratings. As a commercial pilot I am limited to flying. With the expense to gain hours and the large numbers of commercial pilots I just feel I would be making a mistake following my first choice career in aviation.
Job Shadow
CLSS 2100
December 12, 2011
What an exciting assignment. Today I had the opportunity to go with my landlord and fly in his airplane with him. It was quite expensive to do this Job Shadow but well worth it. Dave Stewart Is self employed as a part time flight instructor in Spanish Fork. I had many more than 8 questions for him so Ill emphasize on the most important questions I chose to ask him.
• How did this type of work interest you and how did you get started?
Dave’s interest in the aviation field started as a young child as it does with many young children. He agreed that there aren’t many kids who don’t like airplanes. Dave set a goal to get his Private pilot’s license right after he graduated high school and he did get his rating from UVU at the age of 18.
• What are the most important personal satisfactions and dissatisfactions connected with your occupation? What part of this job do you personally find most satisfying? Most challenging? What do you like and not like about working in this industry?
Dave loves his freedom and can’t get enough flying in, as an instructor it allows him to fly more often without the extra expense. Getting paid to fly is always better than paying! Not often but at times he finds his frustration with students dissatisfying, everybody learns at a different pace and some just need a bit more attention. The most challenging situations he finds are new pilots that want to advance to quickly. He loves the beautiful scenery related to the career and doesn’t like bad weather.
• Can you suggest some ways a student could obtain this necessary experience?
Dave suggested that seeking a degree at UVU is a good method but not the method he used. Dave did start and get his first rating from UVU but did not finish a degree. He stated that you have to choose a level at which you want to fly at. If it is one that would be a career pilot then a degree is should be definitely considered. He knew for himself that he just wanted to fly recreationally and decided it is much cheaper to gain your ratings from a private instructor.
• What are the various jobs in this field or organization?
As a flight instructor he does have 4 different ratings which are Private pilot, instrument, CFI, and commercial 1. With these certifications he can crop dust, fly small cargo in a class 1 or 2 airplane, Bush pilot, and even own his own tour guide company.
• Do you find your job exciting or boring? Why?
Dave loves his job and finds it very exciting. He experiences emotions of fun, excitement, and fear often in flight.
• Why do customers choose this company?
Dave’s customers choose his company because he has a very safe record and over 2,800 hours logged as a flight instructor.
• Why did you decide to start for your company?
Dave was seeking more time in the airplane. Fuel cost and maintenance limit the time he could afford to fly. Flight instructing doesn’t pay a whole lot but it does pay for the fuel and offset some of the maintenance cost for his airplane.
• How does a person progress in your field? What is a typical career path in this field or organization?
Dave says there is only one way to progress in aviation aside from being lucky enough to get the interview. Fly a lot and gain hours. When companies choose their employees they interview many and the amount of experience validated by flight hours is a strong consideration. Dave also says if you have the commercial ratings to volunteer to fly right seat as copilot as much as possible. This doesn’t really pay a whole lot but if you want to fly left seat and make the big buck you have to be willing to put in the time.
This job shadow was helpful. I really do desire to fly but after flying with Dave I was reconfirmed on why I choose to change my emphasis to administration. With an administration degree I can still get my ratings. As a commercial pilot I am limited to flying. With the expense to gain hours and the large numbers of commercial pilots I just feel I would be making a mistake following my first choice career in aviation.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Final Reflection
Justin Moody
Final Reflection Paper
CLSS 2100
12/14/2011
There is an end in sight to the long road traveled in my degree. I am a junior and currently have 85 credit hours in a 120 credit hour degree. I am finding less time to study now and my classes are getting harder. To resolve this I will have to prioritize and reduce my extracurricular activities. I am currently in an exploration process in my education. I have already decided my major would be aviation administration; however this degree can cover many different job opportunities. As for my time left in school I plan on taking each of the individual classes left and possibly taking up to 18 credit hours per semester to speed up graduation. I will do this by working the minimum hours needed to pay the bills and devoting more time to my studies rather than procrastinating. During this time I will go to the airport and survey all the different jobs available that my degree has to offer. I have been stuck in the exploration mode for some time now and this class has taught how to seek and find information. This class has given me the tools I need to be able to research by asking the right questions. I have interviewed several people in various fields during my time in this class and have been open to the many Ideas and answers I have been given to the questions I asked.
In the future I plan to gain employment in the field I choose. This employment would include a promising career that I can support my family and retire from. I have dreams of where I want to be in the future with my career and they kind of mesh together with a career my wife is seeking. I want to live in Alaska for a short time just long enough to purchase and pay down a summer home. This can all be possible if my wife and I both work hard after we graduate. My wife will have a degree in secondary health education and it turns out there is a large need for this type of work in Alaska. The pay is far greater in Alaska than it is in Utah. This is why I believe it is possible to accomplish my goal in a short time. The demand for aviation personnel in Alaska is also high. If I set goals and make a plan to accomplish them I will be able to have my dream.
Final Reflection Paper
CLSS 2100
12/14/2011
There is an end in sight to the long road traveled in my degree. I am a junior and currently have 85 credit hours in a 120 credit hour degree. I am finding less time to study now and my classes are getting harder. To resolve this I will have to prioritize and reduce my extracurricular activities. I am currently in an exploration process in my education. I have already decided my major would be aviation administration; however this degree can cover many different job opportunities. As for my time left in school I plan on taking each of the individual classes left and possibly taking up to 18 credit hours per semester to speed up graduation. I will do this by working the minimum hours needed to pay the bills and devoting more time to my studies rather than procrastinating. During this time I will go to the airport and survey all the different jobs available that my degree has to offer. I have been stuck in the exploration mode for some time now and this class has taught how to seek and find information. This class has given me the tools I need to be able to research by asking the right questions. I have interviewed several people in various fields during my time in this class and have been open to the many Ideas and answers I have been given to the questions I asked.
In the future I plan to gain employment in the field I choose. This employment would include a promising career that I can support my family and retire from. I have dreams of where I want to be in the future with my career and they kind of mesh together with a career my wife is seeking. I want to live in Alaska for a short time just long enough to purchase and pay down a summer home. This can all be possible if my wife and I both work hard after we graduate. My wife will have a degree in secondary health education and it turns out there is a large need for this type of work in Alaska. The pay is far greater in Alaska than it is in Utah. This is why I believe it is possible to accomplish my goal in a short time. The demand for aviation personnel in Alaska is also high. If I set goals and make a plan to accomplish them I will be able to have my dream.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
SWOT
12/03/05
Justin Moody
SWOT
I actually had met with my academic advisor on a couple different occasions. When I started school at UVU in the spring of 2009 I had transferred from Weber State. I was in a botany degree there but really wanted to fly commercial airlines. I met with my academic advisor that was over Aviation for UVU. We discussed opportunities within the career and I did then make a decision to come to UVU and study professional commercial piloting. In that first discussion with my advisor we did not really discuss the cons to the degree. Later in the semester by doing my own research I did find out several cons to the degree and decided I needed to take a better look. To name a couple negatives about this degree I will start with the lack of available jobs and the competition to get one of these jobs. Another negative is that it is a job for the single man. Always being away from the home would be hard on a marriage, I am married so this isn’t a good choice for me. I was discouraged so I went in for another meeting with my advisor. She suggested that if aviation was the career I wanted to go into then maybe I should look into administration. I took that advice and did find that there are limitless jobs and careers with in administration of the airport. I also found that the need was high. I identified many different jobs that interest me and decided that aviation administration fit me better. I identified many positives with in this career. Some of these positives would include being home in the evenings with my family, staying in one location, and availability. I didn’t identify strong negatives about this career. I won’t be flying big airplanes and having awesome adventures that way but I can get my Private pilot’s license and still get those same adventures I was seeking.
I am very close to completing my degree with only a couple semesters left. Mostly I just have my math to finish up that I have put off until the end. I also have a few upper level classes and my private license to finish. I plan on graduating in the spring of 2013.
Justin Moody
SWOT
I actually had met with my academic advisor on a couple different occasions. When I started school at UVU in the spring of 2009 I had transferred from Weber State. I was in a botany degree there but really wanted to fly commercial airlines. I met with my academic advisor that was over Aviation for UVU. We discussed opportunities within the career and I did then make a decision to come to UVU and study professional commercial piloting. In that first discussion with my advisor we did not really discuss the cons to the degree. Later in the semester by doing my own research I did find out several cons to the degree and decided I needed to take a better look. To name a couple negatives about this degree I will start with the lack of available jobs and the competition to get one of these jobs. Another negative is that it is a job for the single man. Always being away from the home would be hard on a marriage, I am married so this isn’t a good choice for me. I was discouraged so I went in for another meeting with my advisor. She suggested that if aviation was the career I wanted to go into then maybe I should look into administration. I took that advice and did find that there are limitless jobs and careers with in administration of the airport. I also found that the need was high. I identified many different jobs that interest me and decided that aviation administration fit me better. I identified many positives with in this career. Some of these positives would include being home in the evenings with my family, staying in one location, and availability. I didn’t identify strong negatives about this career. I won’t be flying big airplanes and having awesome adventures that way but I can get my Private pilot’s license and still get those same adventures I was seeking.
I am very close to completing my degree with only a couple semesters left. Mostly I just have my math to finish up that I have put off until the end. I also have a few upper level classes and my private license to finish. I plan on graduating in the spring of 2013.
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