User talk:Jbowdenhm

Law School Admissions Essay

The program I pursued was English with Sales & Service Technology as a Minor, and emphasis on Economics. My ambition is to become a Securities Lawyer. Since graduation I have been employed full-time for Citi Smith Barney, one of the world's leading broker-dealers and have had the opportunity to be fully immersed in history as the financial crisis unfolds. With a deeper passion for the industry, I now seek to include the legal background I desired back when I first set out on my educational path. The education I received has empowered my abilities to reason, write and think beyond that of my colleagues. My competitive nature wanted to mix economics with sales concepts to improve personal relation skills and ultimately help me become an influential force in the corporate world. One of my greatest accomplishments as an English graduate is my book, "The Business Plan Workbook." This book is now an official text book in the Business college of Weber State University, my alma mater. Also, I have written and designed technical manuals and worked as a tutor to many of my colleagues for their final papers. As a Financial Advisor at Smith Barney I've had to prepare numerous documents for client meetings, management and other important presentations. I've had to present to various crowds of differing education, such as MD's, CPA's and Attorneys dealing specifically with matters around Family Estate issues. I've helped clients craft their Trusts, Wills and other important documents where wording and precision is a key element. Furthermore, my ability to read and understand Analysts reports and commentary was crucial to my success as an investor for my clients in 2008, one of the most difficult years in the stock market since the Great Depression I think 2008 will go down in history as the worst economic environment of the last Century. Or, I hope it will because I think all of us don't want 2009 to be any worse. That being said, I think the challenges are well-known. The national news channels have been airing every bit of bad press that's come out. Being a part of Citigroup, a huge accomplishment is actually maintaining in the top quintiles of performance while facing nearly insurmountable downside pressure from the market. To achieve this I had to have tremendous organizational skills, keep my poise and be personable even with bank walls seemingly “falling down” around me. At the same time, I had to learn and research and discern a good investment from a potentially disastrous one. Finally, if that wasn't enough, I had to explain why being "in" the market was still the best place for my clients' money, even when every other media channel seemed to think otherwise. The best part of the entire journey is that not only was I able to help my clients', but I was able to reach out to other investors and bring them under my stewardship and guide them too. As a successful as it was, I knew it was time to take that knowledge and gain the legal background to really make an impact going forward. I have a lot of ambitions and being an Attorney will facilitate me to help those who are looking for a better alternative. Thank you for considering my application, as this too will be one of the great challenges I am excited to overcome.

Pink slips
I would recommend merging the info you used to create the article Pink slips into the existing article Pink slip. Also, you'll need to cite reliable sources when you make a statement such as that. I can redirect the page to the existing article if you'd like. Leebo 86 21:48, 18 January 2007 (UTC)

Joseph Clifford Bowden
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Amber Alder
The article Amber Alder has been speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This was done because the article seemed to be about a person, group of people, band, club, company, or web content, but it did not indicate how or why the subject is notable, that is, why an article about that subject should be included in Wikipedia. Under the criteria for speedy deletion, articles that do not assert notability may be deleted at any time. If you can indicate why the subject is really notable, you are free to re-create the article, making sure to cite any verifiable sources.

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