Blog 5

Over the summer I have learned a lot. My internship was maybe not the most well suited to my interests and maybe not the most challenging, but certain elements of it forced me to challenge myself and step out side of my comfort zone. It exposed me to and helped me gain experience in a new field of work. I think that is what I'm most grateful for. I had never worked in a standard office setting before and as we know quite a few jobs take place in these kind of environments. The experience and knowledge about how a corporate office is run and also the writing experience that I gained from this internship will probably benefit me most in the future so they are the things I'm most grateful for. I also learned some very important information from the career class. The most important of which was probably about the career readiness skills. I was and probably still am lacking experience and confidence in some of these areas, however I feel like I now understand exactly what an employer is looking for in an employee and will be better prepared in the future for similar situations. One of the big examples of how I grew in this area was my professionalism and diligence. I have a pretty relaxed demeanor which can sometimes mean that I forget the setting that I am working in, so I may not always appear as professional at some times than others times. I really was forced to think about this through the career class and then apply what I had learned to my internship. The other area diligence, I had to learn the hard way. I was creating these job postings and There were a couple errors in some of them of course I copy and pasted the same job posting onto multiple websites. As soon as I realized I had to go back to each website and fix the mistakes. This only happened because I was not paying close enough attention to my work which is no excuse considering the fact that we now have spell check. Throughout the rest of my internship I made sure to always double check my work. I know this skill will benefit me in multiple areas from school to an internship so I'm glad I have learned my lesson. One of the things I am most grateful for is that I didn't waste my summer. I would have loved to just lay on the couch reading and drinking iced tea all summer however I didn't I gained work experience, writing experience, and also social experience through this internship. Over all I am glad that I invested this summer in my future and hope that the lessons and skills that I have gained will follow me through out my career in school and then work.