Hello Everyone
I’m pleased to meet you. I am the new Intern at Meyer Design, Inc. I go
to Mastery Shoemaker Charter School. It’s the first Mastery school
that was created in West Philadelphia. Mastery is a great college-preparation
school. This school prepares you for the life ahead into college and adulthood.
There are many classes with strict rules applicable to life outside of school that
helps prepare us for the future. This includes having a future career in a
successful business job. I’m not saying that everyone would be successful at
Mastery, but it’s solid preparation for the tough challenges in life that could
happen.
Internship Program
In the 10th grade year, sophomores have to attend a class
called ‘Internship: College Coordination’. This class is required for 10th
graders. It prepares you for college through training in financial aid, GPA
goals, and college requirements, but also helps prepare students for life beyond college. For this
class, students are required to do a semester-long internship. This both gives
you experience in a job setting and real job skills.
My Journey to Meyer
I became an Intern at Meyer Design, Inc. after vigorous interviewing. In the Internship
class, we were sent to different locations over Philadelphia area for
internship interviews. The interviews were based on everything that my teacher
had taught us in how to be accepted into the types of jobs that were best
suited for us. Students were evaluated on manners, non-verbal communication
(body movements, professional dressing, and eye contact), the amount of
questions we asked, and our resume. My Internship Coordinator recommended that
I go to an interview that she thought would be a good-fit for me based on my
resume and interests. The place that I went to was called Meyer Design, Inc.
After my interview, Meyer Design accepted me as their intern. I thought
that the place was a very good fit. It had a lovely environment and was very
peaceful. After my first week of working at the company, I thought, “this place
could be the type of place to help me with my writing and researching skills so
I may completely understand something that I never noticed before.”
What I’ve Learned so far at Meyer
Design
I am beginning to learn many new skills at this company that could help
me in going to college and into my future. The things that I’ve been working on
for the past months were things that could help make the company better. For
example, I’ve been researching best practices in social media through online
research and listening to professional webinars and I have been assisting the
financial department with file organization. I have also helped with the
organization of Meyer’s Resource Library; this is there collection of sample
fabrics and materials that they interior designers use for inspiration.
There are many things that I would like to learn while being at Meyer
Design, Inc. such as gaining a deeper knowledge of the organization and how it
works, and building more skills. But there are a lot of things that are still
occurring so I’m just taking my time to learn and experience it all., I’m sure
that all of this experience will relate back to my main goal which is to build
a good future.
Forward Thinking
The type of future I would want isn’t something that I’ve decided yet,
but I would like something that could involve freelancing. I don’t want to be
stuck with the same thing forever. I want to try a lot of new things and learn
through everything. I’m sure that there will probably be one day that I do
stick with a big company or job, but not now. I have dreams to be a
photographer, or maybe a criminal investigator working in the morgue; both seem
very interesting. But, for now, I’m just taking small critical steps toward my
professional future.
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