Summary Post 3
Let’s move on to work. Of course, I’m going to have to do ANOTHER major update as I neglected continuing my bulk updates. I’ve been feeling the need to journal, though, so I should get to it.
So, work. It’s work.
No, just kidding.
In 2006, I was still with Plantscape Industry Alliance/CalScape Expo (now called Planstcape Industry Expo) with them, I went to Vegas twice and Palm Springs twice. It was a fabulous place to work. PIA was only one client in our office, but it was definitely a main client. I learned a lot on the job and it was part of what moved me from pre-nursing to business. My boss was the one asking me WHY I was studying nursing when I clearly had an aptitude for business.
I also worked for the exchange program at this time, having started in 2005. I took the year off after the exciting events of my first full-year student (which dropped the bombshell on me in January 2007 that his American girlfriend was having his baby…). In 2007, I started up with placements again and I placed two German girls in Willits, a German girl in Ukiah, and a German boy in Cloverdale. I had four German students for a semester, though the boy extended for a year. In 2008, I placed a full year boys in Cloverdale (French), and Ukiah (Vietnamese and Turkish). The Turkish boy (Alihan) moved in with my family at Christmas and the Vietnamese boy moved to Tennessee. Alihan had the coolest ride to Prom EVER. (I think I mentioned him in a previous post.) My French student was Prom King. I took a Korean girl late in the year, as she moved from Southern California.
In 2009, when it was time for me to move to Oregon for school, I did an unexpected phone interview with a potential boss on the way to look at the school in the spring, after I’d been accepted, and then an in-person interview with the second boss. I found myself with a job waiting in the Fall with the Berglund Center for Internet Studies. I have definite luck in job hunting, as it had both business administration and international components in a well-rounded, open work environment.
In the summer, I stopped work for the summer to spend time in Japan (more of that in the travel post). While there, I conducted a couple of meetings with overseas partners in Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Seoul, South Korea. AWESOME EXPERIENCE. I don’t think many international business majors can say they’ve already done something like that.
I took a Colombian exchange student for a couple of weeks, as the summer camp she was supposed to attend fell through.
Also, in the Fall I took on freelance work with a small computer company (New Era Computers) before accepting a Student Fellowship with Berglund to write articles for an Internet journal. This allowed me to spend more time thinking about manga, which I certainly enjoy.
In January 2010, I started as the Marketing Intern at ARAMARK (Boxer Dining), which has turned out to be a fabulous opportunity with the potential for a lot of future growth. ARAMARK is a huge company.
I’ve had great success with most of my bosses in all of my jobs and have been fortunate to have many opportunities to work with great people. I’m fairly certain I haven’t burned any bridges.
So, work. It’s work.
No, just kidding.
In 2006, I was still with Plantscape Industry Alliance/CalScape Expo (now called Planstcape Industry Expo) with them, I went to Vegas twice and Palm Springs twice. It was a fabulous place to work. PIA was only one client in our office, but it was definitely a main client. I learned a lot on the job and it was part of what moved me from pre-nursing to business. My boss was the one asking me WHY I was studying nursing when I clearly had an aptitude for business.
I also worked for the exchange program at this time, having started in 2005. I took the year off after the exciting events of my first full-year student (which dropped the bombshell on me in January 2007 that his American girlfriend was having his baby…). In 2007, I started up with placements again and I placed two German girls in Willits, a German girl in Ukiah, and a German boy in Cloverdale. I had four German students for a semester, though the boy extended for a year. In 2008, I placed a full year boys in Cloverdale (French), and Ukiah (Vietnamese and Turkish). The Turkish boy (Alihan) moved in with my family at Christmas and the Vietnamese boy moved to Tennessee. Alihan had the coolest ride to Prom EVER. (I think I mentioned him in a previous post.) My French student was Prom King. I took a Korean girl late in the year, as she moved from Southern California.
In 2009, when it was time for me to move to Oregon for school, I did an unexpected phone interview with a potential boss on the way to look at the school in the spring, after I’d been accepted, and then an in-person interview with the second boss. I found myself with a job waiting in the Fall with the Berglund Center for Internet Studies. I have definite luck in job hunting, as it had both business administration and international components in a well-rounded, open work environment.
In the summer, I stopped work for the summer to spend time in Japan (more of that in the travel post). While there, I conducted a couple of meetings with overseas partners in Tokyo, Fukuoka, and Seoul, South Korea. AWESOME EXPERIENCE. I don’t think many international business majors can say they’ve already done something like that.
I took a Colombian exchange student for a couple of weeks, as the summer camp she was supposed to attend fell through.
Also, in the Fall I took on freelance work with a small computer company (New Era Computers) before accepting a Student Fellowship with Berglund to write articles for an Internet journal. This allowed me to spend more time thinking about manga, which I certainly enjoy.
In January 2010, I started as the Marketing Intern at ARAMARK (Boxer Dining), which has turned out to be a fabulous opportunity with the potential for a lot of future growth. ARAMARK is a huge company.
I’ve had great success with most of my bosses in all of my jobs and have been fortunate to have many opportunities to work with great people. I’m fairly certain I haven’t burned any bridges.