Friday, July 20, 2012

Internship Eagerness


During my internship all the technical skills I’ve learned at Year Up will help me succeed. One particular technical skill would be, fixing and troubleshooting hardware problems. Another skill I’ve sharpened at YUBA, installing, uninstalling software. During my internship there are a lot of skills I want to keep developing during my internship, I want to continue challenging myself to learn new things by using my resources appropriately. During my internship I will continue working on my public speaking; I will attend toastmasters at salesforce.com on Tuesday at noon.
I have some anxieties about my internship because I don’t feel I’m that techy, I understand the tech information, during my class sessions. For example installing Virtual Machines on the computers I can do, following along with my instructor. But if I was to do so after the fact by myself I would have some difficulties. I don’t retain the techy info as much as I would like to. I understand practice makes perfect so I plan on continuing challenging myself and asking for help if I don’t understand something.
During my internship I plan on standing out by being myself, remaining positive, being my normal creative self. I will not be afraid to ask questions I think it’ll be behooving of me to do so. Networking is something I will continue doing during my internship. I’m going take a lot of initiative and think outside the box during my internship. I have a journal where I will write my personal goals during internship make sure I meet the goals I set for myself. Another important thing I will do during my internship is collaborate with people because I know two minds are better than one.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Ready


1.       Avoid negativity
·         I choose Avoid negativity as my first success tip, because being negative is the quickest way to kill a good internship. In life people should stay positive being negative is not good for the world. In my internship it’ll be best for me to remain positive if I want to succeed and potentially get a job.
2.       Tackle all tasks with Enthusiasm and a positive attitude
·         I choose Tackle all tasks with Enthusiasm and a positive attitude as my second pick ,because I know if I go to every challenge with positive mind things will be better than going into situations negatively. Complaining will not get me anywhere in life. Working hard and with enthusiasm will prosper me in my internship.
3.       Set personal goals
·         I choose Set personal goals as my third choice, because recently I’ve been engaged in setting goals and it’s benefited my life extremely. In life people succeed passed off there priorities, so I think if set some personal goals and time frames that I have to reach during my internship it’ll prosper my career making my internship an delightful experience.

4.       Never shun a chance to learn more about the company/industry
·         I choose Never shun a chance to learn more about the company/industry as my fourth pick, because all experience is good experience. So learning more about the company I’m interning is a good think. Taking advantage to learn new things and step up to new challenges is going heighten my internship experience.

5.       Get as much exposure as possible
·         I choose get as much exposure as possible as my fifth because the more your expose yourself to new people the much more your network grows.  And the more your network grows for positive things, the better your internship experience will be.

6.       Take initiative
·         I choose take initiative as my number six pick because taking initiative in the right way will make me look good in the eyes of my potential boss and co-workers. Thinking outside the box and showing personality in a positive light will help me succeed during my internship.
7.       Find a mentor
·         I choose find a mentor as my seventh pick because finding a mentor is a good thing. Anybody who’s been in the company a while and shows good work ethic will be one to module and I plan on doing that.
8.       Have regular meetings with your supervisor
·         I choose Have regular meetings with your supervisor as my number eighth pick because I think regular checks in with my boss will help me extremely. Just checking in being available is important.

9.       Network Network Network
·         I choose network network network as my ninth pick because mingling and getting involved is important in life and will 9 times out of 10 its not what you know its who you know. Job offers and things will come up depending on who I knopw and who knows my skills.
10.   Leave with Tangible Accomplishments
·         I choose leave with tangible accomplishments as my tenth choice rewards and tangible experiences will heighten my intern experience and my resume in the further for my further jobs.
11.   Enjoy yourself
·         I choose enjoy yourself as my eleventh pick because enjoying yourself, is important in anything you do.  I don’t plan on being up tight I plan on taking advantage everything.

12.   Don't be Afraid to Ask Questions
I choose Don't be Afraid to Ask Questions as MY 12TH pick because I’m not afraid to ask questions. I think asking questions is equally important as a lot of things because I don’t want to do the wrong thing. I plan on using recourses before asking too many questions.