Only the Beginnings

These were previous emails I had written now edited for a blogger's read.

July 2007:

The Workshop was amazing! It was probably the best 2 days I've spent team building with a department that I've ever worked for! We were able to really get down into details with identifying the work styles that we have, the personalities that we each possess and then we were able to express appreciation for each other through different group sessions. It was a very worthwhile presentation. It was very powerful and for a student who doesn't know where to go, or what direction they want to take, this gives them some insight to who they are and how they can find their passion through that outlet.

Work has picked up! I am currently the program policy. That sounds a little funky, but I am currently in the process of identifying those who have violated our policy - and compile some data to send to my supervisor and manager about these folks... and now I may get a badge and police hat to go along with this role! Quite exciting! But the majority of my work will be the analyzing of the data. And as cheesy as this sounds, the Strategy class in the business school really taught me how to handle "board room/meeting" situations. We have been meeting with clients, and I learned (in college) to come prepared. Today we had a meeting with a smaller client and my direct supervisor, had to step out to take a call from a VP. For 30 minutes, I was left alone with these two... somewhat intimidating business women. But I had a list of things I wanted them to review because although I do not have the final say with regards to what company we ultimately go with, I would be the one running the reports, identifying bugs, and making sense of all the mumble jumble to my bosses, and their bosses. I don't think I would have been AS prepared if I hadn't had the experience of breakout sessions that the professor had us do on a weekly basis with our simulation groups - because to save time and be efficient, you had to be prepared! :)

Today, I contacted the recruiter - who was mainly in touch with myself, to see if a new hire orientation/networking event could occur. I offered to help, but was shot down... well, he said, "I'll let you know if any updates happen..." meaning, it's on the back burner. My next attempt, is I want to maybe just get a list -- and contact them on my own. I ran this idea by my manager, since he was in the meeting where this whole topic came up, actually, I mentioned it at lunch to a co-worker who took the idea to HR when he met with them and my manager on the recruiting team... but either way, it's really exciting! I really hope we get to build a strong network of new hires, because I know at other Fortune 500's, they put a lot of emphasis on the groups that you started the company with.