Summer Internship Essay + Presentation
Over the summer before senior year we had to find an internship to complete 60+ hours of work. For my internship I chose to work with Maui Lighting & Designs. Throughout the month of July I spent my time organizing files and data, working with customers, shadowing project managers, and participating in a lighting showroom exhibition. When we returned to school in our senior seminar class we were assigned an essay summarizing our internship, what we learned, and what challenges we overcame. After the essay we had to create a power point for a 5-minute presentation to the class. In the presentation we once again summarized our internship, the challenges, and our wishes for the future.
Throughout this internship and assignment I used my financial, economic, and business literacy engagement skills to navigate my work place. As well as share with others what I learned about business and the financial aspects that come with working in different positions at a lighting company. In the beginning of my internship I used my financial, economic, and business literacy engagement skills when learning about taxes, payroll, estimates, and accounts. I exercised my skill when organizing data and working with customers. I am most proud of my writing in my essay. I was able to relay all the important key details and skills I used and gained throughout the month while staying under the word count. One thing that was difficult about this assignment is I couldn’t write about every part so I did my best to show the main goal of my internship.
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I am proud of the final draft of my essay as well as the grade I received. If I could do this assignment again I would put in a little more work into my presentation slide show. For my thank you page I wasn’t able to get photos of those who helped me throughout my project and I feel it would have been nice to have those images. This relates to learning in the past when I have done out of school programs where we do work and learn about the work we do. Although this experience was unique and I haven’t done anything very similar to my internship. The skills I gained throughout my internship as well as the aftermath of writing my essay and creating the presentation will help me in the future when I have to reflect and share with others what I have learned.
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