Jobs:
I worked at Hummingbird Bar and Kitchen located in Alexandria, VA for two years now. I worked as a hostess over two summer breaks and two winter breaks. I learned a lot working in a fast paced and social environment. Here are some things that I have gained from this experience.
- Communicated with staff, bosses and customers.
- Problem solved when in times of stress.
- Time management knowing when someone should be sat, which goes along with being aware.
- Being organized with reservations, wait lists and my station.
- Used an IPad to write emails, create reservations, get in contact with customers and cancel reservations.
- Answering phones and making reservations.
- Handling customers money for to-go and pick up orders.
- Working within a team, learning how to work with a diverse group of people.
Another job experience where I think I learned a lot of practical work ethic skills was when I worked at EquinoxSports Club in Washington, DC. I worked as a receptionist and sales associate. I enjoyed working around different professional individual and clients. Here are some of the skills that I learned and have used after in different situations and jobs:
- Worked at the club’s spa and shop which helped me better my skills in excel spreadsheet.
- Talked to how to talk to customers daily, over the phone or in person. Dealing with compliments or complains.
- Sold products ranging from skin care to athletic wear.
- Learned how to use a cash register and handled the customers money.
- Made phone calls for upcoming appointments or returning a message.
Internship:
My frist internship I had was at the Alexandria Gazette Packet located in Alexandria, VA. I was an intern for the summer and learned valuable writing and interviewing skills that I have since then used in my projects and papers. Here are some of the other things I learned interning with the Packet:
- I wrote, edited and published my own articles as well as other writers.
- I conducted my own interviews.
- Better my skills in editing and creating questions.
- I shared my opinions and ideas in staff meetings.
- Learned more about AP style.
College courses:
- Media Productions ( Communications 355)
- In media production I learned about live broadcasting and how to direct and produce a news program.
- I learned how to operate all of the technology in the studio, the light board, teleprompter, cameras, switch board, and the audio.
- During this course I contained to learn more about editing and filming with new cameras and equipment.
- Here is my final course project, a promotional video for a brewery in my college’s town:
- ( Still editing)
- Fundamentals of Public Relations (Communications 280)
- While I was taking this course I learned and used a lot of my public speaking and writing skills to complete many speeches and my individual PR portfolio. Within my PR portfolio I had to include a pitch, fact sheet, media release, backgrounder, and a listicle.
- I also learned how to write up a campaign for a company and response strategies.
- Listed below is my groups campaign:
- Communications Ethics (Communications 400)
- During communication ethics I learned how to make my own case analysis , including situation, competing values, stakeholders, external factors, ethical theories, and decisions. We worked on creating our own cases through out the whole semester.
- Here is my final case analysis:
- Advanced Media Writing (Communications 341)
- After taking media writing , advanced media writing is up next. In advanced media writing I learned how to write articles in a timely fashion, use AP style, time management and planning when it came to doing mutiple interviews , and my communication skills when working with a group or pitching ideas.
- Here is my final project from this class:
- https://medium.com/@crazychild333/the-faces-of-faces-624f8a91c172
