Miscommunication...

If I were to distinguish one experience that I have witnessed in which information was miscommunicated in the work setting, I would have to describe the most recent occurrence, which was today. Unfortunately this experience included me. Today I had a meeting in Greenville with Northwestern Mutual, where I will be working this coming summer as an intern. This meeting was set up almost one week ago for 2:00 this afternoon. While I was writing down the time and place for this meeting, apparently I wrote down 3:00 instead of 2:00. Unfortunately at 1:30 this afternoon when I received a phone call confirming this meeting, I was caught completly off gaurd. On the bright side when I explained that I had thought the meeting was at three instead of two o'clock today the Human Resources director was very understanding about the situation and she was available at 3:00 for me to come in. I believe this could have been prevented if I had paid more attention in the initial conversation scheduling this appointment as well as possibly sending an email a few days ago to confirm the meeting. I believe most miscommunications, both large and small, can be avoided if the correct precautions are taken.

Final Presentation and Portfolios...

After the final group of presentations, I believe my favorite was done on the battle of the bands at 356. I think this was the most effective presentation because he used his bands myspace site to play a few songs for the class that would be played at the show that night. He also did a great job appealing to our ethos by mentioning that all proceeds go to charity.

I have only made one online portfolio in my time at Clemson, and to be totally honest I do not remember what server I used because it was my freshman year. I do however remember that my experience was relatively good, considering my lack of experience.

3 of my favorite presentations...

This past week we have been making our five minute presentations on topics of our choice. It has been interesting to me to see what interests people in our class, and what they have wanted to share with the rest of us. I believe that the three presentations that I enjoyed the most, besides my own of course =) would have to be, "The Drive Through Process, "Why Should You Own an Aquarium?" and "Tips for Surviving in a Large Family." All three of these presentations were so enjoyable for me because they were all very funny. I believe the best way to get people's attention is to make them laugh. Melesha did a fantastic job of getting the audience's attention by making us laugh right from the beginning. Her rhetorical questions were very effective in keeping our attention. With a slightly different style of humor, Holmes did a great job of keeping our attention by using bright pictures with a lot of color. His humor was more of a dry satire than Melesha's was. Finally Kelly Murphy did her presentation on how to survive in a large family. This one was particurally interesting to me because I myself am from a very large family and I found that every one of these "rules" she layed out were 100 percent correct. The topics themselves made these presentations so appealing for me as well as they way in which they delivered their presentations

Client Visit...

Since Ms. Goree came to our class to talk to us about our project I have been brainstorming as to what is an appropriate angle to take to help ensure the success of the healthy campus initiative. My first thought was to do a play off on the book "Eat This, Not That." While I now realize that it would not be fair to Aramark to tell students which foods to eat while at Harcomb or Shelleter. Also we have run into the problem that there is to be no advertisements inside either place, as a rule of Aramark as well. My thought now would be to promote posters all over campus with the idea of "If you want to eat this, try this instead" to give healthier options at the campus dining halls. While I am not sure if this is the angle we will end up taking as a group; it is my present idea as to what would be easiest to get around rules and be the most affective. My group dynamic has been very effective as of now. We tend to work well together as well as have similar ideas and complement eachothers ideas perfectly. As of now I don't believe I have any questions about our project but I am sure that I will in the future.

Biggest Interview Mistakes...

After reading this article, I have to say that I do agree with their idea of the worst interview mistake you can make. It is imperative while in an interview to not ask stupid questions. While you are in an interview it is your job to convince your future employer that you are an invaluable asset to the company. If you are asking questions about what exactly it is that the company does, or what the description on your particular job would be, you are proving that you have not done a sufficient job researching both the company as well as the job itself. You are also showing the company inadvertently that this job opportunity has not been important enough to you to cause you to do sufficient research. I have had a job interview in the past and I believe my biggest piece of advice I could give is to be relaxed, be yourself and be prepared. It is necessary to do research on every facet of the company, as well as fully understanding the intended job specifications of the position in which you applied. Interviews are a very nerve racking event, and it is important to calm your nerves by ensuring that you are prepared.

Superbowl Sunday....

Today, on Sunday February 1st instead of doing the one thing that most every college student in America is doing, watching the Superbowl, I am sitting on my couch studying. Now I am very aware that there are things that need to be scheduled at certain times in order to make the semester flow, but I have always felt like I have gotten the brunt of the bad timing every semester since I have been here. Seriously, is it terribly difficult to have a quiz on a Wednesday instead of the Monday after the Superbowl? Personally I would rather have less time to study for it and have it on Friday than on Monday. Especially because all of my business teachers this semester got together to see how challenging they could make my life this semester. All of my tests and quizzes and papers are all due on the same day. Remember in high school when there was a rule you could not have more than 2 tests in any given day; what happened to that? Speaking of rules like that did you know that it is a rule you cannot have more than 2 finals in a 24 hours period? Did you know that this does not mean 24 hours this means on the same day. See the difference? I can have the 6:30 exam on Monday night and the 8:00 am and 11:00 exam on Tuesday and while those are all within 24 hours they are not on the same day so it is okay. Personally I think that some consideration should be given for specific events. Having 2 quizzes a test and paper due the Monday after the Superbowl is just mean.

I hope you all enjoyed the Superbowl for all of us who were not lucky enough to be able to watch it.

Where I want to be in ten years...

Where I want to be in ten years...
The question "Where would you like to be in ten years?" is one that I have been asked multiple times throughout my three years at Clemson. Unfortunately my answer changes every time I am asked; this is because if I am totally honest with myself I really have no idea. I will hopefully be on a career path that I am happy with. Being a Management major with a Spanish minor I have many options for potential careers ahead of me. I will be graduating in a year and then hopefully I will either be going to graduate school or finding a job that I am excited to go to every morning. In ten years I will be 31 years old and hopefully married and starting my family. I have never been a girl who wants to completely stop working when I have children; however I will hopefully be able to take time off in the first years of my children's lives.

I was born and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, and I loved growing up there. I am not one to want to move directly home right after graduation but in the next ten years I am sure that I will be reaching a point in my life that I would like to move back. Having a family and becoming a good mother and wife is very important to me. As a result I believe that my lifestyle will revolve around my family as much as it can and then my career in order to be a good mother.