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Post Internship Assessment

I would like to start off my post-internship assessment stating that this has been my favorite internship by far. I have learned so much and will be taking a lot of valuable information and lessons with me. All throughout college, I didn’t know if I was on the right track and after a few internships, I started to feel like I’d never find a career that would fulfill me. Then, I interned at The Emerald. It finally made me realize how people could be excited about going to work. I’ve never seen myself and who I want to become so much in a company. I aligned so well with the companies values and vision. For the first time, I was given the full responsibility of communicating with partners and members. This is where I also learned to always respond to emails, even if it’s just acknowledging that you’ve received it. My design skills have improved so much and I was taught techniques on different design programs. I pushed myself to align with the companies style while creating someth...
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Create Your Own/Webinar

The webinar series I decided to watch is called “Resumes and Cover Letters”. I feel that my resume is complete but I know that I can always improve and I wanted to compare my current resume to what is recommended by the professionals in these videos. In the overview, I learned not to use a template. This is something I have heard multiple times but haven't acted on, because I use a template. I understand companies san dozens of resumes that pick out keywords and templates don’t always work for this. However, the companies I am typically applying for are small, so I’m assuming they aren’t receiving endless resumes and actually look through what is sent in.  Also, I think this only applies to certain industries. From a marketing and social media perspective, I want to stand out and show my style; I’ve also gotten compliments from employers on my resume. I also learned that it’s okay to use color, especially if you are applying to a job that requires design, although I don’t t...
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Career Milestones

Participating in the career milestones exercise made me realize I have accomplished more “milestones” than I would have ever thought. Beforehand, I only thought obtaining an internship and landing your first job were considered career milestones. I am going to walk through each milestone and explain my experiences along the way. Truthfully, I did the steps out-of-order and I never knew if I was 100% on the right track throughout college. Going into college I had no idea what career path I wanted to take so I chose something general; Communication (BS). I knew there were a ton of different jobs I could use my degree in and was planning on adding a more specific minor/certificate later. I viewed the “career outlook” on my undergraduate program information page and the career options I was interested in were: entrepreneurism, event planning, human resource management, marketing, public relations and sales. I knew this general area is where I could see myself. Therefore the first ...
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Interviewing: Fake it till' you make it

From the interview videos, I learned not only the importance of a strong introduction but HOW to do so. The outline looks like this: name, interest, experience or course work, strengths and what you’re seeking. For example, to put this into practice, I would say this, “Hi, my name is Jillian Grammer and I am interested in marketing. I have experience in social media and marketing where I’ve assisted in executing marketing plans and social media strategies. My strengths are communication, creativity and the Adobe programs. I am seeking more information about the open positions in the marketing department.” Having this introduction ready makes it easier to answer the “tell me about yourself” question and will also make me sound more professional. In the past my answer was so short; I would just state my school and major because I didn’t know what else to say. To prepare for an interview, it’s beneficial to know the logistics, check your digital footprint, research, study and pr...
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Cover Letters

The first career I researched was a Yelp Recruitment Marketing Strategist. I have heard that Yelp has a great company culture and is a service that I personally always use so I was intrigued when I saw the job posting. Unfortunately, the hiring individual did not include their contact information and Yelp’s site didn’t have it so I made it out to the “hiring professional”. I have a ton of experience in marketing and social media so I wanted to emphasize the skills I have already learned in relation to the job’s responsibilities in my cover letter. In the job description it stated that the recruitment marketing strategist would be responsible for creating social content across all of Yelp’s channels so I wrote that I have gained practices in doing this along with researching social trends to improve social strategy. I ended the cover letter reiterating that I believe my skills and knowledge could help their department grow. View Yelp job description here The next career I came...
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Salary Negotiation

I am very happy that I watched the salary negotiation webinar because I believe it provided a ton of useful information and at a time when I needed it most. I learned the 3-steps of assessment prior to negotiating a salary: honestly assess yourself, your needs and research the company and industry. To assess yourself, review your GPA (which I have worked hard for but have been told that employers typically don’t look at this), your related experience/employment history, if you’ve travelled/are globally savvy and more. Essentially, it’s important to assess what you have to offer a company and what makes you unique. To assess your needs, resources such as azcis, salary.com and asu.edu/gradstats were recommended. When researching a company, look for their corporate history and mission statement/goals, competitors and if they have different locations. Aside from the 3-step model, I learned it’s key to understand what points are negotiable and non-negotiable in an offer. A few additiona...
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Red Flags: Learn From My Mistakes

During the time when I was looking for internships, I received an email that quickly became a learning lesson. I knew that my internship professor was always sending out internship options so I figured this was a company that had reached out to her, looking for interns. The subject line was “ASU PART TIME JOB OFFER” and the email explained that they received my contact through the school’s database and they were looking to hire a hardworking student like myself for just a few hours a week with an attractive weekly salary. Although the bottom of the email was in bold, “KINDLY EMAIL BACK WITH YOUR  PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS IF INTERESTED IN THIS JOB POSITION”, I still responded that I was interested and wanted more information. After giving him my personal email, he still continued to email me on my ASU email. He outlined the position and said the salary would be $400 a week to work strictly online to supply agents with stationary items. I was taken back by the amount t...
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