Another Level

This week was my first official week here at the Town of Gilbert, and the learning experience has been phenomenal. I am in the Native American Management Internship (NAMI) and am interning for the Town of Gilbert in the Intergovernmental Relations department. The purpose of the Intergovernmental Relations is to develop, represent and advocate the interests of the Town of Gilbert to the benefit of its citizens and business community. The office of Intergovernmental Relations houses the Town's policy and legislative team and staff for the Mayor and Council. It is a part of the Town Manager's Office and serves all Town departments as well as our elected officials. So to say the least, they do a lot and I hope to be put into the mix of doing all I can and learning everything they allow me to for experience purposes.

I am surrounded by a great bunch of people and the team functionality is awesome. I think I will adapt well to their fast pace and soon be a good asset to the team (crosses fingers). Right now, my work flow is mainly doing the different tasks they are giving me. I have learned that they are seeing what skill sets I have and what I can handle. So far I have been accomplishing everything that is being assigned to me and talks of my project are being tossed around. It appears that every intern for the Intergovernmental Relations department has a project that they will be assigned and will present this project to the Executive Team.

In the beginning I was told that our department is very active and we would be attending a lot of meeting and networking with all kinds of people, and I thought this is going to awesome because I really need to be more effective with my networking skills.