Dear Leah...

Dear Leah,

How can I thank you for all you did for me? You seen something in me and brought it out into the light, you gambled on me and through that you helped me become a better professional. You taught me a lot more about leadership and I learned and gained so much from you. Every opportunity I got I soaked up knowledge from you and your actions. I also owe you a congratulations, with your well deserved promotion I got to see leadership change first hand. You quizzed me and made sure I learned the skills and had me put them to work. By understanding what I hoped to accomplish and where I wanted to be professionally you put me into situations to have me better myself and learn from my encounters. Through all the encounters they will benefit me to become a better professional, and what to expect involving all government to government relations. I hope I met your expectations you had for me and I am glad I got the opportunity to work under you and for the Town of Gilbert. This is an experience I will never forget and will put all the knowledge obtained to use in my future career path. Thanks for everything you did for me, I will see you soon.

Best Wishes,

SKYE

What were the most important things you learned from your internship?

What were the most important things you learned from your internship?

I believed the most important thing I learned during my internship was leadership, the different aspects that reflect it. The importance of being a good leader to better accommodate and form a good team of employees. I learned the importance of a good team to help better accomplish your everyday, weekly, monthly and yearly tasks. If you have a hard working and focused team there is nothing you cannot accomplish and it will provide a fun and peaceful working environment.

Did you meet your initial goals?

Yes, believe I did meet my initial goals I set out to at the beginning of my internship. I wanted to better hone my skill of effective communication and I think I have. With the help of my direct supervisor I learned how to do it better, what to practice and what to do to become a more effective communicator. Not just lessons of how to heard but how to stand out and be relevant. I also learned how to better network and I was able to get better at it throughout my internship. This is a skill I will capitalize on through my professional career and personal life. My supervisor also taught me to capitalize on my networking opportunities to further my career. And finally, my goal of becoming a better and effective intergovernmental relations team member, and I honestly think I established a good relationship with the team. I believe I met this goal, I was able to perform with different aspects of government and became knowledgeable the on process.

So all in all I believe I did good with my goals and had a enjoyable time with my internship.

SKYE

Career Service 2 [write up]

For a Career Service write-up I attended an event the ASU College of Public Service & Community Solutions put on, Public Service Impact Talks: Justice in Action. I was in attendance at the Downtown campus in Cronkite theater, I first seen the event advertised as on the Career Services calendar so I registered to attend online. When I was at downtown campus I seen a flier and I grabbed it and waited. On the flier I read I was interested in two of the presenters topics, Police Legitimacy: Repairing the Damaged Trust; and Incarcerated in America: Why You Should Care.

Doug Mellom a graduate research assistant for the school of Criminology and Criminal Justice presented about Police Legitimacy: Repairing the Damaged Trust. His presentation was a relevant controversial topic and it enlighten people to the disrespectful patterns on both sides. What I took from what was presented is how the quality of treatment, and the quality of decision making, should reflect procedural justice. And procedural justice and police legitimacy should include compliance, cooperation, and satisfaction. Mellom ended his presentation with a power picture of Eric Gardener being put in a choke hold by police, in which later killed Gardner.

Kevin Wright an ASU assistant professor for the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice presented about Incarcerated in America: Why You Should Care. I thought was very interesting and the presentation was eye-opening. I mean not so much for me but for others in attendance. I come from poverty and see the scenarios he spoke of and can relate to the outcomes that were spoken throughout the presentation. The opposition saying that “they chose to engage in crime” or “their victims need justice', I mean there are choices but the personal situations also are not put into perspective.

All the topics were necessary in the state of America at the moment and we do need to think about them or be aware of them whether we are with or against them.

SKYE

Career Service 1 [write up]

 For this Career Service write up I watched a webinar on the Career Service site, it is the Salary Negotiation one. This had very insightful tips that I will put to use and keep in mind when it is my time to use tactic I will the salary negotiating skills to do so. I learned the proper knowledge of negotiating, what it is as to what items can be negotiated along with the do and don'ts.

To hold a formal discussion between employer and myself to reach an agreement, first I must honestly assess myself, second understand what are my needs, and third research the company and the industry. These three-steps are are helpful because I can now think about them to properly apply when the time is right and my self assessment will be accurate and I will know what else I also need to do.

All the do's and don'ts were all very helpful and interesting, I also think a lot were common sense but needed to be said so it's out in the open and can be properly reviewed and you can be prepared. All from knowing who you are negotiating with, when to negotiate, and to negotiate everything at once. Also involving not negotiating on the spot leaving yourself time to think and assess. And of course don't negotiate unless you are ready and prepared to take the job.

In conclusion, the last tips I think are the most important. Once you accept an offer you are now obligated to stop interviewing and let the other companies know, this goes back to don't negotiate on the spot giving yourself time to think and assess. And finally, making sure they follow up in writing. Everything that was negotiated and what was decided upon in the agreement between you and the company. And to stay excited about your new job, that is what this was all for right. I very much so enjoyed this webinar.

SKYE