That seems to be one of my biggest problems. I wait til the last minute, even with these blogs, even though I have so much to write about! The worst part is that the more time I wait before writing these, the more things escape from me that I wanted to write about.
Anyways, how this relates to the workplace. Well, there are deadlines, very important ones. I feel like I am getting a lot better about meeting deadlines at Wingteam, but ongoing projects, ones that I know I can put off for a day, or a week, I do, which is terrible. I need to be more proactive. I feel that this may be something that many of us run in to as we enter the workforce. Its kind of our generation, many of us procrastinate, which is terrible :/ I can say with confidence though that I truly am working on it. This internship has shown me that to make everything run smoothly, to have me be happy and stress free, and most importantly for my boss to be happy and stress free, projects need to be done on or before schedule.
I'm sure I will struggle with this for a while, but hopefully the steps that I have made will stick with me far into the future.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Photobucket, Technology, Etc.....
As I was about to write this next post, I read a comment post asking how I feel Facebook, LinkedIn, and how technology is such important in our workplace. This got me thinking. If the Internet crashed, I strongly feel the Wingteam wouldn't be in business, as I'm sure this is how most of you feel about the places you are currently working. Every day when I enter the office I check my emails, post items on different websites, upload pictures, and create and send documents. I really don't know if my job would be around if technology wasn't as advanced as it is currently.
One thing that Wingteam offers is a slide show of the photos of staff members that will be working a particular event. This is sent to our client so they have to face to put to a name and someone to recognize when they walk in the door of the event. I feel that this is very helpful and important to our clients, and before today, something that I didn't think much about.
I would say that well over 90% of Wingteam's business is done online...the few other items are handled on the phone. Overall, I feel that learning more about Facebook, LinkedIn, Photobucket, and all the other technological resources that I have been working with and learning is going to turn out to be a huge asset to me throughout my future....We just have to keep learning and keep growing!
One thing that Wingteam offers is a slide show of the photos of staff members that will be working a particular event. This is sent to our client so they have to face to put to a name and someone to recognize when they walk in the door of the event. I feel that this is very helpful and important to our clients, and before today, something that I didn't think much about.
I would say that well over 90% of Wingteam's business is done online...the few other items are handled on the phone. Overall, I feel that learning more about Facebook, LinkedIn, Photobucket, and all the other technological resources that I have been working with and learning is going to turn out to be a huge asset to me throughout my future....We just have to keep learning and keep growing!
I've Found My Niche
It seems to me that I've gotten into my niche at Wingteam. Recently my only projects have been working on grids and doing payroll to the staff that just worked the event. Finally I have mastered an area of the office!
Just to explain a little.....For each event Wingteam (me! :)) puts together a grid. This grid contains the name, contact information and a little bit about each staff member that would make them suitable for the job. This information then gets sent to our client. It has become my job to go through each staff member's resume and find pertinent information that relates them to the job they will be working. This all gets put together in an Excel spreadsheet and then sent to our client.
For payroll each staff member that has successfully completed their job has to send a time sheet via email. From this we take the hours and the rate and find out how much to pay them. I then record this, write a check, fill out a thank you card, label and stamp the envelope and send off the card. This sounds easy enough but for some reason many staff members don't follow through completely and we have to "track" them down to get the time sheet.
I really like this part of my job, it lets me virtually meet the staff members that are working events all over the country and find out the awesome jobs, endeavours, and such that they have been involved with in the past.
Just to explain a little.....For each event Wingteam (me! :)) puts together a grid. This grid contains the name, contact information and a little bit about each staff member that would make them suitable for the job. This information then gets sent to our client. It has become my job to go through each staff member's resume and find pertinent information that relates them to the job they will be working. This all gets put together in an Excel spreadsheet and then sent to our client.
For payroll each staff member that has successfully completed their job has to send a time sheet via email. From this we take the hours and the rate and find out how much to pay them. I then record this, write a check, fill out a thank you card, label and stamp the envelope and send off the card. This sounds easy enough but for some reason many staff members don't follow through completely and we have to "track" them down to get the time sheet.
I really like this part of my job, it lets me virtually meet the staff members that are working events all over the country and find out the awesome jobs, endeavours, and such that they have been involved with in the past.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Testimonials
I have been given the task of supervising all of the testimonials that we receive and publishing them on Facebook, MySpace, and LinkedIn and then relaying all of them to our website guy who then publishes them online.
Some of the challenges that I faced in doing so was more so technical difficulties than anything else. For example, I'm not very familiar with working on LinkedIn so it was difficult to figure out how to post 4 to 5 testimonials. Also, LinkedIn has most of their text space extremely limited which didn't give me the adequate space to post all of the testimonials so I had to resort to making a slide show and publishing it on Wingteam's LinkedIn site. All in all, it worked out very well and Yvette was happy with the final product.
Also, if any of you out there have problems with LinkedIn in the future, I can answer some of your questions! HAHA.
Some of the challenges that I faced in doing so was more so technical difficulties than anything else. For example, I'm not very familiar with working on LinkedIn so it was difficult to figure out how to post 4 to 5 testimonials. Also, LinkedIn has most of their text space extremely limited which didn't give me the adequate space to post all of the testimonials so I had to resort to making a slide show and publishing it on Wingteam's LinkedIn site. All in all, it worked out very well and Yvette was happy with the final product.
Also, if any of you out there have problems with LinkedIn in the future, I can answer some of your questions! HAHA.
Moving Along....
Last week was a chore, literally. We had to organize and pack up the office because Wingteam was moving their office to a different location. While moving we were able to take a break from the day to day projects we have been working on, which was nice, and able to get some fresh air in the process!
While going through things it got me more acquainted with the office and also with the organization of everything which hopefully will help me become more productive in the future and take less time to find a certain paper. Who knows, but it was nice for a little break! :)
While going through things it got me more acquainted with the office and also with the organization of everything which hopefully will help me become more productive in the future and take less time to find a certain paper. Who knows, but it was nice for a little break! :)
Application
Well, here I am, finally writing in the blog again. It has been a while because it has been pretty busy in the office but we have been working on so much. This post I am going to focus on telling you guys about the application that I created.
Two weeks ago Yvette came to me with an application from a restaurant that she picked up and said that she really liked the format and the content that were in it and she wanted me to tailor it to our company, revise it, and send it to the guy who does our website and have him post a link to it online. Wow, was that a project! But, I did awesome! The application turned out looking just like the new one she picked up that she liked and I incorporated some awesome stuff into it that really works for Wingteam.
I have come to find out that I really like to be given my own project and for me to just run with it. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem working in groups, in fact, sometimes I prefer it but with projects such as this I really enjoy the fact that I can point to that document and realize that I did it all on my own.
Two weeks ago Yvette came to me with an application from a restaurant that she picked up and said that she really liked the format and the content that were in it and she wanted me to tailor it to our company, revise it, and send it to the guy who does our website and have him post a link to it online. Wow, was that a project! But, I did awesome! The application turned out looking just like the new one she picked up that she liked and I incorporated some awesome stuff into it that really works for Wingteam.
I have come to find out that I really like to be given my own project and for me to just run with it. Don't get me wrong, I have no problem working in groups, in fact, sometimes I prefer it but with projects such as this I really enjoy the fact that I can point to that document and realize that I did it all on my own.
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