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Being part of Ascend Indiana has provided me the opportunity to help contribute to the community by helping job seekers, including college students and un- and underemployed individuals, get jobs that require little to no experience. Being an intern ... has also developed several transferable skills that I find beneficial in my career journey. Some of them I have developed because of my projects include communication, time management, attention to detail, and Microsoft Excel. Having this internship helped me learn how to be disciplined in a professional environment like checking my work emails every morning before starting assigned projects, communicating with my manager and team members about any change in plans, etc. One of my responsibilities at Ascend Indiana is to help employees post their available jobs in the company's network to facilitate the job search for candidates, including internships, part-time, and full-time roles. I am glad I got this internship because of how it has positively impacted me. Read more

As a Marketing Intern, my main tasks were to reach out to potential clients and to create social media content. During my time at Amy Henry State Farm Agency, I had the chance to develop my skills in social media content creation and customer skills. ... I'm able to call, text, and send emails to customers confidently. I have realized that marketing and social media content creation are two things I'm thoroughly excited about, and a career I want to pursue. My co-workers were amazing at making me feel comfortable and giving me independence with how I wanted to develop as an intern. Read more

As a STEM Youth Coach, I educate school-age students on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, while keeping them engaged through fun STEM and team-building activities. During my internship, I developed my leadership skills by applying my ... experience as an executive member of a campus organization, researching STEM and team-building activities, planning the activities, and leading kindergarten to grade 8 students. I enjoyed listening, supporting, and finding solutions to their concerns and sought help from my supervisor, Felicia, and colleagues when needed. Working with the team at Hawthorne Community Center was a wonderful experience that allowed me to explore new workspaces and improve my socialization and communication skills through building relationships with students and colleagues. Read more

Ascend Indiana ensures every person who has the opportunity to work there left with growth and abilities they did not have before. I worked as a Business Development Intern and my main responsibilities were to write and post job roles as well as rese ... arch and scrape job roles. I posted job positions onto the network that allowed candidates to see what matched well for them. It was so amazing to see the number of people that apply for roles you published. As I do not see myself working here for any long-term position, I am so grateful I was given the opportunity to do the time I did. I was taught so much about the job market as well as how to treat people in a work environment. I saw different leaders and how everyone operated at a professional standpoint. I am so thankful I got to be a part of Ascend and pursue their mission to create economic opportunity for all. Read more

I currently work at the Pando location, in which is a division of Lutheran Child and Family Services. My job on a daily basis is to engage with the tenants and provide them with motivation, as well as, empower them to utilize the resources that are ... at hand. I'm also tasked with the goal of creating the BTO program [Bridges to Opportunity]. This is a project in which I recruit positive role models from the community to engage in a mentor/mentee relationship with the tenants. Read more

Going into my sophomore year, I wanted to make sure I explored different career paths through various learning experiences. Working at Hawthorne Community Center has enabled me to do that. At Hawthorne, I work as a Youth Coach to promote children's o ... verall well-being through interactive discussion-based exercises and activities. Each week, we have activities based on 1 of the 8 dimensions of well-being. Some activities include morning yoga, budget planning, waist bead making, and discussions about personal boundaries. Through this internship, I have learned how to create interactive activities suited to children through utilizing sites such as Kahoot and practicing worksheet creation. During discussions, I had to make sure I fully explained my thinking when talking to the children. Some of the topics were hard for them to think about since they never really talked about them before. So, making sure I was being thorough overall increased my communications skills to be able to hold conversations with the children. Hearing the kids' feedback, about how they enjoy talking about the topics we discuss makes me happy! I hope that after my time there they continue to incorporate things we talked about into their daily lives. Read more

Having this opportunity to be an ESE Program Counselor has introduced me to the broad range of tasks that counseling elementary school students requires. From being medically certified to having patience, there's many ways to provide the kids the nec ... essity of being cared for and supported. Everyday there's a new challenge of understanding multiple small requests yet spending extra time to ensure that every kid is satisfied and will be looking forward to the next day at ESE. Being at a loving community that looks after each other is a blessing that I will never take for granted. Read more

At my internship site working as an Accounting Intern has given me the closest feeling for what to expect for when I begin to work an entry level accounting job after college. Working personally with clients, filing their tax returns, and managing th ... eir transactions in QuickBooks has been the perfect direct experience that I was looking for in an internship. Doing these tasks for clients gave me a better insight and understanding of what I will be doing as a CPA in the future and also helped me feel more relieved. I thought working with clients and doing important things such as filing their returns can be scary, filled with lots of responsibility. Working at A Total Solution CPA has definitely given me a huge moment of relief as I found it to be very enjoyable and something I will love to do in my near future! Read more

As a student in the Sophomore Internship Program, I was given the opportunity to join the team at Networks Connect as a Recruiting Intern. As an intern at Networks Connect, I am in charge of recruiting healthcare professionals for long term care fac ... ilities and making sure that the healthcare worker has the correct information and up-to-date credentials. Over the course of the spring semester, I have been able to learn a lot at Networks Connect and achieved many of my goals that I had set for myself at the beginning of the semester. I have been able to connect with other professionals and learn different processes while at Networks Connect. I was able to learn the different aspects of onboarding and get a feel for the business world. This opportunity has given me tools to manage self-reflection for growth and improve my skills of communicating in a professional manner. From this experience I appreciate the tremendous support I have received at Networks Connect and know I will be able to apply the knowledge I have gained to my future endeavors. Read more

I manage multiple projects involving data collection for various schools, including attendance, absences, totals, and averages. I carefully input this information into Google Sheets, guaranteeing accuracy, and then provide the compiled data to the co ... mpany for their in-depth analysis. Read more