Interview with my mentor:
1) What should I know about you before I start working here?
Social media/marketing for 6 years, degree in Journalism, Instagram/Pinterest, working on path to world domination.
2) What is your job title?
Office Administrator and Executive Assistant/Marketing.
3) What are your main duties and responsibilities?
Manage everyone's calenders, manage socials (Instagram and Pinterest), schedule all trips, write product descriptions, lay the smack down.
4) Why did you choose to work here?
She really likes the environment, wanted to work somewhere she felt like she was part of a group, people are as nerdy as she is.
5) How did you end up doing the job that you do?
Really wanted to work here, pretty much would have done any position (even scrubbed floors).
6) What skills and training are necessary for your position?
Personable, marketing knowledge, grammar & punctuation skills, computer skills, trustworthy (according to the CEO).
7) How did you acquire these skills? Through school? On the job?
College (have to take grammar, spelling, and punctuation tests for Journalism degree), self taught, on the job training.
8) Do you consider a career in this area satisfying? In what ways?
She likes marketing more than being an admin, she really just likes being at the workplace, lots of friends in work that she can hang out with outside of work as well.
9) Is there anything you wish you'd realized about the world of work when you were my age?
Need to have prior qualifications for a lot of things (internships, jobs), wish she had done high school/college clubs that were relevant, she did a lot of volunteer work which was good.
10) What should I know about this organization before I start working here?
Really cool place to work, the CEO wants everyone to be happy/fit in/share interests/hang out together (hence game nights and community meetings).
11) What does it take to be successful in this organization?
Be passionate and motivated, even if you're stressed being passionate gets everyone through it.
12) What other advice do you have about working here?
Now is the time to make connections, talk to everyone.
13) How important is getting along with other people in your career?
Very important, everyone works close together and everyone is friends.
14) What other personality traits, skills, or knowledge are important here?
Knowledge of all things geeky!
Reflection:
Over the past couple days, I've become a lot more comfortable in the workplace as well as with my mentor. I've been driving myself to Poway everyday from San Marcos, which is about a 40 minute drive down the 15. For me thats a long drive. But I've gotten used to it. As for the workplace, I didn't talk much at first, and I would do my own thing. Now I'm making a lot of connections with colleagues and asking more questions, as well as working with my mentor to come up with ideas and more things for me to do. I'm still working on the Instagram Analytics spreadsheet and monitoring all of the Jinx tags and other geeky tags, and figuring out things to post. The Instagram is at 3100 followers currently and it would be cool to get it to 4000 by the time I leave! Besides that, I've started taking more pictures of the office to post around (office is too dull of a word, this place is awesome), reading up on stuff going on in the gaming world that are relevant, and searching for new ways I can help my mentor. I found out that not only does the office gets donuts on Wednesdays, but they also have community meetings in the game room. All the departmets chare out how theyre doing and accomplishments. After that, they do trivia, and the prize is an Amazon gift card. Everyone in the office gets a number, and they roll the 20 sided D&D dice to pick a number. That person is elligable for the prize. And guess what. Mine got chosen the first time! There are some people in there who have never gotten it before. So I went up and answered 4 questions about Mad Max, clouds, where a superhero was born, and some other geeky thing. I think I got 2/4 right so I didn't get the gift card, but I still got a bunch of candy. Either way, I think people appreciated my bravery to go up in front of everyone.
1) What should I know about you before I start working here?
Social media/marketing for 6 years, degree in Journalism, Instagram/Pinterest, working on path to world domination.
2) What is your job title?
Office Administrator and Executive Assistant/Marketing.
3) What are your main duties and responsibilities?
Manage everyone's calenders, manage socials (Instagram and Pinterest), schedule all trips, write product descriptions, lay the smack down.
4) Why did you choose to work here?
She really likes the environment, wanted to work somewhere she felt like she was part of a group, people are as nerdy as she is.
5) How did you end up doing the job that you do?
Really wanted to work here, pretty much would have done any position (even scrubbed floors).
6) What skills and training are necessary for your position?
Personable, marketing knowledge, grammar & punctuation skills, computer skills, trustworthy (according to the CEO).
7) How did you acquire these skills? Through school? On the job?
College (have to take grammar, spelling, and punctuation tests for Journalism degree), self taught, on the job training.
8) Do you consider a career in this area satisfying? In what ways?
She likes marketing more than being an admin, she really just likes being at the workplace, lots of friends in work that she can hang out with outside of work as well.
9) Is there anything you wish you'd realized about the world of work when you were my age?
Need to have prior qualifications for a lot of things (internships, jobs), wish she had done high school/college clubs that were relevant, she did a lot of volunteer work which was good.
10) What should I know about this organization before I start working here?
Really cool place to work, the CEO wants everyone to be happy/fit in/share interests/hang out together (hence game nights and community meetings).
11) What does it take to be successful in this organization?
Be passionate and motivated, even if you're stressed being passionate gets everyone through it.
12) What other advice do you have about working here?
Now is the time to make connections, talk to everyone.
13) How important is getting along with other people in your career?
Very important, everyone works close together and everyone is friends.
14) What other personality traits, skills, or knowledge are important here?
Knowledge of all things geeky!
Reflection:
Over the past couple days, I've become a lot more comfortable in the workplace as well as with my mentor. I've been driving myself to Poway everyday from San Marcos, which is about a 40 minute drive down the 15. For me thats a long drive. But I've gotten used to it. As for the workplace, I didn't talk much at first, and I would do my own thing. Now I'm making a lot of connections with colleagues and asking more questions, as well as working with my mentor to come up with ideas and more things for me to do. I'm still working on the Instagram Analytics spreadsheet and monitoring all of the Jinx tags and other geeky tags, and figuring out things to post. The Instagram is at 3100 followers currently and it would be cool to get it to 4000 by the time I leave! Besides that, I've started taking more pictures of the office to post around (office is too dull of a word, this place is awesome), reading up on stuff going on in the gaming world that are relevant, and searching for new ways I can help my mentor. I found out that not only does the office gets donuts on Wednesdays, but they also have community meetings in the game room. All the departmets chare out how theyre doing and accomplishments. After that, they do trivia, and the prize is an Amazon gift card. Everyone in the office gets a number, and they roll the 20 sided D&D dice to pick a number. That person is elligable for the prize. And guess what. Mine got chosen the first time! There are some people in there who have never gotten it before. So I went up and answered 4 questions about Mad Max, clouds, where a superhero was born, and some other geeky thing. I think I got 2/4 right so I didn't get the gift card, but I still got a bunch of candy. Either way, I think people appreciated my bravery to go up in front of everyone.