#konig is evaluating a few things

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Entry 2

Finding your feet in the internship: induction, and completing initial tasks (i.e., the first 40 hours discussion) 

During the first 40 hours of my internship at SEN, I was going into the Southbank office every Tuesday and Wednesday. This gave me my first real taste of being a professional employee in the industry and again brought new challenges. One was being motivated to travel into the city twice a week and also nerves. It probably took me a week or two to get comfortable one coming into the office and two being in the office. It was also vital that I made a good impression on my first day and throughout the entirety of my internship so being well dressed, speaking well and being organised are a few things I pride myself on and that are easy to achieve (Langer et al., 2019). 

Firstly, going through the induction process which is very important as it allows for new employees settle into their role quicker, better understand their role and how it fits into the organisation (Employsure, 2022) helped me to establish a good relationship with my supervisor and get started on some work. Once I felt like I belonged, and I had work to do was when I think I really ‘found my feet’. My first day I got a tour, my key pass and a laptop. It really did feel like I was a new employee. I sat with my supervisor and she sent me a few different tasks to do throughout the day, starting with data and spreadsheet work and ending with creating flyers, posters and itineraries for upcoming sporting events.

 I found that my first 40 hours at SEN and Ballpark went very quickly. It took me about 4 weeks to get up to 40 hours and to then complete my first evaluation. Throughout the 40 hours I did a range of different tasks and my role included support to the events team in delivering brand activations, experiences and events, booking weekly hospitality and ticketing to national sporting events and developing sales presentations and proposals for events and consumer experiences.  Most of the tasks included, creating itineraries for events, experiences and activations and creating sporting events and sales documents. 

References:

Employsure. (2022). Induction Program For New Employees. https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=why+are+inductions+important+for+new+staff+memebrs&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8.

Langer, M., Konig, C., & Papathanasiou, M. (2019). Highly automated job interviews: acceptance under the influence of stakes. International journal of selection and assessment, 27(3), 217-234.