Journal #6

“A Hardworking student attending UNT for Project Design and Analysis. With my experience in retail, customer service, and JROTC, I have enhanced my communication skills with clients and supervisors, learned proper leadership tactics in dealing with difficult tasks, time management, and documentation.” My brand statement, which portrays as much as any recruiter would need to know about me in three sentences or less. Although I am still aspiring to be something greater, this brand statement may be the best representation of my achievements and the aspects I can bring to a company. For my experience, JROTC contributes a large part to it, as it was what taught me how to adapt to multiple situations like students (or employees) that are unmotivated, how to lead without becoming overpowering or rude, and the most useful skill I acquired: how to write reports on individuals and their progress. In my retail experience, I learned diligence and determination, along with the patience to allow myself to be ridiculed by customers and still be respectful, even though my core values would want me to be just as disrespectful to them. These experiences have really helped me grow as a person, and I hope that I will be able to learn more from internships and gain more experience. Another large part of my skill building is obviously school, as it has helped my communications with people I may not know, and help me better understand different perspectives on multiple different subjects, so that I can be more open-minded to new ideas, a crucial skill for a manager. Communication also envelopes public speaking, something I am only able to do because of school and JROTC, as I am naturally introverted and struggle with public speaking. The Cohort has also helped me in this aspect, giving me ample opportunities to speak in front of people I would have never thought to meet, and by association, helped improve my skills with giving presentations.