IntroductionThere is a level of honesty that I will apply to the question of why decided to do an internship with this company. The first statement I have, is it was the only company to call me back post interview… Continue Reading →

More professional development for Interns! I recommend an internship at the Navy Exchange Service Command to anyone trying to develop professional experience while in their college tenure. This company spends a lot of time and money into their interns, even… Continue Reading →

Things at the interns have had some professional development seminars provided by the Human Resources Trraining Team. Some of those include Active Listening, Continuous Process Improvement, DISC, Note taking and Time Management. They also have the Interns reading 7 Habits… Continue Reading →

Things at the internship have slowed down into what I can only describe as “routine.” I’ve gotten pretty efficient at the basic tasks and fixes common to client services support. However, I did have a great result from my previous… Continue Reading →

The next round of tours to connect the interns with their department and their responsibility to the rest of the company occurred this week. The tours were of the Navy Exchange Retail Store and the Navy Gateway Inn and Suites…. Continue Reading →

The interns of Navy Exchange Command had a few field trips to attend. The purpose of these field trips was to connect the interns and their areas of responsibility in each of their respective departments to the rest of the… Continue Reading →

I am a retired Navy Chief, so I imagine that I will come at these reflections and this internship with a certain, seasoned point of view. This is my first foray into the corporate environment, the only real environments I… Continue Reading →

Testing for future reflections.