To wake up one day and realize that I abhor the job to which I devoted an entire life was my greatest fear, until one experience. I closed my eyes and thought for a minute “Only three years ago, this girl came to America with no word of English and now I achieved even more than I expected.” I walked out of the elevator with my knees shaking. This was my first day of my internship at New York Economic Development Corporation. However, if somebody told me at that time that this job would change my life forever, I would just laugh.
As a high school student, I searched for the career that I would fall in love with for my entire life. With three generations of accountants my family, I had a feeling deep in my heart that I was born to have a business career. I pleasantly walked in the office showing all my confidence and boldness. To my surprise, I felt very comfortable in this business environment. After a couple days of the internship, I became even more self-assured. My supervisor took me to the meeting where I met with many different people. I …show more content…
I was given something different and challenging each day to broaden my skills in finance. On the third week of my job at NYEDC, a major meeting came up where I had to take part. My supervisor gave me proposals to do for our international sponsors and told me that she had to leave for the conference in Chicago and could not help me with this task. I understood that I needed to take this chance to show that I could complete this project by myself and meet the deadline. I put all my creativity and dedication into making sponsorship proposals. For the first time they did not come out well. However, I did not give up. Staying a couple days after work hours definitely helped my work to be perfect. On the day of the meeting, I enjoyed seeing my work handed out to our sponsors. I felt proud of myself. I surprised my supervisor with my excellent
As a high school student, I searched for the career that I would fall in love with for my entire life. With three generations of accountants my family, I had a feeling deep in my heart that I was born to have a business career. I pleasantly walked in the office showing all my confidence and boldness. To my surprise, I felt very comfortable in this business environment. After a couple days of the internship, I became even more self-assured. My supervisor took me to the meeting where I met with many different people. I …show more content…
I was given something different and challenging each day to broaden my skills in finance. On the third week of my job at NYEDC, a major meeting came up where I had to take part. My supervisor gave me proposals to do for our international sponsors and told me that she had to leave for the conference in Chicago and could not help me with this task. I understood that I needed to take this chance to show that I could complete this project by myself and meet the deadline. I put all my creativity and dedication into making sponsorship proposals. For the first time they did not come out well. However, I did not give up. Staying a couple days after work hours definitely helped my work to be perfect. On the day of the meeting, I enjoyed seeing my work handed out to our sponsors. I felt proud of myself. I surprised my supervisor with my excellent