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Personal Narrative: The Toronto Internship Experience

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This internship experience exceeded my personal expectations. I am very grateful that I was able to take an internship position with Honda Indy Toronto. This internship not only assisted in my graduation process from an exceptional program at Brock University, it opened my world into an entirely different ballpark. Without this experience, I would have never been able to receive the large amount of interviews that I have been able to receive across Ontario. From Mississauga, Richmondhill, Oakville, and Toronto, I have been to different interviews, not only because of my educational background, but my practical experience as well. Overall, this internship experience far exceeded my expectations. I am very glad that I worked for such a …show more content…

I was able to learn at a rapid pace, and develop a strong organizational understanding of what I needed to know from more experienced staff members. Once I was able to understand what was expected of me I was able to take the reins and provide my leadership qualities when I could. I was dependable and trustworthy, and put forth my best attitude and work ethic in any and all situations. My thoughts, opinions and ideas were all genuine and in the best interest of the organization and the organizational culture. I feel that I had a strong understanding of the organizational behaviour, and how to react in various situations that were given to me, and my ability to think quickly and make educated decisions, I feel, were of optimum performance. I have hard evidence that my ability to represent the Honda Indy Toronto brand was positive with regards to the event vendors, sponsors and exhibitors. I received plenty of emails and personal SMS messages explaining their gratitude towards my hospitality. I also had a full understanding of the organizational rules, regulations and policies and abided by them to my fullest extent. I fully recognized my role and function within the organizational processes and I realized the interconnectedness between all processes. I had assessed myself this way in congruence with my final performance appraisal as well as my own

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