Experience Sharing

From this cooperative education experience I have learned many things which I feel have helped improve my skills in these following areas. First of all it built my networks effectively, as I got to coordinate with people at the workplace and external organizations, such as the Board of Investment, contracting vendors, shipping companies, and customers.  It was a great benefit to me learning to work with peopleinside and outside of the company. Secondly I worked with a diverse group of people, a mixture from different countries and cultures, from the ages of 30 upwards to their 50’s and possessing many different experiences to share. By working with themI learned how to appreciate differences and treat them all with respect. This definitely helps me in my future career path regarding how to behave professionally inthe workplace.Thirdly was adjusting my attitude. I sometimes faced difficult situations at work, either withco-workers or tasks, but I finally learned to change my attitude, converting hard things to be challenging things and obtaining positive results.The fourth lesson I gained from thus experience was the importance boosting and honing skills. In the four months I have worked I was required to use Microsoft Excel extensively as well as other computer skills to manage the many different documents and forms required by the BOI (Board of Investment) and other entities. My fifth lesson came in learning how to deal with time pressure and prioritize my work flow to be more efficient in the schedule allowed me. In summery I gained some invaluable experience from my work experience and I think one of the most important things I learned is to always work hard This was an opportunity to get rid of laziness and I reminded myself to work hard all the time no matter what I was doing. Work was tough sometimes, but there was always something I got to learn from.