Exel-er-ated Summer

     So there is was and now it is gone. Just like that I am now a Junior at THE Ohio State University and my summer is over. In the brief amount of time away from school, I actually got the opportunity to intern with Exel, a 3rd Party Logistics company in Westerville, Ohio. I worked in the  General Ledger accounting department and I got  a lot of exposure to on site operations across the entire state of Ohio. This experience was a great transition from the academia realm because I was able to learn how to interact wit h business professionals as well as experience my first ever performance reviews solely focused on my efficiency and behavior opposed to a school assignment grade.

     I wish I had more exciting news to share such as travelling abroad and a memorable scuba dive experience, but work took up 90% of my time this summer. Exel's motto was 'Be More'. I understood what this meant when I had  constant projects and interesting challenges that I faced in and out of the office, I was a busy bee just trying to learn!

    The benefit of the work is that on my last day, I got an offer to stay on in a functional role within the company for next summer as well which could possibly turn into a full time offer when I graduate...not to shabby at all. As my professors and my peers always say, 'hard work pays off'. I learned a lot about professional development, dabbled in some real world work experience situations and had continued to have fun throughout the experience at Exel.