Slacks and Open-Toed Shoes

So, I am going to take this time to explain my whole internship “deal”.  At the end of last summer I had already signed up for my internship class and was just going to use my job as a Technology Consultant at ASU as my intern experience.  Well, I thought that is all well and good, but I really want to go out into the real world and experience different fields so I have somewhat of a grasp on what I want to do after I graduate.  So I applied to two vastly different internships.  This first was at the Phoenix Family Advocacy Center.  This is a place where they help mostly single women with families who find themselves in need of assistance due to economic insecurity or because they have been abused.  My goal going into this degree and the Public Programs arena was to help people.  So I thought that this would be a great opportunity for me to help people and experience all aspects of this city.  I interviewed for this position and was told that I did great, “very personable”.  I thought, “Great, you have to be approachable and personable especially when you are assisting people who have been abused.  I totally got it!” Oh boy was I wrong!  The ONLY critique the interviewer could give me was that I wore the wrong clothes…. WHAT?! My down fall was slacks and opened toed shoes.  I wasn’t going to be able to help my fellow women because of slacks and opened toed shoes?  Makes perfect sense, Family Advocacy Center, your priorities are correctly placed! But, I digress.  If it wasn’t meant to be it wasn’t meant to be. 

 They just don't get my style!

My second attempt at an internship was at Downtown Phoenix Venues.  They rent out and assist with special events focusing mainly on downtown Phoenix.  Perfect, I am a UMS major, I love downtown, and it would be great to know what is going on around in my city!  Long story short; I dressed in my lucky black pencil skirt, CLOSED toe shoes, and a great top!  I got the internship.  That being said, my interviewer noted that they were basically working in their pajamas the whole day.  I was beginning to like this place even more!  So there you have it.  I still work at ASU and I have an internship with DPV, which at times can be stressful to juggle everything.  I mostly struggle though with the fact that I can’t do much.  I communicate with leads and am even starting to blog for them, but I am not physically present a lot of the time.  Hopefully they don’t mind, but everything that I am able to do I try to give it my all!


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