Hello once again everyone. Today is my final day of my
internship with the State Personnel Department. This summer has been an
incredible experience and I have learned so much about human resources and
state government as a whole. I can’t believe how fast this summer has
gone. It really feels like I just started and now it is time to go.
This has been a summer that I will not forget.
On my first day with the SPD, I remember being nervous of
what this internship had in store for me. That first day was full of
incredible experiences, from getting my badge and .gov email address to lunch
with the staff and meeting with directors here at the SPD. Soon after,
Nicole (the other SPD intern) and I were given a list of tasks to complete.
These tasks seemed like a lot at first, things like a YouTube video and making
an interview question guide, but through time management and hard work we were
able to complete these tasks.
My first three weeks were spent here at the SPD working on
tasks and job shadowing the different divisions. Then the rotations
began. I spent two weeks working with the Department of Natural Resources
(DNR), three with Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA), two with
the Department of Health (ISDH), and two at the Larue D. Carter Memorial
Hospital before returning here for one final week with the SPD. The
projects at each of these agencies allowed me to learn a great amount. I
worked with succession planning at DNR and Larue Carter, became a master of
Microsoft Visio in FSSA, worked with records retention at ISDH, and I got to
experience new employee orientation at ISDH and Larue Carter. These
agencies and their projects taught me a great amount about the human resources
world.
My return back to SPD gave me even more projects to
complete. I got the chance to create agency specific power point
presentations for diversity hiring plans, I made a spreadsheet detailing
potential job fairs for the SPD Talent Acquisition team to attend, and I also
got to perform more employment verification and reference checks. These
tasks ensured that I would not go underutilized during my final week here.
Overall, this has been a great summer. I learned so
much and I hope that my work here left a good impression of me. I want to
thank everyone that helped throughout my internship. Everyone was great
in making me feel comfortable and were very helpful with any questions I asked
of them. I enjoyed my time working for the State of Indiana, and perhaps
after I graduate from Ball State University next May I can return to work here
with the State Personnel Department.
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