A Side of Blog: A Day in the Life of an Intern, p.ii

By Kristen Sheets, Akhia Public Relations, Intern

Part Two: The afternoon (Catch "Part One: The morning" in last week's posting)

12:36 pm

Lunch break at Akhia. Some days I bring in food, others I bring food in and decide that the place where everyone else is going is better than what I have in the refrigerator. Today is no exception. Mindy and I run to Brugger’s and pick up a bagel and head back to the conference room where everyone sits for lunch, obviously depending on how much work they have to get done. We sit and dish about our weekends, our boyfriends, and of course what is going on in the lives of Nick and Jessica Simpson (once again talking about them like we are all good friends of theirs)

1:15 pm

Back at my desk. Check up on my email again to make sure nothing else came up while I was eating. I have some new business stuff to take a stab at and send to Jan, the president. All of the mass emails come to me to, which enables me to understand exactly what is going on with all of the clients. In my last job, I steered clear of the boss because he was so unfriendly, here, I always feel like I can stop in and talk to Jan or anyone else. It’s a completely “open cubicle” environment here.

1:48 pm

I should work on logging my hours for today and last Friday. To get paid, I am expected to log my hours. This gives me a chance to look at what I really did during the day and if I budgeted my time well.

2:10 pm

Status report time. There is a weekly meeting to determine the status on projects around the agency. My job is to take notes during that meeting and set them up in an excel document to send out to everyone. This actually is the first one I have done, so I’m kind of unsure how exactly to format it. So, I’ll be traveling around to the AE’s to make sure everything is included.

3:10 pm

Check email again. Nothing new yet, but time will only tell. Depending on my workload for the day, I leave anywhere from 3-5. I do not have a strict work schedule. Akhia understands that I am still in school, and class work is very important since I am planning on graduating in 7 short weeks. If something comes up, I am able to tell Lindsay and we figure out a way to get my work done for the afternoon.

3:20 pm

Finish up the press kits and copies. Back to my arch enemy, the copy machine.

4:10 pm

Status report is finished as well as the press kits. Last minute checks to the email and end of the day meeting with Lindsay. I usually stop in to let her know what I finished during the day and what is on my plate for the following day. At Akhia, I work Monday, Wednesday and Friday and Tuesday and Thursday I have my classes. Everyone is completely flexible here. Pretty much, this is an amazing internship, but I guess I’m partial.

4:30 pm

Say my goodbyes and head back to school to tackle my other job: living in a dorm room the size of my cubicle with a roommate.

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