Tuesday January 29th
Today I began my first day of Mentoring for Career Mentorship 2. This semester i’m Mentoring at Cheryl's Cookies, doing Merchandising. Last semester I Mentored at Kreber which is a Marketing Agency, so I'm excited to try something new. Today when I got to Cheryl's I met with my mentor Lindy Deal she is a Senior Merchandiser. Lindy and my mom Michelle took me on a tour to meet all of the employees and who I would be working with during this semester. After the tour I got to taste test one of the competitors cookies and review it. After that Lindy and Michelle had to send back reviews for the halloween collection for 2019 and I got to see what that was like. At the end of my time at Cheryls for my first day my mom and I went around and looked at all the new cookie, containers and bins etc they have planned for the holidays in 2019. While I’m reflecting back on my first day at cheryl's I'm so excited to see what I can learn and accomplish with all the cheryls employees and can't wait to have a great semester. Thursday January 31st Today I'm spending my day at cheryl's from 8am to 5pm. When I got to Cheryl's I sat with Michelle and helped her with cost sheets for halloween 2019. After that I went back in the kitchen and packaged new brownie edges Cheryl's is selling. Since Cheryl's throws away the brownie edges of their regular brownies they danced some people like them so why not sell them. So I went and cut all of the brownies into little pieces and measured the bag to be 1lb, stickered them, labeled them and tied the ribbo
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As I'm starting my second semester for Career Mentorship I am mentoring at Cheryl’s Cookies. I am mentoring at their corporate office in Westerville OH. I am shadowing Lindy Deal who is a Senior Merchandiser. Last semester I mentored at Kreber Marketing Agency and Photography Studio, Kreber is Marketing Agency and this semester I’m at Cheryl’s for Merchandising. I am hoping to learn more about the design part of it. Some of my goals for this semester is putting together a product assortment for a specific season. I helped assist and prepare with the merchandising team for the annual Cheryl’s Bake Sale. The Cheryl's Bake Sale was on February 16th 2019 from 8-2pm. It is held every year at the Lausche building at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. The Bake Sale was so much fun. Being able to work with employees at Cheryl's and selling all the items was really cool. This link shows more details about the Cheryl's Bake Sale. I will also help the merchandising team putting together and presenting the seasonal “style out” for Spring etc. I started my mentorship at Cheryl’s a month ago and so far I love it. The thing that strikes me most about the workplace at Cheryl’s is that the energy is so fun and there's so many fun things going on. A few days ago I got to help put together a powerpoint presentation that they are presenting to QVC. I got to help by taking the pictures of all the items they wanted in the powerpoint, like the cookies they were including in the presentation. One of the things I'm most excited about during my experience is the Cheryl’s Bake Sale.
Myers Briggs Theory Indicator acts as a useful reference to help you understand your unique personality. There are 16 different personality types in Myers Briggs. The four main pairs of your personality type are Introverted and Extroverted, Sensing and Intuitive, Thinking and Feeling and Judgment and Perception. After completing my test, my responses indicated I am an: ISTJ which is Introverted, Sensing, Thinking and Judgement.
The best way to communicate with an Introvert is giving them time to reflect, as extroverts like to talk it out with other people introverts like to think before speaking. Introverts are usually hard to get to know because they don’t like to tell you everything the first day they meet you, they will gradually open up. People who are Sensing like to have a clear topic with step-by-step instructions. Thinkers are always organized and logical, thinkers also don’t like to talk about their feelings, they usually get mad if people ask “how do you feel” because it’s very hard for them to show emotion because they always screen it out. People with Judging types are always on time and prepared and get mad when other people aren’t, they love agendas because their life is always scheduled and don’t do good with flexible schedules. Some of the conflicts or miscommunications I’ve had with people who aren’t the same personality types as me are usually people with Feeling instead of Thinking. People who show emotion and put all of your emotion on you usually stress me out and makes me want to leave the situation. Since I’m a Thinker I always push away emotion. I don’t do well with other people showing me emotion. When people I’m around show emotion it can sometimes cause conflict because I don’t do good in those situations. I could respond differently to people with Feeling by trying to get myself to feel the emotion they are feeling. Below is a picture of all the traits ISTJ has and also a link that shows the most effective communication strategies for different personality types. I have had many “aha” moments learning about Myers Briggs because I find these things very interesting in learning about my personality and how I act and why I make the choices I do. ISTJ is exactly me and I think that’s the coolest part about this. I will be using this information about the 16 personality types when mentoring this semester because I will be working with a lot of different people who have different personality types and learning and understanding why people think and act accordingly. Myers Briggs Theory Indicator is a process of the theory of psychological types produced by Carl Gustav Jung. It is based on 16 personality types. They act as useful reference points to understand your unique personality. There are four pairs to the Myers Brigg Theory Indicator. The first pair is where you get your energy from, Introverted in which you get your energy by being alone or Extroverted in which you get your energy being surrounded by other people. The second pair is with the type of information or things you process, Sensing in which you like the facts and reality or Intuitive in which you see all the possibilities and potential. The third pair reflects your style of making decisions, Thinking in which you like logic and truth or Feeling where you value relationships and what you believe is right. The final pair describes your type of lifestyle, Judgment where you like a well structured lifestyle and want everything to be planned or Perception in which you just go with the flow to maintain a flexible schedule. In Myers Briggs theory, for each pair you prefer one style more than the other. You combine the letters associated with your preferences to get your Myers Briggs personality type. My four letters are ISTJ, Introverted, Sensing, Thinking and Judgment. I feel like this pair describes me well I am introverted and like to think things through while also observe and listen rather than speak. I also fit into sensing which I like to have particular facts and information. I am also a thinker and like making decisions with objective logic behind it. I also use my judgment to have an organized and planned lifestyle. I feel like this is who I am and it will help me in my future career path.
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