Austin Hoover ’19 Choice Wellness Company – My internship this summer is with Choice Wellness Company. This eight-week internship has provided me with great lessons that I will take with me into future employment. I am very grateful that I was able to get this internship and experience a professional workplace environment through the generosity of the Lilly Endowment.
Some of the main projects I have worked on are organizing receipts into spreadsheets to track spending, creating ad campaigns through different websites such as Facebook and Mailchimp, setting up and working in a booth promoting the company at health fairs, and networking with different companies at different venues to promote Choice Wellness Company to land more business. As a first time intern, I was unsure of what to expect. However, I was able to learn different new things and enjoy in the process by keeping an open mind to new ideas. This internship also taught me how to work and finish projects without supervision. If Chenel, my boss, was out of town I would have to finish my projects without supervision, which taught me how to stay on task and do what needed to get done. I was very busy during this internship which will help me with life after college. The biggest impact I felt I had during my internship was creating an ad campaign for a wellness event that the company was hosting. This campaign helped the event get more publicity and because of that more people were able to show up. The people I worked with at Choice Wellness Company were very nice and helpful with whatever I needed. This was my favorite part of my internship, getting to interact with other employees and help each other out. It was nice to get the interactions with other employees because after college I will have these interactions everyday and will know how to have them in a professional workplace setting.
The most important part of my internship was that my opinion mattered. Whenever there were discussions about important matters my boss always asked my opinion and what I thought the company should do, which was empowering. Overall the company was very helpful with any questions I had and they always had work for me to do so I was always busy. This experience is one I will remember and help me for a long time after college.
