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Chris Jae Park commented on the post, Discussion Question #7: So how did it go?, on the site 7 years, 4 months ago
My time at the School District was a great learning experience and I enjoyed everyday. My coworkers and mentors have taught me a great deal of the “real world” and how I need to adapt in order to make a healthy transition into the workplace. Though it was a short time there, I will not be returning as a I will be starting my full-time position at…[Read more]
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Chris Jae Park commented on the post, Discussion Question #6: You can’t learn everything in the classroom…., on the site 7 years, 4 months ago
Something that I learned throughout my internship is that what is actually applying the skills i learned to the actual workplace. Sure you can learn how to properly read a case and break it down, but actually applying it to a real world case is completely different. I learned that being given a task about a company that hasn’t done a contract with…[Read more]
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Chris Jae Park created the site CaParkLee Health 7 years, 5 months ago
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Chris Jae Park commented on the post, Discussion Question #5: Classroom Knowledge…., on the site 7 years, 5 months ago
The online excel course has helped me tremendously in my success at the School District. Mostly every document I work on for my advisor is done in excel. With the excel course experience, I was able to efficiently finish my assignments, make accurate calculations in pricing summaries using formulas, and clean charts. I learned all of these skills…[Read more]
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Chris Jae Park commented on the post, Discussion Question #4: How do you do it all???, on the site 7 years, 6 months ago
This question doesn’t really pertain to me as I did my internship this past summer. On the other hand, some advice I would give to those who are balancing schoolwork and their respective internships is that it is time management. Its important to keep track of your time because it’ll keep you aware of what needs to get finished. Seeing that you…[Read more]
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Chris Jae Park commented on the post, Discussion Question #3: What is the most important…………?, on the site 7 years, 6 months ago
Mentioned in previous posts, I also agree that communication is key to a successful environment. Especially in my past internship at the School District, their is so much work going around that I need to track who I gave my certain documents to, who I talked to about contracts, where each contract lists were recorded. Their is so much potential in…[Read more]
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Chris Jae Park commented on the post, Discussion Question #2, on the site 7 years, 7 months ago
When I began working at the School District of Philadelphia, I didn’t know much about their process of handling RFP, RFQ, and RFI’s. There was a lot of information and processes that I didn’t know much about. To get started, the people that I was working with helped a lot in my professional growth in learning the ropes around the company. They…[Read more]
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Chris Jae Park posted a new activity comment 7 years, 7 months ago
Hi class,
This past summer, I interned at the School District of Philadelphia. I specifically worked in the Procurement/Information Technology Office working on a variety of projects. On my first day, I was thrown right in to a project that they have been working on for months. In procurement, they were in the process of acquiring numerous…[Read more]
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