I enjoyed the atmosphere of the workplace. Everyone was very kind, and as members of the church, there was no smoking, drinking, or foul language at the workplace. There were also weekly devotionals which were great to have!
What I wish was different
I wish there were more employees hired, since many of us worked overtime. But aside from that, the job was as expected!
Advice
Choose a job environment that you feel comfortable working in. If you plan for this, then you’ll enjoy the job atmosphere a lot more and be more likely / willing to stay!
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Quality assurance
August 2019 • Salt Lake City, UT
What I liked
Working hours are flexible
Get in contact with mandarin speakers
What I wish was different
I really have no complain, if there is something, I would say I want the contract duration to be shorter.
Advice
I want to share my job seeking experience. I started looking for a job before coming since I've already known job seeking takes more time for international students. I got my handshake account in January, and started to apply for jobs. (3 months before I came in) and had friends who worked in career service center who introduced me to school jobs. He would take me to see the employers and introduced me. I had my resume and cover letter ready. I didn't get a job until the end of July. I want to tell people even though I didn't get my job through handshake, but the career service center helped me a lot in getting this offer. (and the activities on handshake helped a lot too)
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Intern
May - August 2019 • Panama City, Panama City
What I liked
Living in a new culture and gaining experience working with people of various backgrounds.
What I wish was different
Advice
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Executive Administrative Assistant
January 2016 • Salt Lake City, UT
What I liked
Great experience doing meaningful work, meeting lots of new people and many opportunities for advancement.
What I wish was different
Advice
Network, Network, Network. It's not what you know, it is WHO you know.
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Missionary Training Center Teacher
April 2019 • Provo, UT
What I liked
For anyone who has recently returned from serving a mission and wants the spirit of their missionary experience to continue, working at the MTC is the best way to do it. You can be involved with missionary work while readjusting to college life, and the people you'll work with are amazing.
What I wish was different
Advice
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Missionary
September 2017 - August 2019 • Billings, MT
What I liked
I loved sharing my beliefs with others.
What I wish was different
Less drama
Advice
Definitely a worth while experience
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Cyber security intern
April - September 2019 • Riverton, UT
What I liked
Great work environment with helpful coworkers. Nice benefits and opportunities to learn more.
What I wish was different
I'd hoped to have more of a mentor to walk me through new tasks. There was a lot of learning on my own, which is good but difficult when working with new software and sensitive material.
Advice
I recommend studying as much as possible on one's own time. Take advantage of time and resources given for free like Lynda.
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Missionary
December 2017 - July 2019 • Tacoma, WA
What I liked
I loved having the opportunity to meet people from all different types of cultures. I learned about their faith, their family, etc. I learned that there is something to take and apply to your life from each individual.
What I wish was different
I wouldn’t of changed my experience at all. I know I learned from every aspect of it.
Advice
I would share that you can learn from any experience. If your experience is hard, look for what you can learn from it and how you can grow. That is what will make the experience valuable to your life and worth your time.
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Greenhouse and Garden Crew Intern
July - September 2019 • Salt Lake City, UT
What I liked
It was great to be able to gain experience in different areas. I spent time setting up Christmas lights and taking care of the flower beds. Most of my time I spent at the greenhouses seeding and transplanting flowers for the fall planting.
What I wish was different
Can't think of anything because they did everything they could to make it a great experience.
Advice
Let the people know at your internship what you want to learn and the areas you are interested in so they can make it the best experience for you.
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Missionary
July 2017 • Birmingham, AL
What I liked
I enjoyed serving others, helping those who went without, and enabling people to improve the quality of their lives
What I wish was different
Nothing
Advice
Serve a mission, it was the best, not only for helping others, but in developing planning, goal setting, leadership, social, and mental skills necessary to succeed in life.
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Job Analysis Manager
March 2019 • Salt Lake City, UT
What I liked
The opportunity I have to help people each and every day improve their lives and become self-reliant. I value people and seek to learn from everyone. This opportunity has provided valuable life experience as well as further my understanding of social services.
What I wish was different
I valued all of the experience and would not change a thing!
Advice
Be open to new ideas and new experiences. You're preconceived notions will be blown away!
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Europe Area Welfare and Self-Reliance Intern
April - July 2019 • Frankfurt, Hesse
What I liked
I loved the opportunity to see the inner-workings of the church’s charitable operations. Working with senior missionaries and local department managers gave me professional work experience while providing spiritual uplift ment in the work I contributed to.
What I wish was different
I wish they would provide housing for interns to ease the process of living abroad for this extended period of time.
Advice
Work as a member of the team. Don’t expect to be less of a contributor to the work then those you work with. You contribute just as much and will be treated as an equal by your coworkers.
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Missionary
August 2017 • Alamogordo, NM
What I liked
I liked meeting new people and finding commonalities with each other.
What I wish was different
I wish there would have been a bigger budget for meals and gas (miles driven).
Advice
Make sure you are truly committed to being a good missionary before you go out, and stick to that commitment.
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Traveling Missionary
August 2017 • Atlanta, GA
What I liked
I loved getting to talk with people and tell people about Jesus Christ everyday. I liked being able to serve mankind and give back to God ir atleast try.
What I wish was different
I loved it all and cant think of anything problems included thst dint help me to grow.
Advice
One piece of advise I would share is to not over worry yourself but trust in God and do your best and it will all work out for good.
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Infrastructure Engineer
May - August 2019 • Riverton, UT
What I liked
Rewarding work
What I wish was different
More challenging tasks
Advice
Ask for projects that will challenge you
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Database Engineer
April - August 2019 • Riverton, UT
What I liked
I loved that they trust you enough to treat you as other team member and expect of you to accomplish the same duties that the whole team.
Also the manager was really open and he held a meeting every two weeks with me to talk about how the internship was going.
You feel really support there.
What I wish was different
Advice
Don't be afraid to make mistakes, and don't be prideful ask questions and ask for advices to the people that works there.
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Finance Intern
April - August 2019 • Salt Lake City, UT
What I liked
The work that was given was meaningful. They did not assign busy work. The work that I was doing was important to the department where I was working.
What I wish was different
I do not wish for anything to have been different.
Advice
Be prepared to work. If you work hard and treat the internship as if it were a real job, then you will do very well with this internship.
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IT Asset Management Intern
August 2019 • Riverton, UT
What I liked
Great environment and friendly people
What I wish was different
I wish I had more development experience
Advice
Anyone can work for the church
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Customer Service Representative
June 2018 • Salt Lake City, UT
What I liked
Great atmosphere and company culture. Employees are supportive and management is always helpful
What I wish was different
Advice
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Web Developer Intern
May - August 2018 • Riverton, UT
What I liked
I like how involved I was in the same work that everyone else was doing. It was also nice to have a learning environment where I knew everyone was willing and happy to mentor me in the technologies they used.
What I wish was different
Advice
Just dive into it! They don't expect you to be perfect, but they do expect you to be able to hold your own. The sooner you get your hands in the code, the better off it'll be.
