Hi everyone. I didn’t get a chance to post this before leaving for Itasca (which, by the way, was a great time).  Well everyone is posting about sports, but I enjoy backpacking, hiking, and camping.  (Of course, I have really enjoyed watching the World Cup). My first week has been great.  My impression is that I will learn a lot, simply by being immersed in the field.  I am trying to be assertive to invite myself along with the producers, and I’m trying to keep my ear to the ground for experiences that sound enriching.  I’m still feeling everyone out here — I want to be assertive, yet, not annoying.  I hope to show everyone that I am willing to work hard, and that no job is too small for me, but also that I am willing to get out of my comfort zone and try challenging things.

- Paul in Fresno

These first couple weeks have been very different from last years internship. My first day I was put to work immediately as if I had never left. It has been very busy in the office helping everyone out with different tasks. The World Cup win by the US and exit by France (I have a lot of French teammates) has put me in jubilant spirits so right now I am coming to work every day with a huge smile on my face.

- Tony in Sacramento

Just finishing up the second week here in the LA office of GBS, and it has been a long but fun week.  I had the chance to: work on different open enrollment newsletters, presentations, and forms, attend a conference at UCLA, meet with the CFO of one of our clients, and get to know the people in our office better.  It has been a hectic week as we prepare to travel to Itasca and help our office get ready for the western region sales meeting in Las Vegas.   We are still trying to navigate the over abundance of acronyms that proliferates our industry but it is getting better day by day.

As far as our office goes, everyone is wearing their Lakers colors today and the city went crazy last night.  I however, refuse to support the lakers so declined to take part in any capacity.  I am also still very upset about that 3rd US goal being disallowed this morning in group play of the World Cup.  What was that ref watching?

Outside of the office I love to play water polo and will really play any sport for that matter.  I play water polo for school and am currently trying to get back into the swing of things after a semester abroad.

See everyone in Itasca.

-Greg in LA

I go to the University of Nevada, Reno. I will be a fifth year senior and am set to graduate in December with a Finance degree and Economics and European History minors. I just got done playing 4 years of tennis for my university and that is why it has taken me longer than 4 years to graduate. I love competing and sports. This is my second year in the internship program so I am hoping for added responsibilities this year and new experiences. For those of you who are new…the Itasca trip is amazing. You are going to love it. Everything is first class. I am not that interested in the NBA anymore, mainly because I think it is rigged and the Suns got jobbed by David Stern and the Spurs a couple years ago. But I will say the Celtics are winning in 6. I am way more interested in the World Cup though. It is about time the USA got some respect internationally for our national team. I am waking up early every morning to watch the games!

Tony
Sacramento Office