Week 4: Day 2

The next morning, my teammates and I met with Meridel to discuss the Printing Process. The Printing Process is relatively simple predefined process that is a part of Project 72. Predefined processes are separated processes that are necessary in order to complete a larger process. Basically, the Printing Process is comprised of the steps taken to convert a Microsoft Excel file to Adobe Acrobat before printing it, which is just pressing the Print to PDF button. Our meeting with Meridel was relatively short, lasting around 45 minutes.
After our meeting with Meridel ended, we had to rush to another meeting with the other interns. When we walked into the room, we discovered that we were 10-15 minutes late. I noticed two new ladies as I looked towards the head of the table. They were management consultants from an outside firm. The ladies were tasked with teaching us about how to properly network in a professional atmosphere. They guided us to the remaining empty chairs in the room: 1 in the front and 2 in the back. I was the lucky member of my team to get relegated to the seat in the front.
For the next few hours, my fellow interns and I were required to exchange introductions and testimonials about our career goals to each other. I was initially skeptical, thinking that this would be a massive waste of my time. I have to admit that I was pleasantly surprised, learning a lot about my fellow teammates and interns through this activity. I took many of the consultants’ lessons to heart. The biggest lesson that I learned about networking was to connect to individuals by what you can do for them rather than what they can do for you.