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ENTIY writes about its mentorship program.

The point of any summer position is to gain some real world experience. And maybe, if you’re lucky, you’ll learn a thing or two along the way.

Although we would all rather spend our summer out at the beach or on vacation, the time comes when we have to enter the working world.

ENTIY writes about its mentorship program.

If you’re looking for a summer position where the motto is “work hard, play hard,” then look no further than the ENTITY mentorship program.

Yes, you will work your ass off, but you will also do some incredible things and learn a lot. Check out some of the many things you will learn from the Entity Mentorship Program.

1 How to write to engage an audience.

ENTIY writes about its mentorship program.

When writing anything — a research paper, an article or even a thank you note — the point is to engage your reader. Although I write a lot for school, I haven’t been truly cognitive of my audience until I started this program. And this is something that will really help me in the future.

Knowing who will be reading your work, and what you are trying to convey, is key when writing. Writing at ENTITY taught me how to identify the audience that I was trying to reach. This is a valuable skill to have, seeing as we write every single day.

2 Networking

ENTIY writes about its mentorship program.

As the saying goes in business, “Network, Network, Network.” And before this program, I thought, yeah, networking is important, but it’s not the end all, be all. However, I was proved wrong. Networking is more important than any of us probably realize.

Networking not only teaches you how to interact with people in a professional setting. It also helps you to make connections that could help you later on in life. The key to networking is not looking at it as “What can I get from this person?” Rather, you should look at it as “How can we both be of service to each other?”

3 Having an eye for design

ENTIY writes about its mentorship program.

I’ve always had a eye for design and what colors go together, but this program helped me see design in a more technological format. The graphic design portion of the program taught me something I had been dying to learn for a long time — Photoshop.

Photoshop is a desirable skill in today’s job market. The opportunity to learn something like Photoshop, that I wouldn’t have learned in my major at college, was a great opportunity.

It really refined my sense of design. It also helped me learn about aesthetics and what will appeal to everyone’s eye, not just my own.

4 Recognizing when you messed up

ENTIY writes about its mentorship program.

The fact of life is that, as humans, sometimes we mess up. And sometimes that happens at the place we don’t want it to happen — work. When you mess up at work (which will happen to all of us eventually) there are a couple important things to remember and do to make up for your mistakes.

For one, admit that you were wrong. Let it be known that you misunderstood or weren’t clear about the instructions. But make sure they know that you realize it wasn’t anyone’s fault but your own.

Second, try to correct the action. Re-do the article, fix the jammed printer, do whatever it is you need to do to fix the situation.

Lastly, apologize. Admitting your faults and letting your employer/ boss/ higher-up that you are sorry for the mistake and that it won’t happen again is key.

5 Sitting down and getting work done

ENTIY writes about its mentorship program.

I’ve never seemingly had large issues with sitting down and getting my work done. At school, although I mess around on Facebook for a little while, I always seem to get the work done — eventually. That was not the case at my time at ENTITY. I really learned how to sit down, focus and get my work done at my time in the mentorship program.

I learned this the most during SEO (search engine optimization) week. When you are assigned to do five articles a day, that all need 600+ words, with pictures and to be fully packaged, you learn that there is NO time to dilly dally.

This is an extremely useful skill for me moving forward. Not only is this useful as I approach my senior year of college, but also for the real world. There will be tight deadlines and time restrictions, so being able to sit down, block out all the distractions and get the work done will help me greatly.

Ultimately, I learned many lessons during my time at ENTITY. I learned how to thrive in a professional setting, to communicate when I don’t understand things and so much more. The ENTITY mentorship program has given me valuable skills that I am ready to take out into the real world after I graduate next spring.

If you want some more information on some good, but challenging, aspects you will face in the ENTITY mentorship program, then check out this article.

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