New Jersey Project

It's been a little quite around the office. Wingteam seems to be getting business outside of Arizona, but seems like the opportunities here are limited. I am curious to find out why. It's a disadvantage for us interns, because if we are not able to work on-site events then we are not being exposed to various industries or enhancing our skills like we had hoped for.

This week (2nd week of March) in the office I administered a tiny project. My project was called Impact 4 Good-New Jersey. Wingteam was contracted to staff a teambuilding event in Parsippany, NJ. The teambuilding will not only build relationships, but also educate the participants on green practices.

My main duty was to compile the candidates into an excel spreadsheet. It included the name of the project, the date, the location, the name of the on-site lead person, the names and phone numbers of the on-site staff, and short descriptions of their qualifications. I retrieved the information from their resumes. Majority of the resumes were about 3 pages long. Some had interesting employment history on it. For example, one girl had experience working some MTV events. Others were entertainers or project managers. My task was to condense everyone's information into one nice sheet, so that I could hand it over to the lead person and keep one for our records. In one binder I created dividers to put the excel sheet, resumes, and timesheets in.

It was a pretty simple task. It was better than adding contacts to Constant Contacts and sending out an electronic version of our leaflet to hotel staff. On a different note, I can't imagine the risk one takes to execute out-of-state projects like this without being present. What if the candidates are not really qualified? What is Wingteam doing to really screen their candidates? Are they doing background checks? If not, are they willing to? What if one of them has a criminal background? Overall, I am realizing the challenges and difficulties a small business goes through and the risk one must take in order to stay afloat, especially during these tough economic times.