Sports Endeavors

Human Resources Intern

May - August 2019 • Mebane, NC

What I liked

I was taught so many valuable aspects of what if means to work in HR. I was given a lot of autonomy for just having been an intern. Also, my favorite part was that my manager always was providing me with useful feedback so I knew what I was doing well or what I could improve on.

What I wish was different

As cliché as it sounds, there is nothing about my experience that I would change. I grew so much as a young professional during my time at SEI. When you feel so valued by your employer, there isn’t much that you would change.

Advice

I think that to anyone who is going into HR, you need to be willing to have tough conversations with employees. You aren’t just an employee advocate, you’re mostly the company’s advocate. You will need to fire people and that is a really hard situation to have to handle. As an HR professional, you have to be willing to have the tough conversations before you can expect to have the happy ones.

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