How to Make Any Job Sound Interesting

Your internship may have involved a few administrative tasks that were a little on the tedious side (hey, we all started from the bottom). Despite this, you’re back in school now. You’ve got a reputation to keep up. Use the responses below when your friends start asking, “So, what were you up to this summer?”  You’ll be able to impress anyone – and keep your street cred intact.

Reality: You grabbed your boss’s coffee this summer.

You say: “I managed employee engagement and productivity.”

Reality: You made 1,000 copies for anyone who asked.

You say: I handled the company’s sensitive policies to ensure that our team was on the same page.

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Reality: You answered a TON of phone calls and emails.

You say: “I was pretty much the master of client communications.”

Reality: You organized the company’s file cabinet.

You say: “I directed the collection and classification of high-profile data to create sound institutional knowledge for the company.”

Reality: You were basically your boss’s calendar. Meetings, parties, kids’ soccer games, you name it – you kept track of his/her entire schedule.

You say: “I made sure our brand was well represented by prepping our CEO for all public interactions.”

But really, no need to front…just go to wayup.com. We’ve got cool jobs.

Kema Christian-Taylor

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