Ideal Group Interns

Today was an ugly, windy morning. I had to wait for 5 minutes for my ride to come, it was so cold. I came to Ideal wondering who I was going to work with since Linda was gone, but Linda was here today. I asked Linda and Bob if they had something for me to do. Linda wanted me to file and do E-verify and I-9s. Bob needed me to replace a roll from the big printer where they print blueprints. It was kind of hard because Bob taught me this when I began to work this year, but I figured it out. I continue to do the I-9s and E-verify. Lunch came and Linda and I went to McDonald's and got some hamburgers. When I was finished with my lunch I started to do my Latin homework. My homework was done so I worked on the I-9s and E-verify. Overall, my day went great. JP

Today was a good day since I worked twice in a row I got a head start in my work. Like always I started my day by doing the weekly billing for Ideal Setech. There wasn’t that much to bill since I had already finished most of it the week before. It took me a little while to finish, but I got it done before lunch. After, I went to file for the rest of my morning and then went to lunch. At lunch I looked up the results of the Tiger's game and sadly they didn’t win but they had a great season. I had a sandwich and some gold fish with a glass of water. After, I went to help Setech with the mail and since it was Monday there was plenty to do. Afterwards, I went to talk to Amanda about my weekend and how school is going but we ended up talking about cars which was actually kind of fun. I am looking forward to taking my brother trick or treating for Halloween this Wednesday and hopefully my week goes great. Jose Perez

Today was a very hard, long, and busy day. It all started when I came to Ideal and I had to do this week’s billing. Since it was the first time I was doing it on my own it was different. I had to do a few more steps on the process of my task and it took a little longer than expected. During the time it took me to finish Sylvia pulled me aside and gave me advice on how to greet people. It had me thinking for a little while but I understood her message. After, I took lunch. I had a good time eating my school lunch and doing some school work. When lunch came to an end I went back to work and finished this week’s billing. I then went to look for more work, I filed for the rest of the day. The best part about today is dinner with my friends after work. JOSE PEREZ :)

At the beginning of my day Catherine had me sort a few mailers that had got sent back to us to make sure we updated the contact information.When I was done with that she wanted me to look through some magazines to see if we had some dealers or some products that looked like ours and flag them to see if we can distribute to them. As I get to know the Ideal Shield product line more, it's easier to do this task. Then we reviewed what I found. Then, we went through an industry specific magazine and I gathered potential contacts. Then I had lunch! When I finished my lunch Catherine wanted me to go on the Ideal YouTube page which I've been watching recently and put down all of the views for each of our videos as part of a marketing "analytics" exercise. Can I install a bollard cover yet? Still waiting...and can't wait! MB

Today was a good day. I came to Ideal and started to do I-9s and E-verify papers and put them in the folder. Took me half the morning to do it because there was a lot. When I completed the I-9s I started working on my paper for the folder where we put our blog sheets. I looked up some picture that would represent me in the future and, a good quote. I wanted to do something very different for my quote. I put a quote about a rapper "Eminem", because he was raised in Detroit and also because he had a hard time in his early life. I look up for Eminem because he became one of the greatest rapper alive today. Lunch came and I ate pizza like usual. When I was done with my lunch I started to do my Latin homework which I finished. Then I helped Linda do copies and go downstairs to get checks signed. I was a little down, because this is my last day I’m going to see Linda, knowing that Yesi left and now Linda, things are going to be different next week. Overall, my day went great. JP

Today at Ideal was a cool, normal day. Catherine had me look through some magazine and look on websites to see if we could distribute to anybody we don't distribute to at the moment.She also had me look up contact information for important mailers that will be sent out to future distributors. Then I ate lunch and had some noodles from home. After lunch I got some waters for Sylvia and put them out for an important executive meeting that was about to start! I also helped Abel set up for a NMSDC show, one of the biggest shows of the year for us. It was kind of cool to go to the back building for the first time. i would really like to go back there more often to see how things work. It was really quiet compared to the A building. That was my day. Can't wait for thursday. MB

Today was a very progressive day. I started my day by coming in and talk to Amanda about my school and everything that I’ve done this week. After, I went to go talk to Jennifer about this week’s billing and I was glad to know that half of it was already done; it took me only a few hours to finish the rest. Afterwards I went to help Setech with their filing, which there was a lot of. I spent all my morning finishing it. Then I went to lunch were I had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. When I came back from lunch I went to go voucher for Ideal Setech for the rest of the day. Overall my day went great and my work was finished. Also the Tigers are going to the World Series! Jose Perez

Today was a pretty laid back day for me. Didn't really do much but just send out some postcards and then Catherine taught me and Doug how to make labels for postcards and mailers.  I also had to move my stuff from the marketing department to the admin department and I got a chance to talk to Amanda and Silvia. At lunch time I had some sweet and sour chicken and a mountain dew. When my lunch was over Catherine had me look up locations in certain states to distribute to. Then the day was over for me. MB

Today was a great day. I started my morning saying good morning to everybody upstairs. Linda had PDPM and hard dollar folders, so I had to file them. When I was done she had me scan papers to her and helped her do timesheets. Then I went to my computer, well actually, Linda's computer, but I went to this website called "mustbsafe" that Bob wanted me to see and take a test like last time. Few hours passed and Bob needed me to blueprints and put them in order. Lunch came and I had pizza that Linda brought. When I was done with my lunch time I started to do my Biology homework. Then Linda had me do I-9s and do 'new hire reporting' on www.mi-newhire.com . It tooked me all afternoon. Overall my day went greate. Im looking foward for this week. JP

Today at The Ideal Group everything went great and was productive. I started out with a good attitude because yesterday we won our last game and I was really excited to come into work. I started doing what I do every time I come into Ideal; doing the billing for Ideal Setech. I poured myself a cup of coffee and got to work. While I was working Linzie pulled me aside and asked if I wanted to go to lunch with her in a few hours and I agreed. Before I knew it, it was time for lunch. We went to a place called Mercury burger bar where I had a really good burger and chili cheese fries. After we came back to Ideal and I went to go file Invoices for Setech, I had a talk with Amanda about my grades. When I had finished talking to Amanda Kowalski I went back to my desk and started doing the billing for next week to get a head start. Overall, my day went great and I am looking forward to my weekend. Jose Perez

Another day at Ideal was great! Did some mailers for Catherine and I also updated the contact database for her. After I did that I helped Ideal Surplus Sales out by updating pictures so that they can be uploaded to their ecommerce website. Immediately after that I went to lunch and had some Chinese food that I brought from home. When lunch was over I put together a thank you Cadillac Urban Gardens vegetable bag for The Detroit Zoo workers that helped refurbish the garden today. And that was my day.  MB

     Monday was a excited and busy day. I was so busy that I’m doing it today. I started to do E-verify and I-9s a almost all the morning. First I had to check if the employee paper work paper had a folder. Some did, some not. We had a hard time doing E-verify because it wouldn’t let me go to the website. But I fixed it later on the day. Since some employee didn’t have a folder, I had to make one for them and file them. Lunch came and Linda and I went to McDonalds. I had a McChicken and a small soda. We went back, and Jennifer Torres wanted me to do blueprints for her. It was a busy day but I had fun.         Today I went in to Ideal and filed almost all morning. It was kind of stressful because I couldn’t find papers that matched with the other papers. When I was finished I was filing new hired folders for Linda. Bob came to me and had me go to a website and take a test about Eligible Safety Modules. It teaches you about working in the construction you need to know about gas and to

Today was a good day at Ideal Group but because of my game the night before I felt a little tired. Even though I was tired I managed to keep good attitude. I started out by helping Ideal Setech with the billing for this week and that took most of my morning. When lunch came me and Amanda went out to eat. We had food at Nuestra Familia a little Mexican restaurant in Detroit and had a good talk about school. After I came back to Ideal, I started to voucher and Amanda brought cake since it was Linda’s birthday and it was a nice treat. Then I went to start on my cover photo for my blog binder and thought hard about what I want to represent who I am. It took me a while but I decided to do something that relates to who I might be in the future. After I went back to vouchering and that was my day. Jose Perez

Today was a good day. At the beginning of the day i was sending out the weekly mailer when all of a sudden....Frank came into the marketing office and said hi to me. It was really cool to meet Frank. He was chill today but he was very outgoing. its not what I expected out of him from all the stories I have heard but he did yell Sylvia's name which was funny to hear. After that I finished the mailers and also made some postcards that were going to be sent out. The one thing that I learned today was that when sending out a mailer you have to make sure the letters are the correct way. MB

Today is Thursday October 4, 2012..... Today was the day when monkeys took over Michigan. Me and a few other people at Ideal Group where able to escape from danger. I don't know how this happened but this is a very tragic event. I don't know why I'm blogging right now while all this is going, I see it on movies so I thought this would be a good thing to do. NAWW!!! Just kidding, everybody here at Ideal Group is ok and so is the state of Michigan! Today went well, did some postcards for "Cat Attack", my marketing supervisor, and also sent out some of the NEW mailers for her. I also went through some magazines and looked for things that Ideal Shield could promote. After that, I made a collage for my blogs and it is AWESOME! Then the system crashed! HOW people could keep working...I have no idea. But that's the Ideal life. MB *Best Hooper Ever*

Today went great. Today went by fast for me, maybe because I was busy working all day. I came to Ideal and started by saying good morning to everybody like usual. I went to Julie's office and started to prepare my laptop that I use. I asked Julie if she has any work for me to do, she said to ask Linda and Bob because she didn’t have any work for me yet. I went with Linda and she had me do filing, it took me half the morning. Then, I had to make folders for newly hired people. Chelsea had PDPM and hard dollar so I went and file them all. Lunch came and ate pizza, which was good. When I was done eating Kevin Foucher needed me to do something for him. He had me do blueprints and put them in order. I had to do them fast because he was going to a meeting. He came and help me staple them together. My work for him was done so I went back to Linda and started to do I-9's and E-verify. When I was done, I started to do my homework and finished it. Overall my day went great. jp

This weekend I went to do some community work at Dean Savage Park.   I had lots of fun cleaning up the park and making it look better than before.   We had pizza for lunch that day and I had never felt more relief to eat in my life. The next day I went to pay my phone bill and watch a movie with my little brother. When Monday came I went to work at Ideal it was a typical day as always I started by having a short talk with Amanda about school and what I did over the weekend.   After, I went to go help Setech vouchering some invoices and worked in the marketing office and said hey to Catherine and Doug. I then proceed to my desk and began my work. I vouchered all morning and then had a little break doing the mail but since it was Monday there was a lot to do. After I went to lunch and had a good time doing my homework. When lunch came to an end I went to do the mail again and work on some more stuff for Ideal Setech and that was my day. Jose Perez