Ideal Group Interns

  Today when I got here, I went to my desk and checked my email. I asked Amanda for some work and she assigned me labels. Later Alex came and gave me some labels to put on postcards. While I was working, Gary came and gave me a list, he wanted me to change some item costs on the item master. I finished it quick and then I finished my mailers, labels, and I mailed them out. I went upstairs to help Maria to file, she gave me a stack of papers to file. I gave Amanda my work permit so I could work for the summer and we talked about my grades, Sylvia asked me if the National Honors Society was my goal and I told her yes.   After lunch, I gave my community service papers to Sylvia so she could sign it. Later, Alex came and gave me some flyers and envelopes, she wanted me to fold the flyers and put them inside the envelopes. After I finished, I gave her the envelopes and then she gave me another stack, I folded them and while I was working, I felt dizzy. I gave Alex the stack when I...

Chris Lara 6-10-14 This year has stood out to me more than the years before. I've been given the opportunity to meet important people in the business industry, evaluate and experiment with sustainable ideas, and work with a caring, productive, and creative company during my internship sponsorship by The Ideal Group. During the 2013- 2014 internship/ school year, I was able to meet and network with many people who change Detroit, the nation, and even the world. John Bradburn is a clear example of someone who hits these three points directly. He works with General Motors in reducing waste products, and he is also an Environmental Engineer! We have worked together in placing the shipping containers in Cadillac Urban Gardens, and other Detroit located gardens, to produce mass amounts of vegetables for the community. I was able to meet a man who cares for his fellow Detroiters and someone who spreads the message of reducing pollution throughout the world. I’ve also been able ...

Jacqueline Perez - June 10, 2014             I have worked hard today and I feel very accomplished. I worked for Setech and assisted Kelly. When I came in this morning, I checked the filing cabinet and saw there were a lot of invoices to be filed. I filed all the unpaid invoices for Defiance, and then did some for paid invoices. Kelly then sent me the aging so I could take care of statements. I looked through each statement and checked if they were on the aging or not.             For lunch Linzie took Jose, Alex and I out to lunch. We went to O’Blivions and I had some real good onion rings. I also talked to Linzie during lunch and she offered to give me a job in the marketing office. I will now be working two days in the accounting office and a day in marketing. I’m happy for the opportunity to work here and save money for college.

                Today is my last day as a Cristo Rey Intern and I have to say that I am very happy that I made it this far. If it wasn’t for the people of this company I don’t know where I’ll be today. Everyone from Abel in the shop to Amanda in the office have helped me become the person that I am today from learning how to speak with proper manner to drilling a hole through some pipe. I am blessed to have all these people in my life and I’m happy that Ideal Group was my first job since freshmen year. I’ve learned so much and I can’t wait to see what’s ahead. There are so many things I can say about this great company, but I’ll just start by saying thank you to everything.                 My day at Ideal started a lot different today I got a call from Sylvia asking me to go to the garden. I changed into my gardening cloths and Aman...

. Today was my last day working as a Detroit Cristo Rey student here at Ideal and I can really say I enjoyed it. Sunday I graduate so I’m looking forward to that. Well, I came in at Ideal and started to do PDPM and hard dollar folders, while I was doing that Maria was getting the material checks ready for me. When I was done I started filing invoices that I left on my desk last Friday. Material checks were ready so I started as soon as possible since it was a lot of checks today. When I was done with material checks I gave them to Maria, they were a few checks that were missing some invoices so I handed them to Chelsea .             Finally it was time for me to go the garden and help out. I went to change clothes very quickly and I headed to the garden. It was lunch time, the good thing was Taco Veloz was there so I had tacos for lunch, which I enjoyed eating them. A few minutes past and I was waiting on Sylvia to give me instru...

  Today when I got here, I went to my desk and checked my email. Alex gave me a spread sheet with colleges and I had to find their location. After I finished, I printed out the mailers and mailed them out. Later Alex gave me another task to do. Later Frank came and told me if I was going to work this summer and i told him yes. I had to search paving contractors on the blue book and make a spread sheet, I did them until lunch. I went to Taco Veloz for lunch.   When I got back, I went upstairs to file. Osmara came later to tell me that Amanda wanted me. Amanda told me that I was going to go to Surplus and help with the shop. She took me their and later, Zack told me what to do. I met Jose Quintero.  Zack wanted me to get the tools from the boxes and hang them where they need to go. I had to clean the tools, bins, and the shelves. I was there for about an hour and a half. When I got back, Amanda told me my blog topic and I did my blog. My day was great and productive. ...

Jacqueline Perez – June 3, 2014             I worked for Setech today and I got a lot done. I helped Kelly get caught up on her work. I did finish some of the filing and then I pulled the invoices for the check run. I had to match the checks to the correct invoices and find the invoices that were missing.               For lunch I went to Oblivions with Amanda, Kelly and Theresa. I had a bacon burger, which was delicious. After we got back from lunch, I worked on statements that had to be taken care of. I also confirmed my schedule for the summer interning. It was a very productive day for me at the accounting office.

Today was a good day. I started to put invoices in alphabetical order while I was waiting on Maria, since the door was locked. Soon as I got done filing the invoices, Maria came. There were more invoices to file on my desk so I got it done right away. When I was done with the invoices there was PDPM and hard dollar folders to file. Lunch came and Maria had some Pasta for me in the fridge, so I went and got it. It was a pretty good meal. When I done with lunch I started to archive folders for Julie. I had been busy archiving all Daniel’s folders and I had the time free to do them today. I was done with a few boxes, so I put them aside until Julie comes back. Overall, may was good.  Jose Patino

Today was a very good day at Ideal. I started my day by saying hi to my good old friend Amanda. Afterwards I went upstairs and Chris gave me a task to do; making a spread sheet so that we know everything is done correctly. At first I had trouble figuring out what I should do but Amanda Kowalski gave me a few tips. When I had finished I went to do some prints for Tony and also look for some jobs that we needed.                 At lunch, the guys and I went to Green Dot since it was their first time I was excited to see what they would think of it. When we got there, they liked how it looked and after they tasted the food I knew that they loved it. When we came back to Ideal I had a conversation with Linzie about me working in the summer. I was glad to see that everything was working out great and I can’t wait to start working.              ...