Internship Logs: Back to Life Wellness Center
December 12 2012:
I have two major bosses in my internship that run the business that is Back To Life Wellness Center on Webster and at their place of residence. Ann Moore handles the appointments and actually executing the work being done while Diane handles the advertising and management with advertising and background work with helping to have the business run smoothly and expand.
I came in today concerned but confident with my ability to accomplish tasks in a way that would be helpful and efficient. I am willing to learn anything that is needed but I will have to see what will come my way. The first hour was spent briefing on the type of things that I would need to do while completing my Internship. I started off with going down the list of things to do such as calling AT&T, installing different apps on the computer, etc.
December 26 2012:
I came in today and was asked to put together a new desktop with a new set of utilities such as a mouse and keyboard. While putting the computer together I had to take it apart to check to see if the computer was in a good condition due to it being a refurbished computer. The keyboard was unable to respond and at first I thought it was a usb problem with the computer so I attempted to use it with a different computer. I ended up trying all of the keys to made sure they worked but none of the vowels and the Q, T, and L buttons worked so I took the keyboard apart and reset all of the keys and it worked. After that I downloaded a few applications such as flash, Anti-viral software, and skype onto it before leaving.
January 9 2013:
I researched a credit card reading device called the square that worked with the IPhone and some Android based phones. There was more than one option so I worked my way around to find out what I could and put into an organized document in a separate window in the browser. What it came down to was that the owner of the business had to buy an IPhone and could not simply keep their Windows phone they had at that time. Overall, they decided to go into a different direction because they did not want to have to learn a new system that was also a phone that had to be reliable for calls and appointments and it wasn’t a cost-effective solution to be able to have the few people have the convenience of paying with a credit-card.
January 16 2013:
I did some more research today as well as provide a second opinion on an advertisement. I researched the different sources of deal/advertising apps used by the people used by smartphones to help expand their base of business. I also looked up different options for establishing copyright for some of the phrases and brand names of the company.
February 22 2013:
Well there was some bad news in that Diane was kicked out of the business and forced to move out due to her unprofessional behaivor. It will most likely take some time for everything to get organized again.
February 28 2013:
I did some modeling today to help train a intern learning how to do the same kind of work Ann Moore does. Ann and her apprentice did body work on me to help him get some on hand experience with the work while being supervised and commented on. It wasn't a test but a learning experience. They focused the muscle in the legs all the way up to the upper body in the chest.
April 10th 2013:
I did some modeling today to help train a intern learning how to do the same kind of work Ann Moore does. Ann and her apprentice did body work on me to help him get some on hand experience with the work while being supervised and commented on. It wasn't a test but a learning experience. They focused the muscle in the legs all the way up to the upper body in the chest.
Jarek Rettinghouse
Internship Experiences
I had an interesting and unique experience at my internship with Back to Life on Webster. I learned some of the techniques used to adjust muscles and bones to relieve pain and regain flexibility which worked especially well for athletes of any kind. I have two major bosses in my internship that run the business that is Back To Life Wellness Center on webster and at their place of residence. Ann Moore handles the appointments and actually executing the work being done while Diane handles the advertising and management with advertising and background work with helping to have the business run smoothly and expand.
Some of the types of work I completed while completing my internship consisted of research for business efficiency, research for patenting, and technology assistance. I would research applications such as a card reader for the office and different patenting companies and what they would charge and what they would take in return. The card reader turned out to be impractical because another device would be needed in order to use the card reader as well as losing some of the funds, which in all would be a setback for an overall slight convenience for a few people. It did not have the requirements compared to the windows phone the worker was using.
There were two main offices for this small business and they work out of their home as one of the offices. Their home was the main office I worked out of. I did my research and tech assistance mainly at this office and the modeling at the office on Webster. I did a form of modeling as a test dummy of sorts to train another intern that had been working with Ann for quite awhile in order to replace Ann long term so she could focus more on her classes at the local gym in Mariners Square.
The technology that I assisted with was usually diverse depending on what was needed. I never did the same type of thing twice. One day I would be helping to rip cds onto an iTunes library or set up a new computer and configure it for the business to use. While putting the computer together I had to take it apart to check to see if the computer was in a good condition due to it being a refurbished computer. The keyboard was unable to respond and at first I thought it was a usb problem with the computer so I attempted to use it with a different computer.