Internship Reflective Statement

I was fortunate enough to service for 3 months as a volunteer at Alder. My internship at Alders was
highly informative and important for me. This internship has given me numerous things for my
future profession. My reflective paper would offer a picture of what I have accomplished and
learnt through whole job and what abilities may be gained from this internship.

I have been working as a sales practitioner at Alder at Houston, Texas office. I would describe this
position as the first obligation that I had taken up since my graduation. Although my, I was
supposed to be a full time representative since the role was based entirely on sales. I began as a
full-time agent alongside other members of my team, who served as interns as well. Alder is
known to be competing with other competitors of the sales and marketing industry. Alder
Holdings, LLC offers the best services with respect to security and alarm systems. It ranks eighth
among all the safety businesses in the sector and puts over 1000 organizations offering the same
solutions in Texas. Before I joined as an intern, I wasn’t aware of the scope of services offered by
Alder however I eventually figured it out in the midst of my internship at Alder Holdings. I got
accommodated to the routine pretty well as I took the internship not only as a skill polishing
opportunity, but rather a challenge which I had to conquer before I moved to the other milestone.
My internship has been kind of a door-to-door sales job and I selected it due to the unlimited
possibilities and the development that I would encounter. I assume that I made the correct choice
by working for Alder as it treats its employees not as workers but rather as a family. 

My first day at the office started as I came to Texas. I arrived at the airport and could sense the
aroma of the opportunities which waited for me. I participated in the team meeting each day before
everybody went to the project area. I was trained in the fundamental sales procedure, the door
pitch, within the house, construction value, closure, etc. All the aspects of door-to-door selling.
There are several teams at the workplace in Houston and Team Invictus has been allocated to me. 

My primary purpose is to learn and implement it in the field as soon as possible. The office
comprised of 12-15 individuals. I got to learn different lessons from each of them. While I recall
the moment when I first arrived at the company, I think that I have obtained significant lessons that
I would implement later in life.
Alder has provided the interns the opportunity to learn from its seniors who are well aware of the
professional etiquettes and thus as interns, I got to learn much more than I initially thought I
would. What connected them was the goal of making money and becoming great. The door-to-
door business develops ethics and personality. It takes much effort in working while we had to take
care of the quality, professional conduct and attitude in the sales department. However the
company reimbursed the interns well.

Apart from building my professional development by serving as an intern in the sales department
at Alders, I worked on building my knowledge regarding the various methods in sales, build moral
integrity. Before I started the internship at Alders, I lacked courage to face people and got easily
frightened over the thought of confronting people. However, I got to enhance my social
communication through the opportunity of internship at Alders. Since the experience I acquired
during my internship, I was capable of making my first sale in the initial week.

What I have learned/achieved/goals:

Challenges

As I mentioned earlier, I lacked the social communication skills, and I was afraid to confront
people. I faced many challenges given my lack of social communication skills. I could not
effectively speak to the customers at first and thus could not make enough sales when compared to
my colleagues. However, Alder provided me opportunity to overcome this stigma. The internship
at Alders has helped me to effectively communicate and thus convince the customers recognize the
importance of the product which I am selling.

Another challenge that I faced in the initial days of my internship at Alders is that I found it
difficult to introduce my products to the customers. As not everyone wishes to purchase the
product from a salesperson at the doorstep, unless they pre-order the product from the store,
therefore, I have found it difficult to find the right target for my products.

During the course of my internship, the company didn’t limit us to regional areas rather we had to
visit different states such as Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Houston for the purpose of sales. While I
was completely unaware of the attitudes of people belonging to these states, I had a fear of
rejection due to the communication gap. However, I regained my strength as I had the support of
my fellow interns.

Integrity and nature

I've been working on each project for several hours of the day. I would begin at Noon in September
and October and would continue to visit the houses until 8-9 pm in an attempt to make a sale of the
product. It was challenging for me at first, however, I knew that in order to ace and achieve greater
things, I had to accomplish the simple tasks like these. I made the majority of sales in the evening.
It could be because, most people arrive at their homes in the evening. In the effort of making a
single sale, I wanted to roam the streets carefree. At times I just wanted to sit by the side of the
road and browse through my smartphone. However, my high ambitions didn’t let me rest and I had
to continue my effort to achieve the best. My seniors warned me against the desires to rest and quit.
They encouraged me to work harder and take a break as necessary. Due to the continuous support
from my colleagues and seniors, I was able to make the highest sales in a single day. At that
moment, I realized that all my efforts and hard work had now borne fruit.

Consistency

As I was walking through the road, one of my seniors instructed me pace down a bit with the
accomplishments. I performed well in the sales sector, which led me to believe that I needed to
work harder with other sectors of sales and management. I presumed that my ability to sell the
products had now achieved the most, and that I needed to focus on other things as well. However,
attempting it did not work as effectively as I was not able to sell for a whole week. I was
demotivated however, my colleagues advised me to pace down and take a break to recover. I
sought a day trip to return to my previous level of sales. My seniors advised me to continue doing
what I thought I was good at. I understood the significance of that advise. I learnt something I
could ever recall, to recollect why I did it and to bear in mind every time I tried to boost the sale.
During the journey of my sales internship, I treated my duty as an obligation and responsibility to
educate people regarding keeping their homes safe. I kept things casual, and that's what attracted
the consumers to purchase home automation services through my referral. I have always been
honest in advising the customers to make best decision with regards to investing in the security of
their home.
Investment

Everybody I knew since Alder, who had worked there for 2-3 years, made a minimum monthly
cash flow of $10,000-15,000. This indicated that this part of their cash was secured since it
originated from the accounts they had previously established. They showed me how to split and
increase the money! The most valuable advise I received was four accounts. One is to have your
set costs, one to accomplish a goal, one to save and the final to celebrate! Splitting your earnings
such as this may be a miracle since it allows space to save money for the future and have fun at
now!

Last weeks at Alder as an Intern:

Although I felt really happy to work for a prestigious firm such as Alder however, the thought that
I would leave my colleagues that I acquainted through the internship program was quite gloomy
for me. I was thankful for every chance that I got to experience through my journey at Alder. The
company chose me for Orem Utah Annual Corporate Summit. It's a 4-day completely funded trip
by the company to great executives in the workplace. There will be several seminars at the
conference, like this one by Robert Kiyosaki! Afterwards I knocked on the doors for another week,
till I came back to Minnesota to complete my final term at MSU.

I was pushed above my assumptions during this employment opportunity, and I enjoy that. I
assume that working for a company like Alder has not only boosted the level of my knowledge but
has provided me new opportunities and introduced me to explore the unexplored version of the
sales market. I didn't anticipate the blessings that the closure might carry. The sales method we
employ is based on the choice of the client. To this day, I am very excited how I can earn money
by knocking at a door, building confidence, safeguarding their families without affirming it. I
assumed their responses throughout the whole procedure and moved on to the next stage. My goal
really is to create friends and safeguard families.