Brief Overview
Blue Hole is a swimming Hole located in
the Village of Wimberley. It has been a Texas treasure for nearly 30
years. This was the first year the city ran it on their own. Don
Ferguson is the manager and it is open all summer long.
The Wimberley Community Center was
established by WSCAI (Wimberley Senior Citizens Association Inc.) for
the purpose of having a place the whole community can gather. The
center has been open now for just over 2 years and is teh perfect place
for a wedding reception, graduation party, or meeting. They also have a
senior's lounge and a gallery for art.
The Best of Both Worlds
My intership provided me with a unique
experience, I was working in two completely different enviroments. My
job at Blue Hole was more of a service industry. When customers came to
swim I collected admission, handled all questrions and complaints, and
perfomred book-keepiing duites. On the other hand my job at the
Community Center was more of a technical job where I got to hone my
office skills as opposed to my people skills. I feel that in the
business world there are two main area's that your job will focus
on either communication skills/personal service or technical skills, my
internship granted me the opportunity to learn both.
Lessons Learned
There are two life lessons that I took
away from this experience, one from each site. First from Blue Hole I
learned the value of trust and independence on the job. We had little
direct supervision as employee's at Blue Hole, our manager was also the
city administrator. I was expected to problem solve and perform my job
up to standard without anyone watching over me. I beleive that by
trusting me to do my job and by the way I excelled, I have been given
confidence that will be taken into future business situations. At the
Commuity Center I learned how to be a team player, and that while some
jobs seem meaningless and trivial, without someone doing these jobs the
goal of the company/organization as a whole will never be met.
