旅游明星
萨尔玛阿里的21 和 Qudsia哈立德的21 spent their summer promoting the greater 贝洛伊特 region through internships with Visit 贝洛伊特.
萨尔玛阿里的21 和 Qudsia哈立德的21 拜访贝洛伊特的两个暑期实习生, 被称为“拜访贝洛伊特摇滚明星”的办公室, which is the official marketing organization for the greater 贝洛伊特 region. Visit 贝洛伊特 reaches out to members of the community to promote local tourism 和 small businesses. The international students—Ali is from Bangladesh 和 Khalid from Pakistan—worked in Visit 贝洛伊特’s office three days a week 和 visited local events on Saturdays to distribute information about all that 贝洛伊特 has to offer.
When did you start working with Visit 贝洛伊特, 和 what was your experience like?
阿里:我是Visit 贝洛伊特公司的一名回国实习生. 我去年夏天在那里工作过,我很高兴能回来! It has been a very enjoyable experience—there was always something new to do or try, 有很多团队合作(我喜欢), 我每天都能认识新朋友. 工作环境非常协作. My supervisors gave me a lot of freedom in terms of how I chose to carry out my tasks. 这给了我成长和挑战自我的空间. I also worked closely with my fellow interns (there were four of us in total). 我们集思广益,一起完成项目.
Khalid:今年夏天我开始和Visit 贝洛伊特合作. 每一天都是一次新的学习经历, whether I was inside the office or out 和 about spreading the word about the city I live in.
你去哪里宣传贝洛伊特了?
哈立德:我们去了威斯康星州伯灵顿的巧克力节.在密尔沃基,麦迪逊和罗克顿,伊利诺伊州的事件. In early June we attended 贝洛伊特’s Farmers Market 和 it was so much fun.
Ali: We traveled in 和 around 贝洛伊特, about a two-hour radius, to promote the city of 贝洛伊特. This included baseball games (who doesn’t love the 贝洛伊特 Snappers!)、农贸市场、音乐节、儿童跑步等等. We carried promotional 和 informational material—travel guides, 事件日历, 还有关于贝洛伊特公司的传单, 景点, 和事件. We offered free Weekend Getaway packages to the public through a raffle. 这是一个自己动手的包,包括住酒店, 餐馆和商店的礼品卡, 一个活动, 比如跳伞,都在伯洛伊特!
这份工作最好的部分是什么?
Khalid: They definitely included a lot of traveling 和 learning about the places around the 贝洛伊特 area, 我错过了什么. I educated myself 和 others that downtown offers an exceptional array of boutiques, 画廊, 餐厅, 咖啡店, 和 an award-winning open-air farmers market with 更多的 than 100 vendors. 哇,伯洛伊特,你有很多!
Ali: One of the best parts of the job was the writing—I wrote blogs, 网站内容, 和杂志文章访问贝洛伊特. Writing about 贝洛伊特’s businesses, 景点, food options, 和事件 was very refreshing! 我去了一些新餐馆,写了一些关于食物的文章.
最大的学习曲线是什么?
Ali: Pushing myself to learn new things was a part of the job. I was working with Search Engine Optimization (SEO) for the Visit 贝洛伊特 website, 和 it taught me a lot about improving 网站内容 和 organization. 我参加了一个关于搜索引擎优化的在线课程.
卡立德:通常是我在办公室的时候, I worked mostly on writing blogs 和 updating the Visit 贝洛伊特 website. This definitely helped me improve my writing skills, 和 I learned 更多的 about website management.
你是怎么找到这份实习工作的?
Ali: My friend Samantha Abrams’18 recommended this internship to me last year. The college’s Liberal Arts in Practice Center 和 the Career 和 Community Outreach Center also helped me complete my résumé 和 prepare for the interview.
Khalid: I saw postings about the internship on the 十大菠菜台子 Student Group on Facebook 和 on the Liberal Arts in Practice Center’s Toolbox online. My very close friend, Salma, who worked there last summer as well, recommended me.
你为什么选择在Visit 贝洛伊特而不是其他地方工作?
Ali: I chose this internship because I love writing 和 traveling. 工作环境很好,待遇也不错. I think the city of 贝洛伊特 is undergoing very positive changes 和 I wanted to share that with our community members, 游客, 以及以前没有听说过贝洛伊特的人.
Khalid: The people I worked with—my supervisors have been supportive since day one—made this a perfect place to work. This internship has definitely helped me to improve my intellectual 和 communication skills. I learned new things every day 和 educated other people about what 贝洛伊特 has to offer. Hats off to the Visit 贝洛伊特 team 和 my amazing supervisors who are working really hard for the city of 贝洛伊特, 引进游客, 和 showing an interest in giving opportunities to students like me.
How did studying the liberal arts at 贝洛伊特 prepare you for this kind of work?
Khalid: It prepared me to do what I thought I would never do: come out of my comfort zone, 与不同群体的人交流, 并与社区成员建立联系. 主修心理学, it is really fascinating to analyze the different patterns of behavior—the way people react to new places 和 environments. I believe a liberal arts education has definitely shaped my abilities to perform these tasks efficiently.
Ali: I’ve become a better writer 和 a 更多的 productive team player. I learned how to step out of my comfort zone 和 communicate with diverse individuals. 所有这些都被证明对开发内容非常有用, 与同事合作, 与人交流. I have been wanting to work with urban development for a while now. 在贝洛伊特旅游的幕后, 看到生意兴隆, 经济引擎, 和 facing challenges have certainly furthered this goal of mine.