Faces of Roundpeg: My Frenemy Hazel
Hazel Walker and I share a lot in common. We are about the same age, with grown children. We share a love for sushi, martinis, walking on the Monon Trail and the Gretchen Sandwich at 3 Sisters Cafe. We are both direct, strong, smart, competitive women. Maybe it is that competitive nature or the fact that I was president of Rainmakers, when Hazel was Executive Director of BNI which made others assume we didn’t like each other, thus the Frenemy relationship. But the truth is, we have too much fun spending time together to let any of that get in the way of a good conversation. Hazel was...
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It seems like I’ve been at Roundpeg forever, but it’s only been nine months since I first stumbled into Roundpeg one cold Martin Luther King, Jr. Day for my interview for an intern position. “When can you start? How about right now?” Lorraine asked. And I’ve been around ever since, sneaking into a full time position in April when no one was looking. Roundpeg is my first professional, full-time job out of college. I can say with all honesty I feel incredibly lucky to have found this amazing (if insane) group of people to work with and learn from. Here are just...
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Since I have been out of school and employed at Roundpeg for a little over 7 months, this is an appropriate time time to look back on my first experience in the real world. I learn something new almost every day, but some lessons stand out far more than others. Without further ado, here are the top 3 things I’ve learned in my first 7 months as an adult: 1. Assignments don’t come one at a time-As luck would have it, the real world doesn’t care if you’re already busy doing something. At RoundpegI have the chance to wear several hats (sales, web design, customer...
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