Mentor Blog #2 Spring Semester 2009

1.  Last Thursday evening our mentor took us our for Italian food and Gelato.  While we were enjoying our meal he talked to us about the importance of communicating well in business.  My mentor taught us many important things during dinner.  One of the things that we learned from him was that when we wanted to be remembered and if we wanted to standout from the rest we should go about writing a personal handwritten letter.  He explained to us that handwritten letters transmit a positive message because the receiver feels more important and it gives your message a much more personal and professional meaning that will cause a much more lasting and important impression than that of an electronically written message.  He also encouraged us to improve on our resume as soon as we can by acquiring experience in the summer by interning, even if it was for free, at any company or workplace where we had the opportunity.  The best way to do this was by getting in contact and asking our parents, close family, friends of family and friends parents for any available opportunity they could help us with.   

2.  One job that I have learned about that I might enjoy would be working at my friend's father's marketing and advertisement company.  I think this would be a very interesting experience to learn about how a professional work environment functions and it would also give me a better understanding of the real business way.  It is also a great opportunity to have work experience for the future.  

3.  One thing that I wish to experience during Mardi Gras is to learn about and see the different parades and also learn more about the historical background on Mardi Gras in New Orleans rather than what the word on the street is.  I want to avoid the absurd drunkenness and  that I have heard about and any troublesome encounters with the law.  

4. Mardi Gras is important in New Orleans not only because of the historical background that reveals the roots in the start of the Catholic season of lent, but because it also helps business and commerce in the city.  Because this carnival in one of the most widely known in the world thousands of people come to visit and it is  a time where truism of the city grows, and this truism raises revenue and profits for most, if not all of the business in Louisiana, especially in New Orleans.