Works of the Past for a Better Future

The best job I have had was Champs Sports; it is mainly a shoe and apparel store. I have had plenty of responsibilities, but the ones that were primary was: greeting customers, pushing extra sales like shoe cleaners and apparel along with the purchase of shoes, and making sure the store was always clean and presentable.

What really made the job exhilirating was the people who I worked with; my co-workers were all around the same age as me, including my manager. When sales were slow, we would all just have fun and chat. The talking with customers from different countries were also great because San Francisco is such a tourist place, which was really great.

Since I was working in retail, that made me communicate a lot with different kinds of people. Having the courage to talk to strangers allowed me to improve by interpersonal communication skills that I can carry with me into internship. Also, by expressing my ideas in meetings that can potentially help sales grow, is another thing that I can bring to the internship. Just having that fresh mind filled with ideas I think will really help in wherever I will be placed at.

I learned that it was a fast-paced and competitive environment at Champs because if you were too slow to approach a customer you have lost your sale to another employee. By working there brought out my competitiveness. Not only do you have to work fast, but you have to be efficient as well.