company bio
Spectrum was founded in 2018 with hopes of simplifying party planning with innovative ideas. The party packages are a one-stop shop for all of your party planning needs. They include everything from decorations and entertainment to setup and cleanup services. Whether you are planning a sweet sixteen party or an employee promotion celebration, Spectrum will have the perfect party package. Spectrum strives to ensure that you can have a party with “All the Fun with None of the Stress”.
business plan
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1d_GQyc8D_vesz1zmmaRS3kFwiOy6Zjh9psIJvJtkYrQ/edit#slide=id.p
employee handbook
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xvojsQcMpj27-Ca95SEjXQwwtUj8CBUZdt7OUyCiaiw/edit
collective commitments
- Work together to create a safe and engaging work environment
- Create an experience for a customer they will not forget
- Use social media to network with other companies and have sales going through the roof
- Expand our company and grow using our previous years outcomes
- Be passionate about our product and company values
career readiness dimension - being professional
Maintaining a professional work environment is essential to running a successful business. One of my goals for the new year was to improve on being professional in the workplace. I feel that I have achieved this goal over the last months. I am taking my role in the company more seriously. By doing this I'm not only benefiting myself, but the company as a whole. It's the little things that make a difference in helping me be successful and professional. Wearing my name tag everyday helps me identify as a part of a team. Staying up to date on portal tasks helps me ensure that our company maintains its professional feel and atmosphere. Communication is also a big deal, especially being in the administration department. I find myself talking with my coworkers more to make sure I'm doing everything I can to help the business run smoothly and effectively. This past month I sent out personal emails to over ten companies around the world in an effort to promote Spectrum and what we have to offer. It was important to me when sending out these emails to keep a professional tone to ensure that Spectrum's image was credible and reliable. Taking into consideration how I represent myself and the company I work for has been a real motivation factor for me. I look forward to being able to continue my professional appearance not only as a part of Spectrum, but when it is time for me take on other opportunities.
Below is a link to one of the emails I sent.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-it-dRccTbZo94tlO3EHWTyAHfC3ZvHHijXlbKIvuyg/edit
Below is a link to one of the emails I sent.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-it-dRccTbZo94tlO3EHWTyAHfC3ZvHHijXlbKIvuyg/edit
Career readiness dimension - functional
Being functional in a company means to be apart of a community. Being apart of administration, it's important for me to be on task and communicate with my other coworkers efficiently. Administration is kind of seen as the backbone of the company. I see it as my responsibility to ensure that the company runs smoothly and without problem. I am able to keep the company functioning by always being on top of my work. I have conversations with the other workers in administration and HR to ensure that I am doing all I can do for the company. I feel communication is the biggest part of what makes me a functional worker. Being able to understand what each employee is doing through having conversations lets me know that the company is being productive and efficient. Being functional is a big part of being a successful worker. Knowing that I have the communication skills in order to do my job effectively, I can preserve the success of Spectrum.
CAREER READINESS DIMENSION - LEADERSHIP
This past month I was given the task of controlling Spectrum's donut sales spreadsheet. This was the first task I was given where I was expected to be in charge and keep track of crucial information about the company. Each time a donut was sold, it was my job to input information about the sale into a spreadsheet. I was in charge of two other employees who were also assigned to the same task. Throughout the duration of the fundraiser I would have to ensure that my group stayed on task as well as fill in all the sales that happened that day. With sales happening daily it was important to adapt myself and my group in order to be able to handle all the new sales that would come up. This was very important to not only myself but to the company. This spreadsheet was responsible for all of our company's sales for the fundraiser. If anything happened to this spreadsheet it would have been devastating for our company. I created a system for inputting the sales. Each day we would start out by inputting all the sales that were made. After that was done it was important to double check and count the money that we earned to make sure everything was correct. By double checking we not only ensured we were correct, but we ensured that our company was being honest and fair. This was an unique opportunity. I am glad that I was trusted with leading it. This task I was assigned with helped me feel really important to the company as a whole. Being in charge of this spreadsheet helped me improve my leadership characteristics. I know that being in charge of this task will help me fit into more leadership roles in the future.
Below is a link to the spreadsheet I was in charge of
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cv0RsC82Ie5ePF_TUSTIsb2YtDWR025YA7OY6Ssthxw/edit?ts=5c06b700#gid=1692350619
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cv0RsC82Ie5ePF_TUSTIsb2YtDWR025YA7OY6Ssthxw/edit?ts=5c06b700#gid=1692350619
Career Readiness dimension - Core technology
Given that the majority of our company is run online, it is crucial that I have the necessary knowledge on how to use different programs. The program that I find most useful is excel. The majority of the tasks that I carry out for the company are on excel. However, we use google docs to complete the monthly company newsletter. The past couple of months I have been using excel to complete schedules and record statistics for the company. I created a schedule for the one-on-one meetings between Spectrum employees and facilitator. I used my knowledge of excel to complete this schedule. Using excel helped me to keep the company organized and running on a mandated schedule. Using docs is also a big part of my monthly tasks for the company. Each month I create a newsletter for the company that enlists current news and events in and around the VEI community. I need to know how to format certain images and space text accordingly. My knowledge of docs has made the process of making the newsletter easier, as well as helping me ensure that the newsletter looks appealing. Overall, being able to understand technology and how to use it has become a big part of the business world. Being in VEI has helped me improve on my knowledge of certain computer programs that I wasn't familiar with in the past. I understand that VEI is not only teaching me information and skills that I can use in this class, but it is teaching me for the future.
Newsletter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lBfikr9SeZ66zEzmHbU381GDaW8cp7LADxVY26nO1ck/edit
Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SqVOc6eVbwSUUp_-Nay9gIycwzcZoKgoEDUSYUH3fYM/edit
Newsletter: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lBfikr9SeZ66zEzmHbU381GDaW8cp7LADxVY26nO1ck/edit
Schedule: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SqVOc6eVbwSUUp_-Nay9gIycwzcZoKgoEDUSYUH3fYM/edit