A goal is a dream with a deadline.

For that past 12 weeks I have had the greatest experience of my life. I have always wanted to get into an internship where I can prove myself with the knowledge that I have gained in school. Here at Equity Trust Company I was able to do just that. As mentioned in my past blogs and interns blogs we all have had certain projects that pertain to our "expertise". I have done three projects that I feel that have made an impact with Equity Trust. My first project was a Channel Analysis through Database Consolidation, where I took two databases and consolidated them into one relational databases. The purpose of this project was to gain a historical prospective on how to maintain customers. My second project was to create a incoming call profile over a four month span. The purpose of this project was to use this data as a staffing model and a tool to plan meeting times. My last and final project was to complete a fee analysis to better understand the types of programs that our customers are a part of.

Other than working on projects being an intern has improved some other skills such as project management, time management, teamwork, and communication.

If your looking to be apart of a family and enjoy a small business like atmosphere then working for Equity Trust Company is the right place for you!

“Time flies by when you’re having fun”

I guess time does fly by when you’re having fun. I can’t believe that we are already going into our 8th week here at Equity Trust. It just seems like yesterday that I was coming into my first day here.

Why is it so fun?

Everyday is a learning experience for me; I don’t know what challenge I am going to be faced with each day. I am currently working on two projects. My first project is consolidating some of our current database into one relational database so that upper management can analyze the information efficiently. I am building the database in Microsoft Access (which has given me some headaches but I have gotten over them). For my second project I am updating one of our internal websites (intranet), which I have to write some HTML here and there, nothing to strenuous.

Well it's been fun posting, now back to work I go! Have a good day everyone!

Week 6

Hello, my name is Josh Schinagle and I am a senior at the University of Toledo. I will be graduating from the College of Business Administration in December 2009, and my major is Information Systems. I try to stay as active as possible while in school, I am in Alpha Kappa Psi which is the oldest co-ed professional business fraternity. Along with being in AKPsi I am the President of Association of Systems Management, which is an organization which is open to all majors but puts a strong focus on Information Systems, E-Commerce and Computer Science and Engineering majors.

I started here at Equity Trust on May 18th, 2009 and have had the best time since. It is a very upbeat environment and everyone is always willing to help out if need be. The purpose of this blog is to give future interns an insight on how the week-to-week operations work. I hope you enjoy my blogs, lets get started!

The following took place in my 6th week (6-22/6-26)
--This was a pretty busy week but an exciting one as well. The week started off relatively well, I had a few items I need to finish from the previous few weeks which didn’t take very long at all. Wednesday of this week all the interns were given the opportunity to sit down with Rich (Vice President) and Jeff (CEO) Desich for lunch at Elyria Country Club. This lunch was very informative and fun, we all felt very comfortable talk with Jeff and Rich. On Friday Equity Trust set up and all employee fun day event where they got us tickets to the Cleveland Indians game!! There will be food, games and just an over all good time.