My promotion went into effect on Wednesday, but by that date I had already developed a training "checklist" that we'll be using moving forward to ensure our part-time staff members get a comprehensive and uniform training experience.

I also have been taking some initiative to recruit new entry-level talent by reaching out the the career development center at a local university. We have already seen an increase in applicants and the academic chair of one of their departments wanted to speak with me and my manager about expanding the relationship.

I'm currently reviewing and updating all of our old training materials, reference sheets, and guidelines (most of which haven't been touched since 2012 - early 2014).

I've also started working on a private department-specific site that will compile our weekly part-time schedule, calendar of projects, resources, announcements, and contacts in one place so that people won't have to root around in their emails or documents to find certain information that we use every shift.

Aside from those specific projects, I'm also trying to learn some coding and improve my excel skills in my free time. I'm also trying to refresh my Spanish skills from college (can't hurt, right?)

This company is growing and new departments have popped up recently to handle projects from larger clients. As far as barriers, I really need to work on networking within the company. I mostly just know the people I immediately work with. In a company of 800 people, there have to be more that I can get to know that might be able to help open some doors for me when the time comes.

Thanks for giving me some things to think about.