Emma Collins

I'm a hardworking individual seeking active employment upon graduation (which will be May 2015) in a marketing or sales position. I have had experience in many different aspects of businesses from office work to one-on-one customer interaction. This past summer, I completed an internship with the AroundCampus Group in which I gained valuable sales skills. I spent a week at the Sales Foundations Academy the in Chapel Hill, NC, and then returned to Statesboro to complete the internship. From all of this, I learned the ins and outs of sales and decided that it was definitely a career option for me. During my time as a camp counselor at YMCA's Camp Lakeside, I learned skills such as leadership, handling group projects, team-building, First Aid/CPR, and even small-craft safety. As a reporter for the George-Anne newspaper at Georgia Southern, I learned to track down sources and persist in attempts to contact those sources, which I believe taught me the persistence I will need when seeking out and trying to arrange meetings with potential buyers. I also learned the importance of deadlines and accomplishing my work on time. I'm an unofficial international ambassador at Georgia Southern University. For the past year, I have been involved with newly-arrived international students, helping them adapt to American culture. This has also taught me to work well with people from different backgrounds while learning to bridge gaps between two different cultures. I continue to maintain healthy cross-cultural friendships with students from over ten different countries. In my spare time, I enjoy writing. I have successfully completed the first draft of a full-length novel, and I'm currently working on TV show screenplay. It is a hobby that I am passionate about and one day hope to pursue actively.