First Seminar

Yesterday was a very exciting, and educating day. As you know it was my first seminar for my internship. It was in Manhattan, in the Lehman Brothers building. As you know, Lehman Brothers is a HUGE investment company.

Ms. Ware and I met up together at her house at 7:30 and then drove together to the bus station. From there we caught a bus, which was packed, to drive through the Holland Tunnel and into Port Authority. We ended up getting there a little late because there was a lot of traffic as always. When we got to Port Authority we met up with Rebecca which took her own bus to meet up with us. We then took a cab to the Lehman Brothers building which was on 50th and 7th.

When we got there, there was a lot of networking going on. Rebecca felt a little out of her comfort zone, but quickly warmed up and felt ok. There were about 15 people that were there and we quickly started to network. The meeting was about ways to hire employees. We learned about different laws that employers have to watch out for and things to ask/not ask during an interview. They gave us a handout of questions that would be great for an interview. It was very helpful.

After the hiring presentation, it was Ms. Wares turn to do hers. I was excited because this was going to be the first time I would see her present. She explain to the audience what Verify-ED was all about, the new service we have called Verify-crED and different cases in the news that have affected small business owners not doing background checks.

After we were done Ms. Ware had a wonderful opportunity to meet some important people in the company. Unfortunately we could not all go, so Ms. Ware asked Rebecca and me if we would mind going out to lunch on our own. We didn’t mind at all so we took off and went to Applebee’s. We all then met back up Port Authority and went home. A really great day!