环境实习导致爱玛客在蒙特雷湾水族馆的工作

迈克尔·希曼爱玛客环境实习生艾斯洛玛尔在蒙特雷会议中心,加利福尼亚,协助环境管理体系认证,提高艾斯洛玛尔的可持续食品和饮料项目,加强废物转移工作。实习结束时,他被聘为环境和采购经理爱玛客在蒙特雷湾水族馆。

当我学会了在爱玛客环境实习的职位,我都欣然接受这个机会。多年来,我不得不找到解决环境挑战我见证了我在世界各地旅行。与爱玛客通过我的实习,我发现自己是解决方案的一部分比我所想象的规模要大得多:帮助促进环境管理工作时一个数十亿美元的公司。我在新泽西长大,回收报纸和骑我的自行车是我年轻时的环境管理工作的程度。作为一个年轻的成年人,我开始了解小环境保护实际上是在全球范围内实行,在我前往中美洲和南美洲,我看到环境退化从污染水道到广泛的垃圾。经过几年的工作和旅行的一些地球上最美丽的地方,我选择回到研究生院在加州,一个国家与重大环境进步。对我来说,这是最理想的地方去追求一个研究生学位在国际环境政策在蒙特雷国际研究学院。也给我提供了一个很好的机会来研究当地企业环境管理的最前沿。尽管这是一个不同的职业道路比我预期对我自己来说,我发现爱玛客环境实习项目是一个独特的机会。实习给了我一个机会来支持环境管理计划在关键操作角色与一个国际公司,给我提供了一窥一个巨大的食物和设施服务操作的实际需要,和给了我一个巨大的现实。 As I pursued my goal of advancing environmental acumen during my internship, I learned several important lessons, especially about communicating to the wide variety of audiences I would interact with on a daily basis. I was working with everyone from college students to football fans to employees -- some who spoke only Spanish. To educate each audience to do the same thing -- place recyclable items in the right container for example -- I needed to communicate that what they were about to throw away had value as a recyclable material. I learned that it takes patience and creativity to communicate well with diverse audiences and that each individual needs to know the benefit of what you’re asking them to do. And I even got to put my Spanish-speaking skills to good use. The knowledge I gained in learning how to communicate with employees and guests, along with an understanding of ARAMARK’s sustainability initiatives, particularly in successfully integrating environmental solutions within a large operation, put me in a great position to secure a job with ARAMARK at the Monterey Bay Aquarium when the position of Environmental and Purchasing Manager became available. I went back to graduate school to learn to effect large social change; to help educate people to care for the Earth and our environment. If I never expected it to be this hard, I was in denial or maybe just naive. My internship with ARAMARK, and my current role as an Environmental and Purchasing Manager with ARAMARK at Monterey Bay Aquarium, has shown me just how large the challenges that I’ve chosen to face really are, and while it seems overwhelming at times, I am learning to break off small pieces to work on each on a more manageable scale. ARAMARK's Environmental Internship Program, hosted in partnership with the Student Conservation Association (SCA), is designed to meet a growing need for employees who have a practical understanding of environmental initiatives plus fundamental business knowledge. Interns are hired for a period of 6 to 9 months to work at one ARAMARK client location where they focus on specific environmental initiatives while finding the right balance between fiscal responsibility and models of operational excellence. To learn more or apply for a 2012 position, visit ARAMARK’s website (点击这里)。SCA19229