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I\u2019m a 1st<\/sup> year student at JAMK. When I started looking for my practical training company, I wanted to focus on the behind the scenes features of how companies operate. I felt that knowing what happens at the back helps when bringing yourself forth at any workplace. I settled on Lumena Oy in my hometown of Kouvola and I mainly focused on the duties of an accounting assistant while there.<\/p>\n My first week at Lumena Oy consisted largely of opening mail, filing documents and simple tasks that introduced me to the subject matter of the company I was working for. I was introduced to the work environment and as I grew more proficient with the equipment and environment I was given more responsibilities and projects to work on. I was mainly instructed by the company\u2019s accountant, who happened to be there at the same time as I was. I got to follow her along and gain knowledge about accounting basics as well as creating spreadsheets that she could use in her work.<\/p>\n Half way through my practical training, three of our office employees had their summer vacations and I got to fill some of their workloads. At this point I was handling payments, informing other companies of balance due and overall making progress towards handling myself as a professional in an adult working environment.<\/p>\n The last few weeks were more or less the same, but as I grew more adept at using the program and working inside the office I felt kind of disappointed that I didn\u2019t learn to do all parts of the work the other employees were doing at the office. I feel that in the future knowing accounting standards and laws surrounding employment would have been useful skills to learn there, but as my time at the office grew shorter, I knew I had received valuable experience and knowledge.<\/p>\n In the end, I still feel curious about the more public facing side of the company, as I was working more on the behind the scenes aspect.<\/p>\n \u2018\u2019The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity\u2019\u2019 \u2013 Dorothy Parker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello there! I\u2019m a 1st year student at JAMK. When I started looking for my practical training company, I wanted to focus on the behind the scenes features of how companies operate. I felt that knowing what happens at the back helps when bringing yourself forth at any workplace. I settled on Lumena Oy in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1193,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[80343],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"\n