Savanna Quinn-Featured Intern

Food Service Specialties started out in 1985 by fulfilling a customer’s request to match and produce their unique pizza sauce. This concept blossomed into the successful business FSS is today. While they started making sauce because of a single customer’s request, they quickly realized that the Pizzeria/Italian restaurant industry had a real need for them as a business partner. They specialize in making custom tomato and dairy based sauces. Our modern manufacturing plant is completely dedicated to private label production. Products produced in our facility are found in restaurants, frozen food manufacturing, and the retail grocery industries

As a HR intern, I was responsible for a wide variety of things. I helped with payroll, setting up for interviews and training, writing job descriptions and legal documents, and helping with daily tasks. I learned that you are never going to be doing the same thing each day. You have to take it day by day and be prepared for whatever comes your way. My goal was to see what it was like to be in a Human Resources department and learn as much as I could about laws and the overall requirements that must be met. I would say that I learned more than I ever thought was possible! 

After going through this internship I can see myself doing this as my career. You must be very organized and be able to handle a wide variety of problems. 

My advice to fellow students is - take an internship! It was a great experience! I gained so much knowledge about this industry and had so much fun! Do not be afraid to ask questions while you are working and take notes, that is what they are there for!