**Aside - throughout the day, all coke products including water, juice, diet coke are free and are everywhere (in our rooms, in the hallways, in the conference rooms). So today I went to the bathroom about every 30 minutes because I was constantly drinking!
7:00 AM - 8:00 AM - Breakfast catered by the hotel - Ridiculous: pancakes, french toast, bagels/muffins/toast, eggs, omelets, bacon, sausage, oatmeal, biscuits, fruit
8:00 AM - 8:45 AM - Welcome - introduction of old people, new people, and cheering for all the universities represented. Georgia Tech and Emory have the most representation. 3000 applied for the full time jobs and around 50 were selected this year.
8:45 AM - 12:15 PM - Sessions - in small groups, we traveled around to different stations. The stations were Benefits & Payroll, Hiring Paperwork, Interview on Camera for publicity (I answered questions that were filmed to put on the website and to be used in promotion material), "Words of Wisdom" session with people who have been in the program for a year (they gave us lots of good tips!), Coca Cola Jeopardy (my team won).
12:15 PM - 12:30 PM - Group Picture
12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - Lunch - Ridiculous: salad, green beans, fried chicken, ribs, potato salad, cole slaw, beans, macaroni & cheese, biscuits & cornbread, peach cobbler, pecan pie, bread pudding
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Executive Speakers - the CEO (John Brock), VP of North American Business (Steve Cahillane), and VP of HR (Pam Kimmet) gave us an overview of the company, including the upcoming buyout. Coca Cola Company is in the process of buying Coca Cola Enterprises. Coca Cola Enterprises in Northa American will be renamed Coca Cola Refreshment (owned by Coca Cola Company) while Coca Cola Enterprises will operate solely in Europe. Interesting fact, Pepsi has no presence in Europe. Europeans drink wine, beer, tea, and coffee instead of coke.
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM - Afternoon Snack - fruit, nuts, candy, icecream
2:45 PM - 5:30 PM - Vice President Speakers - included a Legal Overview by Coca Cola Enterprise's General Counsel, an IT overview, and a finance overview. Interesting fact, 2009 was a record setting year for Coca Cola financials.
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM - Free time!!! Went to hotel room to rest and change clothes.
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Cocktail party with executives. Didn't get to meet the CEO, but I brainstormed with some interns about how to make the CEO remember me. The only thing we came up with was for me to slap him across the face. But I didn't get a chance to speak with him.
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM - Dinner - roast beef, salmon, & crab, rice, cheesy pasta, salad, rolls, grilled veggies, cupcakes
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM - Coca Cola Olympics!!! I got switched to the pink team, and we won second place overall!!! We had to line up in alphabetical order, hula hoop, shoot basketballs, putt golf balls, build towers out of blocks, ride a tricycle, play ping pong, jump rope, and create a cheer
BUSY DAY!!!
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