{"id":4478,"date":"2024-01-16T13:50:25","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T18:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=4478"},"modified":"2024-01-16T19:38:13","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T00:38:13","slug":"hospitality-to-payroll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2024\/01\/16\/hospitality-to-payroll\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitality to Payroll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">My name is Ciara and I currently live in the Orlando area, home to Walt Disney World, Universal and SeaWorld. My love for Disney is what brought me to this city in 2018 when I completed an internship with Disney at Magic Kingdom theme park in their Outdoor Foods department. It also influenced my decision to pursue a bachelor&#8217;s degree in hospitality and tourism management from the University of Central Florida.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"310\" height=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Ciara-Disney-edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4497\" style=\"width:164px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Ciara-Disney-edited-1.jpg 310w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Ciara-Disney-edited-1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">My Disney College Program Days<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020 when the pandemic shut down the world, I was let go from my internship in the Guest Service Department at Disney and found the company I currently work for, Paylocity. Paylocity is a cutting-edge HR and payroll tech company that offers Software as a Service (To learn more click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paylocity.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.paylocity.com\/\">here<\/a>). I spent a little over 2 years in the client service department as an account manager and team lead. In February of 2023 I transitioned to our implementation team as a team lead helping onboard our new clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am currently pursuing a master&#8217;s in information technology. This is my second semester and I anticipate graduating in fall of this year. In my free time I like to hang out with my husband and our German Shepard, Athena. We enjoy going to all the theme parks that are surrounding us. I am looking forward to attending EPCOT&#8217;s International Festival of the Arts within the next month to try some new food\/drinks and see all the art on display. If you&#8217;re local, I recommend checking it out <a href=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/events-tours\/epcot\/epcot-international-festival-of-the-arts\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/disneyworld.disney.go.com\/events-tours\/epcot\/epcot-international-festival-of-the-arts\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"828\" src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Athena-2-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4501\" style=\"width:219px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Athena-2-edited.jpg 828w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Athena-2-edited-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Athena-2-edited-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Athena-2-edited-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Athena-2-edited-200x200.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 828px) 100vw, 828px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">This is Athena, our 3 year old German Shepard!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My name is Ciara and I currently live in the Orlando area, home to Walt Disney World, Universal and SeaWorld. My love for Disney is what brought me to this city in 2018 when I completed an internship with Disney&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,2],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-4478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spring-2024","category-student","tag-intros"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4478"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4587,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions\/4587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}