#BCTalent Stories: Olivia from Clients First at Directions NA 2024
Olivia from Clients First describes her experience as a new hire in a ReSkill program for Business Central, recorded at Directions NA 2024. It is evidence for how a reskill program is structured, how it builds community, and what learning and networking look like for a junior consultant.
- Introduction and Initial Challenges
- Overcoming Fears and Learning Business Central
- ReSkill Program Structure and Community
- Networking and Meeting the Community
- Speaking at Directions and Conference Experience
- Reflections and Future Plans
Overview
In this short #BCTalent story from Directions NA 2024, Olivia from Clients First talks about starting out as a new hire and working through early challenges and fears while learning Business Central. She says nobody is proficient in every area of the product and that every day is a learning experience.
She describes the ReSkill program as a series of modules that teach what is needed to get started in Business Central. After 9 months she says she has been introduced to a large community of like-minded people who went through the program. She also talks about meeting in person at events people she had only spoken with virtually, speaking at Directions, and looking forward to her first project going live from start to finish.
Key points
- The ReSkill program starts with a series of modules covering the information needed to get started in Business Central.
- After 9 months in the program, Olivia says she had been introduced to a large community of like-minded people who also went through it.
- Her message on learning: nobody is proficient in every area of Business Central, and everyone learns something new every day.
- Events like Directions let people meet in person those they have only spoken with virtually.
- The video covers fears and early challenges for a new hire, networking, and speaking at Directions NA 2024.
- Her next goal is to see her first project go live from start to finish.
Quotes
- 1:00 “nobody is proficient in business Central in every area we all learn something new every day and everyday is a learning experience”
- 1:00 “the res skill program starts with a series of modules where you learn all the information that you need to get started in business”
- 1:41 “after 9 months in the res skill program I’ve been introduced to a large community of like-minded individuals who have also gone through the”
- 2:01 “events like these allow us to meet the people that we’ve spoke with virtually but have never met in person and interact with them”
- 3:21 “looking forward to seeing my first project that i’ll be able to see start to finish go live uh hopefully that’ll be”
Presenters (as heard): Olivia.
