Tiffany Phelps
- National Safety Inspector Administrator
- National Services Group
School Information
School: Purdue University
College Major: Other
Years at College Works: 2007-2008
Career Information
Working For: National Services Group
Title: National Safety Inspector Administrator
Industry: Construction
Brief Description of Duties / Responsibilities:
Decrease company costs due to insurance claims, etc. Ensure the safety of College Works Painting employees by making sure company and other regulatory agency policies are being upheld. Hire, train, and manage safety Inspectors on a national level. Develop job site safety policies and training course materials, audit time sheets and expense reports, review inspectors productivity plans, inspections, and results . Conduct individual weekly meetings with each safety inspector and VP, lead best practices conference call.
What Has Been Your Proudest Accomplishment Post-CWP?The birth of my sons Noah, Luca, and Ezra. Motherhood has been a blessing.
College Works Career Impact
In one sentence, what has CW meant to you?
The College Works Painting internship helped me step out of my normal comfort zone and realize what I can accomplish when I set my mind to it. It has opened the door to options I never considered in the past.
How did your CW experience impact your career? Immediately after graduation? Now?
Created a better opportunity and made me switch career paths. This has allowed me to better provide for my family as well as have a more flexible schedule while still allowing me to advance.
What do you want to tell your clients about what it meant to work with them and how it has helped you get to where you are today?
Thanks for trusting me with such a big responsibility at a young age.
What was the greatest lesson you learned from your CW experience?
You are the only one who can control how successful you are. If you want something, work for it, don’t expect it to get handed to you.
How have the friendships and networks you built during CW affected you?
Although we may now be spread out across the country I am still friends with several of my fellow College Works Painting alum. There were even a few College Works Painting alum in my wedding.
Advice
What advice do you have for potential CW participants? Current CW participants?
You are in control of your own future. If you want something set goals and work towards them. Don’t wait around for things to fall into place. Make them happen.
Many college students struggle to choose between an internship specific to their target industry or doing CW. What advice would you give them on this subject if they wanted to enter your career field?
I did internships in my target industry, however so did all of my peers. It didn’t really set me apart from other applicant the way my experience with College Works Painting did.
What’s your favorite memory from CW?
Go Big Club!
Last words of wisdom?
“The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails.”-John C. Maxwell