National Beef
Address: 2000 E Trail St, Dodge City, KS
Phone: (620)227-7135
Main website: https://manage.nationalbeef.com/careers/kiosk/dodge-city-ks
General Information
National beef is a meat packing plant with two locations in southwest Kansas. One being in Dodge city and the other in Liberal. They produce a huge quantity of meat and ship it out across the United States. The company was founded back in 1992 and since then has grown to a decent size.
Why am I interested?
I have heard many good things about the company. They provide employment benefits and a stable job. Recently they have posted a job listing looking for a network administrator which is in the field I’m studying. The Second point is that I would only a five-to-ten-minute drive as it is in my hometown. The third point would be getting experience in a decent size corporation. Which could help me with making connections with other people that I am working with. The last point would be that they give back to the community. I remember them providing turkeys to people that did not have one on thanksgiving last year.
Questions
- How is the culture in the company, is it friendly or is it strict?
- Will there be training for concepts that I don’t understand, or will I have to figure it out on my own?
- What are the workdays like? Will it be a twelve-hour shift or an eight-hour shift?
- Is it possible to move up the ladder in the company or is it stagnate?
HaysMed
Address: 2220 Canterbury Dr, Hays, KS
Phone: (855)429-7633 or (785)623-5637
Website: https://www.haysmed.com/
Contact: Human Resources
General Information
Hays Med is the company that owns the hospital here in Hays Kansas. They provide treatments and are known for their care in this part in the region. They are also a cancer center, so they do provide care towards patients with cancer. They provide other care as well they are just mainly known for cancer care.
Why am I interested?
Currently I am in Capstone Seminar in Informatics. My project for that class is to be working with Hays Med via internship. I feel like it will be a neat opportunity to get experience with them. However, they could offer a full-time job if the project goes well. It is only a two-hour drive away from family so that is a plus. They do offer decent benefits while working for them.
Questions
- How much training will I receive If I don’t understand a concept.
- Will there be opportunities to move up the chain of command or will It be only raises?
- What will the culture be like since I have not started my internship there?
Cargill
Address: 3201 US 400 Dodge City, KS
Phone: (620)225-2610
Main Website: https://www.cargill.com/home
General Information
They are another meat packing plant in dodge city. They are an international company with building across the world. They produce a decent amount of meat daily which gets ship across the world. However, most of it does stay within the United States.
Why am I interested?
I have heard many good things about the company. Its about like national beef. They do provide a stable job and employment benefits. They do have job openings in my field time to time. However, they do want experience for those job openings. It is in the same town I live in, and it would only be a five-to-ten-minute drive to work. It would great to get experience from a big corporation such as them. The last interesting, thing I find about them is they do give back to the community time to time.
Questions
- How is the culture in the company, is it friendly or is it strict?
- Will there be training for concepts that I don’t understand, or will I have to figure it out on my own?
- What are the workdays like? Will it be a twelve-hour shift or an eight-hour shift?
- Is it possible to climb the ladder to an international level job?
Koch Industries
Address: 11559 US-50, Dodge City, KS
Phone: (620)227-8631
Main Website: https://www.kochind.com
General Information
Koch Industries does multiple things. The one in Dodge city is a fertilizer plant. However, they do make fuel or construction materials for houses and commercial buildings. They do have contracts with the US military for making military grade equipment. Overall, they create multiple products and improve on those products as well.
Why am I interested?
there is a huge amount of information that you could learn from them. They provide great benefits, and it would be a stable job. It is a very short drive from where I live which is about five minutes. They are known to have a good reputation there in dodge city. if they have a job opening normally it is filled very quickly. Overall I have just heard a decent amount of good things from people that work there.
Questions
- Would I be traveling around the local region do to my job or will it just be at one facility?
- What is the culture like when working a Koch?
- Will there be any opportunity’s to climb up the ladder or will I have to apply again to move up?
- How many hour would I be working during a workday?
References
“Hays Medical Center .” HAYSMED, https://www.haysmed.com/.
“Helping The World Thrive.” Cargill, https://www.cargill.com/home.
“Join Our Family in Dodge City or Liberal, Kansas.” National Beef, https://www.nationalbeef.com/Careers/Campaign/Kansas-Jobs?utm_source=google&utm_medium=ppc&utm_campaign=est2534DodgeCity&gclid=Cj0KCQiAmKiQBhClARIsAKtSj-kTLtQmKju1cCcRc4QBHbbFi4aTqZ0xa2dOGvF_Ix-rKVIZsa1qi3saAnDnEALw_wcB.
“KOCH.” Creating Value. Transforming Life. | Koch Industries, https://www.kochind.com/.
Hi Justin! I too would prefer to stay local to my hometown after graduation. You mentioned that for your capstone project you’ll be interning at Hays Med and that its a 2 hour drive from home. Are you planning to drive daily or move temporarily or is the internship remote? That is just my pure curiosity. I plan on taking my Capstone course soon and I’ve been wondering how that works.