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Career Center Intern by Amanda Chaffin

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Working for the DePaul Career Center has been an interesting and exciting journey. I have been with the Career Center since October, and have really been able to immerse myself in what it truly means to be an intern there. The Career Center has evolved like crazy since I first began, and it continues to every day. There are approximately 30 full-time faculty members plus student workers and interns. Within the Career Center, there are different departments and teams, and I am a part of the Employer Engagement team.

I primarily work with employers but I also work with other teams within the Career Center to ensure that employers that are choosing to recruit DePaul students, especially through the use of our services, are satisfied and have the resources and support they need. On a daily basis, I communicate with employers for various reasons. I often speak with them about how to best reach our students, what they can do to get involved on campus, how they can increase their brand awareness on campus, and so much more. The first resource I usually set employers up with is Handshake, which is our primary job board on campus at DePaul. I also manage Handshake and DePaul’s presence on the platform, so I have the responsibility of maintaining DePaul’s brand image and I am currently working on how we can better market attractive job postings to our students. I also work with employers to access our other services on Handshake, such as getting involved in our events, job and internship fairs, and also with our on-campus interviewing option. I manage on-campus interviewing and the relationships with employers who are interested in interviewing our students on campus. Building these relationships has helped me to understand the importance of having strong communication skills, and a strong team to back you up.

I also work on unique projects that my supervisors will have, such as creating marketing content for certain events and fairs, which has been extremely fun! The one most important thing that I think I have learned throughout my time at the Career Center is how crucial having good marketing is. There have been times in which I have felt like we could be doing a better job getting the word out about our services and really showing students, employers, and alumni the value in the services we offer. Overall, I have learned so many important things throughout my internship, including patience.

My position is not always the most glamorous or exciting, and I have learned the true value in staying patient and understanding how important it is to be adjustable. All of the things I have taken away from the Career Center will be useful in all of my future positions, and for that, I am extremely grateful. Working with people whose job is to help students become career-ready has been a blessing, and I hope that I have been able to be as much of an asset to them as they have to me. The culture of the Career Center is one of a kind, and they are all such an understanding, fun, and diverse group.

Univision Intern by Adrian Acciardo

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Working at a media company, specializing in television, radio, and digital, the departments that make up the company are numerous, such as sales/marketing, creative services, production, human resources, reporting, talent, and more. Therefore, my role lies within the sales/marketing department, specifically in the research department. As a Research Intern, my day-to-day at Univision varies depending on the weekday.  For example, Tuesdays start with the weekly sales/marketing meeting, beginning with the Account Executives recapping their past week’s successes, followed by an update from managers on inventory, pricing, and other updates affecting the market.  Next, the Director of Creative Services discusses changes in programming as well as recent home-produced promotions and advertisements for clients.  The meeting then finishes with an update from research, which consists of ratings updates for both TV and radio, as well as updates on new category research.  Although the Local Research Director presents this information in the weekly meeting, I still work with all the ratings programs and understand and replicate the same type of ratings reports for category presentations and specific client presentations, even more of a customized ratings pull than a simple station pull.

The conversation of ratings takes up much of our time in the Research Department, and for good reason.  As a media company, our profits, which are generated from advertisement sales, whose spot rates are determined by impressions (amount of people watching/listening on radio), therefore depend on the quality of our programming. Therefore, by pulling ratings reports by program, we are able to analyze ratings trends amongst various programs and use that to determine which programming is worth the investment, and which needs to be cancelled.  The priority concern lies on sports, news, and debuting series and novelas, as the first two are linear media’s competitive advantage in a crowded media marketplace.  Given that I work for the Local Research Department in Chicago, we only concern ourselves with how local programming is doing in the Chicago market, where as network research would handle ratings reports for network programming.  That said, Univision is an international media outlet with stations and affiliates in over 50 markets in the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Mexico.

Apart from ratings reports, I have also been added to the social media committee as the company looks to redesign its social media strategy for both its talents’ pages as well as its own.  I have contributed insight into how we can improve our appeal on Instagram via different posting methods, both for publications and stories.  Additionally, I help fulfill weekly internal requests from managers looking for category information or competitive spending reports. Lastly, we also get requests from the Account Executives looking for client specific reports on their industry and even more specific than that.  For example, with automotive advertising representing one third of our advertising revenue, we place a special focus on our research capabilities for the automotive industry, investing in POLK data which allows us to see how any specific dealer compares to those others in the DMA, in its PMA, or really in any type of geographical radius we desire.

To offer a personal reflection on time at Univision, I will start by acknowledging I wouldn’t be where I am today without the faith the company put in me back in 2017.  Since then, I have developed as a professional adult, with advanced skills in market research that have helped me secure a post-graduation job with Ipsos. Without the knowledge, professionalism, and confidence my experience at Univision has instilled in me, I would not be accomplishing such goals immediately following my graduation from DePaul.  For that, as well as being able to work in a vibrant culture with amazing people, I thank Univision for the opportunity to grow and develop myself while still in college.

Borgen Project Intern by Gracie Saucedo-Rivera

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I work for a nonprofit interest group that takes political action to achieve their goal: aleviating global poverty. The Borgen Project has two major functions. One, which is made up of interns and volunteers, work to connect people to their representatives in an effort to make the people’s voices heard. They also introduce legislative acts that correlate with the organization’s mission: to ease the circumstances of people living in poverty.

The second branch of the organization is held by lobbyists and organization officials between Washington, D.C. and the organization’s headquarters in Washington state. These people rely on relationships and general interest (accrued or introduced by the former branch) to make sure bills and legislation is made law, or that budgets are funded, or that funding goes toward one issue or another. Thus, the organization is made up of political affairs, PR/marketing, journalists, and administrators.

My weeks as a PR/Marketing intern is organized in tidy checklists. Each week, I look to my PR Google Document, which both myself and my team manager have access to, and I complete each task one at a time. When I finish them, I simple cross them off and type up a quick summary of the action. The simplicity of this routine is helpful to me for a couple of reasons. First, it is easy for me to stay on track when I can preview each of my tasks and goals week to week. Secondly, attatched to each task is an explanitory description and, usually, examples and photos of previous interns completed tasks.

Each week, I begin by calling my two Chicago senators, Tammy Duckworth and Dick Durbin, plus my representative here in the 4th district, Mike Quigley. By now, I know their phone numbers by heart. My phone call has become a weekly ritual and the interns working at the congressional offices expect my call on Fridays. When they answer, I greet them by name and tell them the reason for my call: I am asking the senator or representative to support one bill or another. The Borgen Project pushes bills that grant aid or attention to populations in poverty. Currently, we’re pushing a bill that would give money to schools and academic establishments with the goal of making education and autonomy to girls in poverned nations.

This week was a social week. I implimented a “Mile Campaign” where I spent the day walking across a mile radious of DePaul’s Lincoln Park campus and spoke with passerbys about The Borgen Project and all they aim to do. It was an interesting change of pace to be able to get offline and away from the social media approach of mobilization and instead mobilize on foot.

I walked around campus, in front of the Student Center, in front of Whole Foods, through the Arts & Letters building talking to the few students here and there who were willing to look up at their phones and were intruiged by my attempt to talk to anybody who would lock eyes with me. Over the day, I chatted with a few students about their experiences communicating with their representatives and telling others about their Chicago representatives. A few had a sense of Congress’s role in legislation but few of them considered their congressmen as the best person to report their concerns to, many of them feeling like it would be a waste of time.

The Mile Campaign was a great way to spread The Borgen Project’s name to students. As a relatively small nonprofit, the organization suffers from lack of exposure. This is where PR/Marketing interns come in, with their main objective being exposure and acknowledgement in certain communities. Currently, The Borgen Project is most known by civil rights organizations that organize at a national level, but are not very known amongst people who could be utelizing their services and tools to communicate with their congressment.

Over the course of my internship, I’ve learned a lot about the value of organization recognition and awareness. Specifically, I’ve reconized that much of marketing is about making an organization or product visable and recognizable to people who are interested. Those who are not previously interested in a cause or have a need for some product may never be persuaded. Yet, when marketed towards the right audiance, which in my case was students and local activists, my organization’s message can grab the attention of supporters and futhermore will be passed on within the community.

Tide Cleaners Intern by Amber Mekled

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I take a sip of my Americano as I walk out of the Starbucks on Armitage towards Tide Cleaners. It’s become my ritual every Monday and Wednesday to grab a midday coffee before starting work at 4:30pm to give me the extra boost I needed after a long day of classes. I swipe my card to get into the Tide Cleaners Armitage office. Doubling as a public location for our customers to drop-off their dry cleaning in one of the on-site lockers, I smile at a customer who is there placing an order as I make my way to the back where the office space begins.

As I walk through the door, I’m immediately greeted by our Field Marketing Manager Paul, who I can always expect a warm welcome from every time I come in. The work culture at Tide is lively – with chatting and collaborating being the norm in our open office space. The synergy between the employees is one of the many reasons why I love working here and feel motivated to perform well.

Being part of a completely new industry, the employees here work extremely hard to continue the growth of the company and create innovative ideas that will set us apart from competitors. Tide Cleaners is an online, on-demand dry cleaning service where customers can drop off their clothing in one of our 24/7-accessible lockers and get it returned to them in a couple days using our app. Originally founded as Pressbox, the company was acquired last year by P&G and has seen significant growth to employing 200 people across eight different markets across the country after becoming Tide Cleaners. With the Chicago office space barely fitting the 20 full-time employees who are working out of it, everyone is getting excited for the big move to a new office in River North next month.

After checking in with Vanessa, who is the intern supervisor, I walk to the supply room where I begin to gather everything I need for my Cupcakes & Rose event that I would be heading to within the hour. As one of five interns working here, I am responsible for executing community events at apartment buildings across Chicago that have our Tide Cleaners lockers. Each intern here has their own designated nights that they work, but we are always in communication with one another through our intern’s Slack channel to ensure we are best prepared for our events by sharing ideas on how to elevate the consumer experience during them. The most unique part about this role is that we are essentially the face of Tide Cleaners by being the only interaction that customers have with our employees since the service is completely app-based. This is why the interns are seen as a vital part of the company by ensuring that customers are getting the best possible experience at these events.

Every event is different – with a variance in theme, size and what to expect. Our supervisor notifies the interns each week of the events that we will be working and the relevant information we need before going by sending out Google calendar invites and updating a shared Google sheet. From there, its up to us to be responsible for executing these events successfully. The goal for every event is to draw in new customers by explaining the service, getting them to download our app and ultimately having them place an order with us that night.

One fun aspect of the job is having the ability to get creative when it comes to how to attract new customers and build a stronger relationship with the existing customers we talk to. It has forced me to become more innovative and to push myself out of my comfort zone in order to best communicate our unique service to each person I interact with. I have learned so far that it is not only about getting the customer to place an order, but to make the experience with our brand a memorable one. This is what will result in loyal customers and in turn increased growth of the company. With supportive leaders, a collaborative work environment and opportunities to be creative with new ideas, I could not ask for a better internship for my spring quarter of my senior year.

 

United Airlines Intern- Michaela Hrbacek

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I work for United Airlines as the Community Affairs Intern. The community affairs department focuses on building and maintaining partnerships with non-profits and building employee engagement and volunteering programs. Employee engagement in volunteering helps work culture, promotes team building and passionate community members, and most importantly benefits those served by volunteers.

United Airlines has over 82,000 employees living on 6 continents. The employees, as well as the customers, are global, which means always being respectful and culturally aware of those around you. There’s a huge variety of careers at United—there are pilots, flight attendants, operations & logistics, corporate support, and so many other roles. United wants their employees happy with the work they are doing, so moving around and changing career paths within the company is very popular and even encouraged.

As the intern in the department, I ran the Adventure Bear program, which is where groups of employees visit nearby children’s hospitals to distribute our Ben Flyin’ teddy bear and activity books. On top of that, I have aided in building out employee volunteer activities with local non-profits in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Denver, and Newark/New York.  My day-to-day activities usually include a lot of communications—I’m either on my e-mail or on the phone, talking with my coworkers in different regions around the U.S., or talking with outside organizations and coordinating events and programs for employees.

While I’m cooped behind a desk most of the time, I get to do really cool things out of the office as well. Just last week, I went to the American Cancer Society’s Discovery Ball Gala, which included huge companies like Boeing as well as political and celebrity figures like Rahm Emmanuel and James Corden. It’s really cool that I was able to go to the Gala, and sit second row, as an intern. We also do big volunteer events that I get to help logistically set up, and then execute day of. We did a food packaging event where almost 300,000 meals were packed by the top officers and executives at United. It was great to see their passion and commitment to underserved communities. It creates a great company culture, and definitely rubs off on the employees.

I’ve really enjoyed my position at United as a Community Affairs Intern. It’s been great to develop my communication skills—making sure I am concise and clear, getting all pertinent information out there without adding in confusing details. I’ve also been able to develop my skills with Microsoft Office, and most significantly, my excel skills. I’ve been able to work with many departments within the company—government affairs, environmental affairs, and PR, just to name a few. It’s nice to be able to network and create awesome opportunities. I’ve had a great experience so far, and look forward to continuing my work here. The flight benefits don’t hurt either.

Sales and Guest Service Intern at Entertainment Cruises – Christine Jengwa

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Chicago is known for its beautiful skyline with tall buildings. Being a student in business, I always wanted to work in one of the “tall buildings”. I am fortunate enough to be able to walk into the NBC Tower every day for my internship (pictured on the right).

17Being a Sales and Guest Service Intern at Entertainment Cruises has taught me a lot about human interactions. Day in and day out I am on the phone helping guests create unforgettable memories on our lunch, dinner, and excursion cruises. I deal with a large variety of phone calls. Anything as small as what shoes am I allowed to wear on the cruise from something as big as planning an engagement on the cruise.

Being the romantic loving, sappy girl I am, helping a nervous man organize his reservation for the big proposal is extremely exciting. Every day I not only get to do my job of serving guests and creating reservations for them, I also get to hear their stories. Hearing about guests who went on our cruises years ago and are now returning with their daughters and sons are what makes this job easy to go to each and every day.

There are about 5,000 employees in our company, yet I feel like they are always catering to each and every one of us as if there were only ten. Being an intern, I am fortunate enough to be able to jump onto projects to better improve our company. The latest project I got to be a part of was analyzing the calls from our new line of excursion cruises and tailoring our website to better serve these guests.

18As my time at Entertainment Cruises is about to wrap up, I reflect on the transferable skills that I have gained for future opportunities. I got the chance to work directly with our guests and truly understand how to tailor to their needs. Being on the phone for eight hours a day can be draining, but here at Entertainment Cruises it truly teaches you what the consumers are thinking. Consumers are what drives companies. Getting the hands on experience of guest service is something I will bring with me to my future career.

I have a few weeks left here at the NBC Tower for Entertainment Cruises. This internship has taught me valuable people skills and I have enjoyed my time here. I have a few free cruises to enjoy, as a perk of working at this company. I am excited to get to enjoy them in these next weeks (on the ship pictured above). There is one large thing I hope to fulfill before my time is done. I hope to run into Steve Harvey at the NBC Tower. I have been preparing my elevator speech for this single moment.

Blackhawks Intern- Zoe Schmerin

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1They always say that no two days are the same and that is exactly true when you’re on the street team for the Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Club. Things change during the year, hockey season comes and goes, but the street team is ongoing. Events all around Chicago want to feature the Blackhawks and the Blackhawks want to get their name out into the public for the sake of their fans. That’s where I come in, my coworkers and I are the ones at these events, the ones people see as the face of the Blackhawks and sometimes the first experience people have with the organization. The job is broken into two parts; game day staff and event staff. Let’s discuss them both.

Game day staff is the best part, the time everyone looks forward to. If you aren’t into being at hockey games and taking in that atmosphere maybe this isn’t the right position for you. Games are exciting, so much can happen and it can happen quickly. The positions are chosen at random and range from helping silent auction, manning a sign creation station, getting people excited about the kid’s club, and T-shirts. If I had to choose my favorite I would pick T-shirts every time. This season, the club implemented t-shirt Sunday where every period shirts were thrown and dropped from the parachutes.

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What most people don’t know is that someone needs to actually fill the machine that drops those parachutes all the way up in the rafters. These games were filled with heading up to the rafters, filling the machines and then heading back down to help the Ice Girls throw shirts to fans and repeating. It might seem like a routine but during the games anything can change and you might find yourself delivering presents to season ticket holders for a ticket sales representative. Words of advice, take charge and think on your feet. As I said things change and sometimes you might need to handle a situation meant for someone with higher rank than you.

3Now we go to event staff, these events range from those put on for sponsors and those put on outside of the United Center at festivals and events throughout the Chicagoland area. Generally, only 5 people go to these and there is no “higher up” heading out with you. You load up the cruiser, read the event description on the way, put a smile on your face and make sure these fans have the times of their lives. Questions come from all angles and sometimes you might not know the answer, ITS OKAY TO TELL THEM THAT. The last thing you want is to tell someone something wrong and disappoint them. Let them know that you will ask your supervisor and have them check back for the answer. Events can be long, and people can get annoying but that’s all part of the day and of the job. Over all it’s exciting, it’s fun, and it’s an unforgettable experience.  For someone interested in sports and finding a way in, this is the way to go. Join the street team, make your connections, and keep them for as long as you may need. Most of all, HAVE FUN!

Rent Like a Champion Intern- Paul Schwarz

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From Corporate to Startup: The Benefits of Interning for a Startup Company

By: Paul Schwarz, DePaul University Marketing Student August 2017 Graduate

1What is Rent Like A Champion?
Three Notre Dame college students listed a vacant apartment on Craigslist and eBay, promoting it as a weekend rental for a football game. Dedicated fans quickly rented the space, grateful to stay somewhere more affordable, and closer, to the stadium.

The immediate success Derrick, Drew, and Jordan experienced evolved into a big game event renting platform, Rent Like A Champion. The company now offer home rentals in over twenty college towns nationwide. Rent Like A Champion is stationed out of Catapult Chicago, the well-known incubator for startup companies whose sales promise to scale quickly.

Rent Like A Champion was featured on the popular television show, Shark Tank, inevitably soaring recognition and sales for the young company after signing a contract with “Sharks,” Mark Cuban and Chris Sacca. The startup team, however, remains small with only seven members: Mike (CEO), Denise, Betty, Hank, Claire, Dave, and Tim.

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Gratefully, I was given the opportunity to intern for Rent Like A Champion. A phone
interview was followed by an in-person meeting with the CEO, Mike Doyle. I was anxious to learn I was the new intern for this becoming company. I’ve always felt a passion in entrepreneurship, so I was eager to observe the processes involved in a newer company. However, I have had several other internships prior to this experience, all of which were for large, corporate organizations.

The small, intimate environment, however, created a smooth and comfortable transition into this less familiar atmosphere. The team gave me a company branded t-shirt, coffee mug, and office supplies. After a brief introduction, Mike organized for me to individually meet with each member of the team to better understand their personal role as well as their background before working at Rent Like A Champion.

My experiences working for companies with thousands of employees made it impossible to know everyone. This smaller environment allowed me to personally engage with every member

of the team so that not only was I learning and gaining skills within my own role but I was learning of all the tasks required to operate the company as a whole. Ultimately, this unique company culture created a personable, intimate environment to work in and it highlighted the value of everyone involved in creating a single company.

Daily Tasks

My role at Rent Like A Champion was Business Development. This required me to call on past renters to drive demand during top sport events at the biggest marketed universities, maximize a city’s potential by finding prospective partners within youth sports and other events, and to maintain exceptional customer experience for current consumers.

Unlike interning for a corporation where your title determines your role within the company, startups aren’t limited by labels. To keep strong against competitors, new companies require constant creativity and innovation, skills encouraged by everyone belonging to the company. This unique aspect of younger companies allows you to expand beyond any single role.

Personal Reflection

My experiences prior to interning for Rent Like A Champion at large, corporate companies offered me insight into two different business cultures. There are distinct pros and cons between each setting and, ultimately, understanding your personality as well as your personal and professional goals can help determine where you will find the greatest success.

I recommend to anyone who values interpersonal skills and the ability to learn the processes of the beginning of a company to intern for a startup. I recommend to anyone who dreams of owning their own business one day to intern for a startup. I recommend to anyone who enjoys working within the corporate world but wants to experience a laid-back, welcoming environment to intern for a startup. My experience at Rent Like A Champion is invaluable and I am grateful for the opportunity to work alongside men and women who valued the unique skills I could offer the team and encouraged me to think critically, creatively, and innovatively. I left the internship confirming my true passion: to start up my own company.

Chicago Fire Intern- Jack Waite

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This summer I have had a wonderful opportunity and experience to be able to work within the Chicago Fire Soccer Club organization as a marketing and events intern. Specifically, I spend most of my time focuses on a specific department within the organization, the club ran recreational soccer league. This department is not only one of the mo st successful areas of the clubs business, but it also is the department that interacts the most with the organizations target market. The interaction on a daily basis outside a conventional has been a great learning experience and has given me insight on numerous strategies for the sports industry. As usual for a professional team, the Fire organization is large which can sometimes be overwhelming and prove to be a challenging place to learn as just a small fish in a large pond. However, working closely on a team of about ten people within a specific department has been extremely beneficial.

In realm of an events intern, day-to-day activities for this internship have remained fairly constant with exception of specific events such as Team USA game watches, tournaments, Fire matches, and other events. The main aspect of this area of the internship is to be at the events and make sure everything runs smoothly giving the fans and recreational players the best experience as possible. However, as a marketing intern my duties and projects fluctuate on a daily basis. Once a week the team sits down to go over the game plan for the day and week, communicate issues and opportunities, and to also brainstorm innovative ideas that would benefit not only the recreational soccer department, but also the organization as a whole. Recently I have brought many ideas to the table regarding the issues I set forth in my marketing plan. My hope is that these ideas and the plan that brought to the table will translate to a greater connection with the team and our specific department of recreational soccer. Additionally, there are some days and nights that I work intensively with the digital and social media specialist. Digital and social media is continuing to grow as a dominant marketing strategy which will prove to be crucial in my overall experience of learning the in’s and out’s of marketing. This aspect of the internship has also allowed me to be extremely creative and innovative which will become a key asset of mine in the future due to this experience. Furthermore, as in all areas of business, including marketing, there is definitely a sales aspect to the internship. Throughout the events and recreational league matches I am charged with the duty to collect payments from teams. Having to promote and sell has definitely gone a long way in developing me not only as a sales person, but also as a speaker to complete strangers, which has shifted from a personal weakness to strength due to this internship.

Overall, I believe this has been a great experience because I have been exposed to many areas of working with a professional sports team rather than just solely marketing. At first there was definitely more of a focus of the events portion of the internship but being proactive I reached out to my supervisor and sought more responsibilities within the marketing space. This led me to being much more involved with social and digital media which I believe has been the most beneficial aspect of the internship because it has allowed me to analyze consumer trends, and implement creative ideas based on my findings. In the end this internship will help me in the future because it has given me a diverse and broad learning experience.

3M Intern- Jake Boria

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This summer I have been an intern for 3M. In this internship I am a sales representative, and work out of Austin, Texas. I am stationed within the Communications Market Division and the team I work for deals closely with AT&T. However, my internship didn’t start in Austin and I’ll explain that now. In the middle of May me and 34 other interns headed to 3M headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota for our internship orientation. Here we first gained access to the 3M system, and got settled in with new emails, computers, and phones. During our time in headquarters were taught the 3M sales model and got a greater understanding of 3M as a whole. However, that is a big task to do. 3M is a company composed of over 88,000 thousand employees globally and sells and manufactures over 55,000 products. Each and every intern had a different job and was assigned to different locations around the country. Before we left for our assignments however we did get to see some amazing this happening at 3M headquarters. For example, we got to tour the 3M Innovation center and you can see a picture of a few fellow interns and myself below.

During my time in Austin I have had a few different responsibilities. My largest comes from performing product trainings for our fiber products to AT&T tech garages. I have spent a few weeks in Houston and even spent time in Madison and Milwaukee WI. Below is a picture of a co-worker of mine conducting product training while I shadowed him in, Houston.JakeB1

On top of these product training’s I have spent a lot of time in the office doing some account analysis and finding key opportunities to sell and push several of our product lines. By bridging the gaps between product sales I have been able to identify tech garages nationally that should be a point of interest for our division. Lastly, I have spent a lot of time on salesforce.com and have helped conduct a salesforce.com ‘playbook’ for our AT&T team. A struggle that existed was confusion with a new CRM system, and hopefully through several meetings that I have lead I have made salesforce.com more simplified and easy to use.

This internship has taught me many things about both the job and myself. The most important thing that I have learned this summer is that it is okay to take on challenges that do not directly relate to your skill set. By getting familiar with excel and doing some account analysis I have been able to strengthen my skillset and have added value to the division in which I was placed. In terms of the job, I have learned that organization is so important for any field sales position, and by being organized with planning sales calls and visits you can truly be the most effective. I have loved my experience and have truly learned more than I thought was imaginable. My time in Austin has been wonderful, and I am glad I could intern for such a well respected and highly performing company.