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Here is a summer internship that might appeal to a variety of business
majors, located in Westport, MA.
Description of the company including the mission, location, sales and
market coverage. Please include your web URL (if you have it).:
TopGrading Solutions (www.topgradingsolutions.com ) is an MRI Network
affiliate, the world's largest management and professional search firm
with over 1,100 offices in 36 countries. Our office ranked in the top
25% of our 1,100 global offices in 2007. Our office specializes in
Supply Chain within Consumer Goods.
Overview of the internship/coop objectives:
The intern will be heavily involved in internet research, entering
information into our database, and posting information and/or video to
certain websites.
Primary duties and responsibilities:
Most of the duties and responsibilities of the intern will be based from
our computer database. The student will assist the Office Manager with
ongoing database maintenance tasks, helping to make our database
efficient and profitable. He/she will be responsible for use of websites
such as Linkedin (a professional networking site), Indeed and Monster to
search for possible companies and candidates, and heavy use of search
engines like Google, to research missing contact information.
Another major task will be to assist in video projects which include
filming, editing, and posting videos to certain sites, and possibly have
part in redesigning our website, based on the intern's knowledge of web
design.
What will the student learn from this experience?
This position will help to better the student's organizational,
technological, research skills, and knowledge of Microsoft Applications.
The intern will also get an in-depth look into the professional world.
As we help supply chain professionals take their careers to the next
level, the intern will learn the ins and outs of the job searching /
interviewing process – giving them a much better understanding of
exactly what employers are looking for.
Job Title:
Intern/ Internet Researcher
Compensation: to be determined.
Credits
Academic preparation of the student required (graduate, senior, junior,
courses taken, GPA, etc.):
Junior or Senior with an interest in Supply Chain, Operations /
Operations Management, or Sales, students with interest in Film Making /
Production or web design would likely get the most out of an internship
at TopGrading Solutions.
Skills required:
Student must be internet savvy, have good time management skills and be
familiar with Microsoft applications including Word and Outlook.
Experience designing web-pages and posting video to the internet is a plus.
Hours of work:
Flexible / Open to discussion.
Start and end dates:
Summer Internship – June to End of August
Primary supervisor:
Kelly Moura, Office Manager.
To whom should students send resume/application and how?
Students may email their resume/application to
Kelly@topgradingsolutions.com with "Intern Application" in the subject
field.
Deadline for submitting resume/application:
We are accepting resumes/applications at all times. However we are
hoping to fill this internship by the end of May.
How will the student(s) be evaluated?
The student will be evaluated based on the effectiveness and quality of
their work, and the time it takes to complete an assignment.
