The semester is underway and if you have at least junior standing (60 credits earned), you may be able to earn 3 credits for a business elective by completing an internship. The toughest part is landing an acceptable internship. We have a few postings that have come in over the last week or so that I want to make sure everyone knows about. If you are interested in any of these opportunities, follow the link to the internship blog to read more and respond quickly with a resume and cover letter. If you do land an internship within the next week or two, I will be able to enroll you into the internship class (which is required to earn the credits). The internship class is 100% online and quite manageable. If you already have 6 classes, you will need permission of the CCB Associate Dean to add another class. Keep in mind that on this Monday, September 10, 2012 / Woodland Commons / 1pm-4pm, UMD holds its Work n Serve Job Fair. Some students get internship leads from attendance at that event.
Here's some other leads (you may have to copy and paste the links into your browser):
A Westport CPA firm is looking for an intern. This firm, is James Driscoll, CPA is a good small practitioner - always a great way to get introduced to the world of public accounting.
http://www.businessinternships.blogspot.com/2012/09/westport-cpa-firm-looking-for-interns.html
Recruiting firm in North Attleboro is looking for an HR intern for Fall 2012. This might be very interesting for an HR major.
http://www.businessinternships.blogspot.com/2012/09/hr-internship-fall-2012.html
Catholic Social Services is looking for an outreach intern in the New Bedford/Fall River area. This would be a good opportunity for a marketing major.
http://www.businessinternships.blogspot.com/2012/09/outreach-intern-unpaid.html
Senator Michael Rodrigues, a good friend of CCB and an alum of UMD and a fine legislator. He is looking for a Fall 2012 intern in his Beacon Hill. This is unpaid but will provide general administrative experience in a busy office of a State Senator.
http://www.businessinternships.blogspot.com/2012/09/internship-in-senator-rodrigues-office.html
Lapointe Insurance in Fall River is looking for an intern to perform a variety of marketing tasks as a Internet and Social Media Marketing Assistant. The company is very well run and the principals are great people. I highly recommend this opportunity.
http://www.businessinternships.blogspot.com/2012/08/fall-river-based-paid-internship.html
Gallagher Koster located in Quincy, MA is offering a customer service internship. We have had other UMD interns at this company with positive feedback. This is a paid position.
http://www.businessinternships.blogspot.com/2012/08/client-services-intern-paid-quincy-ma.html
Southcoast Hospital Group is interested in many types of internships but have specifically requested interns in the area of MIS and Strategic Planning. These are unpaid but offer excellent experience.
http://www.businessinternships.blogspot.com/2012/08/mis-and-strategic-planning-department.html
There are a few other nonprofit internship postings on the blog that might be of interest to you including Blue Cross/Blue Shield of RI. I suggest you poke around in the August archives of the blog as many of these are still open positions.
Also, if you go down the page of the Internship Blog (http://www.businessinternships.blogspot.com/) and look for the Blog Archive, you can review other possible open internships. Also, think about subscribing to the blog so you can get daily alerts of new postings. I also offer a free publication entitled: How to Land an Excellent Internship. Hard copies are available at my office (in my door) at CCB-318.
THIS IS NOT AN INTERNSIP BUT A PAID PART-TIME POSITION
The controller of Stephen & Co. Hair and Beauty in North Dartmouth is looking for an assistant. They are looking for a Freshman/Sophomore who lives local. The position would be about 12 hours per week with Monday morning a must. The position involves light bookkeeping, data entry, graphing, filing, etc. Please send an email of interest and a resume to: Kathy DeBarros at Stephen & Company Hair and Beauty:
stephenandco@comcast.net
Good luck with the start of the semester,
Professor Michael Griffin
