Still Time to Do an Internship

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

Internship Goals

What are you goals regarding internships?  have you written them down? Consider the following:

The average Harvard MBA graduate starts his or first job at $115K with a $20K signing bonus. Nonetheless, some graduates of the Harvard MBA program end up being much more successful than
their fellow graduates in the long run.

In 1979, a survey of graduates from the Harvard Business School found that:

• 84% had no specific goals at all

• 13% had goals but the goals were not committed to paper

• 3% had clear, written goals and plans to accomplish them.

In 1989, the graduates were surveyed again. The results showed:

• The 13% of the class who had goals were earning, on average,

twice as much as the 84% who had no goals at all.

• The 3% who had clear, written goals were earning, on average,

ten times as much as the other 97% combined.

Write down your goals!

Internships and Part-time Jobs at the Job Fair

COMMENT:  There may be interesting internship possibilities at this job fair.  Bring your resumes.

WORK 'N SERVE JOB FAIR


Monday - September 10, 2012

Woodland Commons - 1pm-4pm


This job fair is your one-day, one-stop opportunity to find - On/Off Campus

Work-Study, On-Campus Employment (Non-Work-Study), Off-Campus Part-Time

Employment, Paid Community Service Opportunities, Internships and Volunteer

Opportunities. The following companies/agencies will be in attendance:



Acushnet Company - Off-Campus Employment/Internships - Network Operations -IT



All-Clear Septic & Wastewater Services -



Bay State Gymnastics Academy - Off-Campus Employment - Gymnastics

experience/office skills and experience



Behavioral Connections - Off-Campus Employment - Psychology, Education,

Social Work



Buzzards Bay Coalition - Community Service - Microsoft Office Suite/Library

Organization



City of Fall River/Office of Mayor William A. Flanagan - Off-Campus

Employment/Internships/Community Service



Domino's Pizza - Off-Campus Employment/Community Service - Marketing, CSR,

Drivers



Educational Committee for Civic Support - Work Study (on and off campus) -

graphic design, marketing, business, research



Edward Jones Investment - Off-Campus Employment/Internships - Financial -

Pass Program



Enterprise Rent-A-Car - Off-Campus Employment/Internships



Fall River Public Schools - Internships - Human Resources/Office phone

skills/filing, organization, multi-tasker



Fastenal - Off-Campus Employment - Juniors & Seniors in management,

marketing and sales



General Dynamics Electric Boat - Off-Campus Employment - Mechanical,

Electrical, Computer, Civil, Computer Science



Girl Scouts of Eastern MA - Off-Campus Employment/Community Service



Healthcare Solutions Team - Off-Campus Employment - Sales



HMEA, Horace Mann Educational Associates - Off-Campus Employment - Human

services, nursing



Homes for our Troops - Internships - Marketing/PR



Horizons for Homeless Children - Internships/Community Service - Experience

with children 0-6yrs/sociology, psychology, early Ed.



Hydroid, Inc. -



Mass. Commission Against Discrimination - Internships - Law students and

undergraduate with interest in civil rights



MassPirg - Off-Campus Employment/Internships/Community Service



Match Education - Off-Campus Employment/Community Service - We recruit from

all majors!



Morgan Technical Ceramics - Off-Campus Employment/Internships - Engineering



Mueller Systems - Off-Campus Employment/Internships - MIS, CIS, ECE, CPE,

Geography



Nestle Waters - Off-Campus Employment - All majors/Part time



New Bedford Oceanarium Corp. - Community Service



Northwestern Mutual Financial Network - Internships - must be interested in

financial services and working with people



Objective Logistics - Computer Science, Computer Engineering with experience

in database/datastore - experience with flex/mvc/java



Peabody Properties, Inc. - Off-Campus Employment/Internships/Community

Service



Peace Corps - Off-Campus Employment/Community Service - Education, health,

business, youth and community development



Rebuild Ex - Off-Campus Employment/Internships - Construction Management



Royal Health Group -



Schwartz Center for Children - Work Study (off-campus), Community Service

(Connections) - HR Department



Secure Networks - Work Study (off-campus)/Off-Campus Employment/Internships

- IT Support, network management/help desk/systems administrator



SEEAL/SouthCoast Energy Challenge - Work-Study Off Campus/Off-Campus

Employment/Internships - mkt, social media, graphic design



Southeast Center for Independent Living - Off-Campus Work Study -

Internships



Special Olympics Massachusetts - Internships - Sports Management, public

relations, communications



Statewide Software and Systems - Off-Campus Employment/Internships - Web

Development/Web Design, Linux, CSS, Ruby, JavaScript



Teknikor - Off-Campus Employment (Full-Time) - Electrical Engineering



Tropical Smoothie Café - Off-Campus Employment - Customer Service



The May Institute - Off-Campus Employment - All Majors



UMD Career Development Center -



UMD Leduc Center for Civic Engagement - Work Study (On/Off

Campus)/Internships/Community Service - All Majors!



UMD Office of Graduate Studies - Students who may want to go to graduate

school



UMD SAIL Office - Work Study (On-Campus)/Non-Work Study

(On-Campus)/Internships - Graphic Design, Marketing, Street Team, Front Desk

Attendants



UMD Student Affairs - Work Study (On-Campus)



UMD Student Employment -



UMD Sustainability Office - Work Study (On-Campus) - Sustainability minors



UMD Upward Bound - Work Study (On-Campus/ Off Campus) - Looking for tutors

in math and science



UMD Urban Initiative - Work Study (On-Campus)/Non-Work Study

(On-Campus)/Internships - Sociology, Political Science, Economics, Public

Policy



United States Marine Corps - Off-Campus Employment/Internships - All Majors



YMCA Southcoast - Work Study (Off-Campus)/Off-Campus Employment - youth &

teen director, fitness associates, preschool teachers



Zipcar, Inc. - Internships - Business, Technology (Engineering), Marketing,

Economics



If you have any questions, please contact: Colleen M. Wetterland,

cwetterland@umassd.edu or 508.999.8659.

BayCoast Bank newspaper piece on internships

Note: BayCoast Bank has offices throughout the region and headquarters in Swansea, MA.  If you are interested in interning in a bank, I suggest you contact the HR department at BayCoast and send them your resume with a cover letter.  M. Griffin.

Internships are an investment in everyone’s future


By Nicholas Christ

Fall River Herald News

September 1, 2012

In our line of work, the term “investment” is seen and heard on a regular basis. Beyond the monetary reference, though, there is another form of investment which we view as a high priority as well — the investment in people.

One such investment opportunity is through internship programs.

The value of internships cannot be overstated. There is nothing quite so rewarding as giving people a chance, firsthand, to learn about work in a field where they have shown interest. The right internship opportunity takes over, often, where the classroom leaves off and gives students the chance to apply what they have learned in the “real world.” Equally important, it gives individuals the chance to “test drive” the field in which they are interested.

A case in point: Recently, after opening our newest branch in Westport, we had occasion to learn more about the Westport River Watershed Alliance (WRWA). This organization had been on our radar screen for a while and we were familiar with the good work they are doing to advocate for the environment. One of their needs was funding for two interns committed to the field of science and biology, and we were luckily able to come to their aid. These interns are gaining life experiences through their work that will assist in furthering their career choices.

Beyond the benefit to the student or intern, there are tangible benefits to the organization offering the internship. Companies can often learn as much from their interns as their interns learn from them. The students bring enthusiasm and energy to their work, eager to make good impressions and new connections. They may bring innovative ideas and different perspectives that could benefit the company.

In addition to the increased productivity that comes with the growing manpower, the company has an opportunity to train interns as potential employees before they are hired. The interns also have time to get used to the work, other employees and the environment as a whole. They acquire experience that helps ensure they are ready and qualified for future positions.

Over this summer alone, through our own internship program, BayCoast Bank has hosted a total of 23 interns. It was a new experience for 15 young men and women, while 8 others were returning to the bank for another summer. I think it is very important to give college students an opportunity to work in an office environment. The youth of our community need our help and willingness to supplement their learning experience and prepare them for the work force. It is our responsibility as business leaders to mentor the next generation and aid in their success.

Our bank has a limited number of internship positions available and with the local unemployment rate stubbornly still in the double digits I strongly urge other businesses to consider an investment in internships.

The bank begins accepting applications from potential interns in the months of December and January and all of our positions are usually filled by February or March. The students begin work following the completion of final exams in late spring.

As good corporate citizens we should provide the youth of our area with the chance to learn beyond what college or other schooling provides: a chance to see the work environment up close and personal. In my experience it has been a worthwhile investment from which everyone can benefit.

Nicholas Christ is CEO of BayCoast Bank, www.baycoastbank.com.

Westport CPA firm looking for interns

A local CPA firm (Westport, MA), just minutes from UMD, is looking for sophmore or junior accounting majors to work in the office.  Duties will include bookkeeping, tax return preparation, and general office duties. Students should be bright and hard working. There is no minimum GPA required however you should have good to excellent grades. Interested students should email a resume and cover letter to Mr. James Driscoll, CPA at westportcpa@aol.com. These are paid internships and at least one position will be filled as soon as possible.  The hope is that the successful candidate will stay on with the firm for multiple tax seasons.

WORK 'N SERVE JOB FAIR

WORK 'N SERVE JOB FAIR!!!!!!


September 10, 2012 / Woodland Commons / 1pm-4pm

Your one-day, one-stop opportunity to find -- *On/Off Campus Work-study *On-Campus Employment (Non-Work-Study) *Off-Campus Part-Time Employment *Paid Community Service Opportunities *Internships *Volunteering Opportunities -----The following companies/agencies will be in attendance: **Acushnet Company **All-Clear Septic & Wastewater Services **Bay State Gymnastics Academy **Behavioral Connections **Buzzards Bay Coalition **City of Fall River - Mayor's Office **Domino's Pizza **Educational Committee for Civic Support **Edward Jones Investment **Enterprise Rent-A-Car **Fall River Public Schools **Fastenal **General Dynamics Electric Boat **Girl Scouts of Eastern MA **Healthcare Solutions Team **HMEA, Horace Mann Educational Associates **Homes for our Troops **Horizons for Homeless Children **Hydroid, Inc. **Mass. Commisson Against Discrimination **MassPirg **Match Education **Morgan Technical Ceramics **Mueller Systems **Nestle Waters **New Bedford Oceanarium **Northwestern Mutual Financial Network **Objective Logistics **Peabody Properties, Inc. **Peace Corps **ReBuild Ex **Royal Health Group **Schwartz Center for Children **Secure Networks **SEEAL/SouthCoast Energy Challenge **Southeast Center for Independent Living **Special Olympics Massachusetts **Statewide Software and Systems **Teknikor **The May Institute **Tropical Smoothie Cafe **UMD Career Development Center **UMD Leduc Center for Civic Engagment **UMD Office of Graduate Studies **UMD Sail Office **UMD Student Affairs **UMD Student Employment **UMD Sustainability Office **UMD Upward Bound **UMD Urban Initiative **United States Marine Corps **YMCA Southcoast **Zipcar, Inc. If you have any questions, please contact – Colleen M. Wetterland at cwetterland@umassd.edu or call 508.999.8659.

HR Internship Fall 2012

Human Resource Administrator – Part Time Position

We are seeking a HR Administrator who is interested in exploring a career in Human Resources. As a small boutique search firm, we are looking for a Part Time Administrator who will learn and perform a variety of HR-related administrative tasks to support our office activities, as well as provide research tasks to support the recruiting staff on their assigned search projects. We are located in downtown North Attleborough, MA, close to Rtes 95/1/295/495.

This is an exceptional opportunity to learn the essential building blocks of recruiting, candidate selection and qualification, development, internet research and business development in a highly professional work environment.

Required Skills:

• Exceptional communication skills and a high level of comfort on the phone.

• Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to prioritize your work day independently are crucial. You must have a sense of urgency and be able to work on multiple projects at one time with minimal supervision.

• Must be computer literate with experience using full MS Office Suite, especially Word, Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint.

• Extensive experience and creativity navigating the Internet is essential for conducting the research necessary to support our search project. Familiarity with Google, Linked In or similar sites is highly desirable.

• Experience using a contact management database such as ACT or Access would be extremely useful.

Additional Information:

Work hours: 1PM – 4PM (flexible); 3-5 days/week; Dress: Business casual

Professional office environment; use of refrigerator/ microwave; complimentary bottled water/coffee/tea.

For immediate consideration, please submit your resume and reference list to Michelle Petersen at michelle@sdkelly.com.