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Here is an internship with Primerica and to be mentored by a CCB/UMD alum.
Company name: Primerica
The company's mission:Help families become properly protected, debt free, and financially independent
Location:4400 offices in multiple countries, home office Daluth, Georgia but the internship would be out of our office in New Bedford. 34 Welby Rd Suite 114A, New Bedford, MA 02745
Market Coverage:Greater New Bedford Middle class
Duties & responsibilities:
Various duties revolving around administration, scanning documents into our virtual office online, faxing, copying, assisting in putting trainings together through MS powerpoint, among other things to be considered.
What would you will learn?
Office admin, personal finance, business ownership, leadership
Job Title:Internship
Academic preparation:
Juniors and Seniors from the Charlton School of Business
Skills Required:
MS office, business interest
Hours of Work:
mornings, afternoons, evenings, Saturday mornings
Start & end dates:
We suppose something that revolves around the semester start and end dates
Supervisor and contact information
Nelson Linhares
774-930-9726 cell
508-858-5106 office
Email resumes to: nlinhares975@yahoo.com
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS AN UNPAID INTERNSHIP WITH 5-10 hours per week. If you want to do this for internship credit, the next session starts with January 2012/Spring semester.
Interested in doing a semester long internship in Washington DC? Awesome program. I have visited the Washington Center and have witnessed how good this program is. Attend the information session this Monday 10/24/11 - details below.
The Washington Center Monday - October 24, 2011 - 3pm-4pm Blue & Gold Room, Campus Center
Presentation by Patsy Torres, Enrollment Rep for The Washington Center
Patsy will talk about internships and academic seminars that The Washington Center provides students.
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Gail Berman-Martin at 508.999.8660 or gberman@umassd.edu Sponsored by the Career Development Center.
CMPMR is a medical practice management company engaged in two core areas of a physician office practice:
1) Billing claims service:Complete revenue cycle management.This includes proving software for the practice to use to enter appointments, charges etc. CMPMR then submits the claims to various insurance companies and follows the claim until it is paid.Each practice receives a report of the collections from the account manager.
2) Electronic Medical Records (EMR): CMPMR, LLC has developed a complete electronic medical records product that was certified by Infogard as a complete ambulatory EMR.EMRs allow physicians to use a paperless system that in the future would be interconnected for better and more efficient point of care.CMPMR is in the process of developing Practice Management (PM) software that will integrate with the EMR for a single system that a physician office can use to efficiently do most of their day to day tasks.
Internship Job Title:
Sales Executive/Trainee
Academic Qualification:
Senior in a business Bachelor program with major in sales and marketing or Graduate student with sales and marketing major
Skills Required:
Understanding of the medical marketplace, willingness to learn a new area of growing demand, ability to do independent research and submit proposal for new sales ideas or enhance current sales strategy
Learning Objectives:
Develop real world experience in sales
Understand the requirements for successful sales in health care area
Learn to work with marketing team
Analyze sales effort, provide report of strategies that work and do not work and suggest improvements
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
1.Sale of service, productto physician offices- Medical billing service and EMR product
2.Develop new ideas – submit proposals
3.Work with marketing team to improve performance
Working hours:
Flexible- Ideal time to meet with physician office staff and physicians is 11 AM to 3 PM
Start and End Dates:
Flexible to student requirements.Minimum of 8 hours per week for 4 months.
Compensation: No pay for first two weeks of training but $10.00 per hour after that and possible other compensation incentives.
CMPMR is a medical practice management company engaged in two core areas of a physician office practice:
1) Billing claims service:Complete revenue cycle management.This includes proving software for the practice to use to enter appointments, charges etc. CMPMR then submits the claims to various insurance companies and follows the claim until it is paid.Each practice receives a report of the collections from the account manager.
2) Electronic Medical Records (EMR): CMPMR, LLC has developed a complete electronic medical records product that was certified by Infogard as a complete ambulatory EMR.EMRs allow physicians to use a paperless system that in the future would be interconnected for better and more efficient point of care.CMPMR is in the process of developing Practice Management (PM) software that will integrate with the EMR for a single system that a physician office can use to efficiently do most of their day to day tasks.
Internship Job Title:
Marketing Trainee
Academic Qualification:
Senior in a business Bachelor program with major in marketing or Graduate student with marketing major
Skills Required:
Understanding of the medical marketplace, willingness to learn a new area of growing demand, ability to do independent research and submit proposal for new marketing ideas or enhance current marketing strategy
Learning Objectives:
Develop real world experience in marketing for an established company
Understand the requirements for successful marketing in health care area
Learn to work with sales team
Analyze marketing and sales effort, provide report of strategies that work and do not work and suggest improvements
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
1.Marketing research of industry trends, competition, SWOTanalysis
2.Develop new ideas – submit proposals
3.Work with sales team to improve performance
4.Develop sales tools such as datasheets, email templates, newsletters and other marketing and sales collateral (such as press releases, blog entries, etc..)
5.Analyze SEO reports and keywords
6.Review website content and make recommendations for improvements
7.Create ads for online, print and association publications
Working hours:
Flexible
Start and End Dates:
Flexible to student requirements.Minimum of 8 hours per week for 4 months.
Compensation: No pay for first two weeks of training but $10.00 per hour after that and possible other compensation incentives.
Below is an internship posting for an MIS major. This is an unpaid internship but an excellent way to gain valuable experience. This would be an outstanding resume item. Send resume and cover letter via email (as an attachment) to:
Marianne Mis Business Analyst Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island marianne.mis@bcbsri.org
Blue Cross/Blue Shield of RI
Title: Student Intern
Division:Operations
Department: Business Analysis
Reports to:Senior Business Analyst
Positions Reporting to:None
JOB SUMMARY (Describe in 2-3 sentences the purpose of this position):
Gain experience in the health insurance field prior to graduating from an accredited college or university.Responsible for assisting the Senior Business Analyst and other members of the Business Analysis team with projects or tasks assigned by the Senior Business Analyst or other members of the department or program.Work 8-12 hours per week for academic credit (unpaid) for one semester.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS (nature and scope of position, maximum of 10):
·Develop business analysis skills.
·Assist with business analysis deliverables, including Discovery Documents, process flow diagrams, Business Requirements Documents, Use Cases, entry and validation of requirements into Quality Center, etc.
·Take minutes for meetings for the Business Analysis team.
·Gain experience using various software tools, such as MS Excel and PowerPoint.
·Participate in interdepartmental workshops or other meetings and gain exposure to other areas of the department and company.
·Contribute ideas for continuous improvement of the functions of the department or program.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Education and Experience:
Enrolled in a full-time program at an accredited academic institution of higher learning to earn a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Communications, Health Administration or related field, or equivalent experience.
Preferred Education, Additional Qualifications and Experience:
·Experience using Lotus Notes mail and databases, Project, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, Word.
·Knowledge of BCBSRI products and lines of business.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and/or Abilities:
·Knowledge of facets of managed care plans, as well as knowledge of HMO, PPO and indemnity insurance.
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Strong decision-making and problem solving skills
Strong human relations skills
Time management skills
Delivers high quality service to customers.
Makes decisions based on business objectives.
Holds people accountable for their commitments and actions.
Sets and maintains quality standards.
Changes work activities based on business needs and deadlines.
Ability to work independently and interact with staff across the organization at all levels.
Ability to handle multiple priorities.
Ability to exercise sound judgment.
Ability to take initiative in finding solutions to difficult and/or sensitive problems.
Ability to perform other duties as assigned.
Send resume and cover letter to Marianne Mis Business Analyst Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island marianne.mis@bcbsri.org
Description of the company including the mission, location, sales and market coverage. Please include your web URL (if you have it):
BRYCE™ORGANIC SKIN CARE, 800 Pleasant St, Ste 1602, New Bedford, MA 02740 (888) 425-6999 x2
Luxurious organic skin care made from fresh fruit & vegetable purees.
Local, national and international wholesale/retail
www.bryceorganics.com
Primary duties and responsibilities:
Research Assistant
Using the library network to research pertinent information
Accounting Assistant
Creating current/future financials
What will the student learn from this experience (list 4 or 5 learning objectives)?
The student(s) will gain strength in creating strong current/future financials for a growing/expanding company, which will be making a large emergence into the skin care market.
The student(s) will gain momentum by doing research on the history of, current trends and future of organic skin care.
Job Title:
Research Assistant
Accounting Assistant
Academic preparation of the student required (graduate, senior, junior, courses taken, GPA, etc.):