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The Internship Blog is no longer in operation.  Charlton College of Business students interest in searching for an internship should log onto UMD's Careerlink - a job and internship portal. To learn how to use Careerlink effectively, contact UMD's Career Development Center.

UMass Online Course Spotlight: Accounting Information Systems

UMass Online Course Spotlight: Accounting Information Systems

Here is a link to a blog posting today on UMASS Online's blog that describes my Personal Finance course (online) that starts up Jul 22.
http://www.umassonline.net/blog/2015/14/07-UMass-Online-Course-Spotlight-Personal-Finance

Paid Marketing internships - start now through the Fall Semester - North Attelboro

Case Snow Management is looking for an intern to start now and continue into the fall semester. See details below!

The complete postings is up on UMD's Careerlink system.

*Job ID:	4348
*Job Title:	Intern
Organization Name:	Case Snow Management
Linked Contact:	Rachel Smith
*No of Openings:	1
*Hours per Week:	Flexible
*Wage/Salary:	Dependent on Experience
*Job Description:	Internship will be tailored to student's knowledge, skills, and abilities including the following duties: . Create concept and design for e-marketing campaigns including web content, social media, and e-mail marketing . Identify, create, and/or develop platforms and content of interactive training tools . Assist with storyboarding, filming, and editing training and promotional video shoots . Generate, research, and execute specific marketing initiatives . Support sales efforts by customizing presentations and estimating jobs . Provide marketing tracking and research information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data . Identify, qualify, and educate sales prospects
Qualifications:	Marketing and/or sales course study, social media experience, video and/or photo production knowledge
*How to Apply:	Send cover letter detailing desired experience, resume, and list of course completed to RSmith@casesnow.com

For more information, log into CareerLink through your UMassD Portal and search for the job using the ID #

CCB Internship News: New Procedure for Posting Internship Positions

After several years of maintaining the Internship Blog, I have decided I can no longer use it to post internship positions for the students of the CCB.  The blog has outgrown its usefulness and it doesn't have the features that other job and internship portals offer.  We (me and the CCB administration) have decided that the UMD Career Development Center's Careerlink system will now be home to all internship postings and jobs.  You (students) interested in applying for internships, should make it a habit to search using the Careerlink (http://www.umassd.edu/career/careerlink/).  The Career Development Staff along with CCB personnel, myself, and some of our faculty, are working to point prospective internship providers and employers to Careerlink so that it is the sole place to find internship opportunities geared to UMD students.  I suggest that if you are looking to land an internship for Fall 2015 that you start soon to check on what's up on Careerlink.  Just this week, I have been asking employers to enter their opportunities into the Careerlink database so students can begin applying. 

For at least for the short-term, I will keep this blog up and running but it will be more for informational purposes.  I will use it to post advice and announcements and I may use it to highlight excellent opportunities, as time permits.  However, all students should keep in mind that if you need assistance with career planning, help with your resume, preparing for interviews, and understanding career paths/options, that the excellent staff of the Career Development Center stands ready to help.  Contact information for the CDC can be found at http://www.umassd.edu/career/

I will continue to direct the internship program for Charlton in addition to my duties as a full-time accounting professor however, I will have help.  A faculty member in each department (DIS and Management/Marketing) will soon be appointed to coordinate internships.  I will also coordinate the accounting and finance ones.  To learn more about CCB's internship program and how you can earn credit for an internship, go to our web page at: http://www.umassd.edu/charlton/internship/

We will soon be updating our internship web page for these new arrangements and I am sure you will continue to see announcements from me as the semester approaches and throughout the school year.  I can also share with you developments regarding career development workshops, internship information sessions, and job fairs as those plans become firm.  I am quite aware of the work being done by the new career development staff to plan a calendar of events to serve the students of the university.  I think there will be quite a bit of exciting things during the next academic year to help you connect with interesting career paths.

Stay tuned.

Professor Griffin

Full-time Job for Accounting Grad

We (Faculty) sometimes learn of full-time opportunities for our grads in the summer after graduation.  This one comes to us via Professor Jackie Einstein of our management/marketing dept.  If you are interested in this position (the company is located in Avon, MA), please apply directly to the company via the email link mentioned in the posting below.  Neither Professor Einstein or I know more about this position.  If you need help with your resume or your interviewing skills, please contact our Career Development office.

Here is the posting:

PAYROLL CLERK

At D’Allessandro Corp., we seek a Payroll Clerk as an addition to our growing office staff to administer the weekly processing of payroll, insuring both timely and accurate production and distribution of employee paychecks and responding to employee inquiries regarding pay discrepancies. Working directly under the Controller, you will be working with a new computerized payroll system with maximum capabilities.

 This is a full-time, 1st shift position with competitive wage/benefits - Perfect for a recent grad.  MS Office/Excel spreadsheet proficiency required. Company training will be provided. Must have a willingness and interest to learn.  Advancement opportunity exists for the right candidate.

ABOUT THE COMPANY

D’Allessandro Corp. is a heavy utility construction company in business for over 25 years operating out of Avon, MA. We always actively seek to hire talented and motivated individuals to our staff. We offer extensive training and a challenging work environment, always promoting safe working skills! D'Allessandro Corp. offers a substantial benefit plan. We are a drug and alcohol free work environment. Check us out at our website: www.dallessandro.com.

If you feel that you have the proper qualifications, would like to work for a company which proves that it values its employees by investing in their training and growth, and are able to embrace our core values, you need to apply now!

D’Allessandro Company Core Values

1. Work to the highest standard

2. Love what you do

3. Maintain the highest integrity

4. Work with professionalism

5. Competence and Knowledge

6. Be Accountable

7. Be a Leader- by helping everyone with whom you come in contact.

Here at D’Allessandro, we strive to do our very best according to these core values.

TO APPLY: Send resumé to: HR4Success@yahoo.com

Personal Finance Course Starts July 21. 100% Online, 100% Useful

Ramp Up Your Personal Financial Literacy This Summer

For over 30 years, one of my passions has been personal financial planning.  When I first came out of graduate school – way back in the early 1980s, I was fortunate to land a job as a planner at E.F. Hutton and Company, a Wall Street based investment banking and brokerage firm known for its advertising tagline: “When E.F. Hutton speaks, everybody listens.”  Hutton was also making a name for itself in the field of Personal Financial Planning and I worked in their Providence office providing fee-based planning services to high net worth clients.  That’s where I first learned that one of the secrets of accumulating wealth is an integrated approach.  All areas of personal finance need attention to maximize and preserve wealth including budgeting, borrowing, risk management and insurance, income and estate taxes, investments, and retirement assets.  Although I found investing the most exciting part of the puzzle, I learned that you can’t focus on just that to grow your net worth.  Before you invest in stocks, bonds, real estate, etc. you must have certain foundational things in good order.

In FIN320 Personal Finance, our online course that serves as an introduction to personal financial planning, I take students through the personal financial planning process including how to:

• Set financial goals
• Manage a career
• Manage a budget
• Use math to calculate present and future values, annuities, and loan payments
• Mitigate risks
• Manage credit
• Buy a home
• Start investing program
• Plan for retirements

Although I teach other courses in our accounting and finance curriculum at the Charlton College of Business (UMASS Dartmouth) and enjoy them all, I believe this is the most useful of them all… and one of the most popular that I have taught over my 30 years as a professor.  As a CPA and a practicing professional financial planner, I have seen the mistakes people make with their finances and many people have told me that they wish they had ramped up their financial literacy with a course like this one while still in college.

Stepping Stone

This course also is appealing to people who are interested in entering the financial services filed. Certainly this course could be a first step toward making personal financial planning a profession via jobs such as planer, advisors, stock broker, investment and insurance sales or perhaps achieving certifications and designations in the field such as the CPA, ChFC, CFP, CLU, CFA, and RIA.  If you work at a bank or credit union and want to learn more about financial products or just want to make sure that you do all the right things running a household. This course will not position you to become certified as a financial planner overnight but it could be a stepping stone, as it was for me, into the financial planning world. I took a similar course at Providence College when I was an undergraduate student and it sparked my interest in a field that has exploded and is expected to continue to grow. According to CFP board: “Americans are struggling to pull their finances together and plan for the future. The financial planning profession is growing to address that need, with the career path expected to grow 41% by 2016, according to Money Magazine and Payscale.com.”

Details on the Course

The course will run from Jul 21, 2015-to Aug 19, 2015 and is 100% online.  I utilize our basic Blackboard system which is easy and straightforward to use and a robust learning system called McGraw-Hill’s Connect – which is paired with a very readable personal finance textbook.  Students will work on a case solution that will require they examine various areas of personal financial planning concern for a family.

There are no prerequistes for the course and therefore everyone –business and nonbusiness majors and nondegree seeking students are welcome.  This is a course that might satisfy an elective (3 credits) or it may simply be a valuable self-improvement exercise for anyone who wants to ramp up their financial literacy and open up some options and strategies for financial security. I receive very positive feedback from this course.

More About the Professor
If you would like to read more about my professional background, my biographical sketch can be found via this link: http://www.umassd.edu/charlton/faculty/alphabeticallisting/griffinmichael/ I try to bring my perspective to this course as someone who has not only been a full-time professor at UMASS for 30 years but has continued to consult and advise in the personal financial planning field.

 I can also be reached via email at: mgriffin@umassd.edu

How to Enroll
To enroll in the course, visit UMD’s University Extension site, where registration is ongoing.  You can also read the course description and download a copy of the syllabus.  The link to register is http://www.umassd.edu/extension/

Professor Michael P. Griffin, CPA, ChFC, CMA, CFM

Accounting and Finance Department,
Charlton College of Business, UMASS Dartmouth

Is Your Summer Internship All That You Thought It Would Be? Seminar

Is Your Summer Internship All That You Thought It Would Be?

Free Online Seminar

 

When: Thu, Jul 9, 2015 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

         

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Your internship is underway and summer is cruising by. It's time to take an honest and hard look at your intern experience to determine if it is turning out as you hoped, or if you need to make some adjustments to achieve your goals.  

 

To register, click this link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8794634337327008001

Marketing internship with Sylvia Group

The Sylvia Group is still seeking a marketing intern for this summer. The internship is $12/hour and about 10-15 hours per week. The hours are flexible if the student already has another part-time or full-time job. Here is the Careerlink posting: https://www.myinterfase.com/umassd/job_view.aspx?token=t87ttAyY6qF8RlkdGe09+A%3d%3d  UMD Students can directly email their resumes and cover letters to Vin Sylvia at vsylvia@sylviagroup.com.

Accounting Internship at gold Medal Bakery

Gold Medal Bakery, a family owned commercial bakery located in Fall River, MA is seeking a motivated junior or senior college student majoring in accounting to work in our corporate office as an intern. Candidate must have good analytical skills and be proficient in Excel.  You must have a good GPA and be a serious and very reliable student. Position responsibilities include processing accounts payable, cash receipts, reconciliation work, and journal entries. Other accounting duties are on an as need basis. This is a paid internship and could involve as much as 25-28 hours per week.  E-mail resumes to cmarquez@gold medal bakery.com.

 

Comment by Professor Griffin: This is a good opportunity to learn what a staff account does in a very busy and successful local business.

 

2015 MSCPA Accounting Career Fair/Graduate School Expo

Career Fair Prep

Career Prep-Session
Accounting majors should check this out.  The Massachusetts Society of CPAs is having a very interesting event in Boston on Sept. 16th and if you are a student member of the MSCPA (cost $25 to join) and want to get reading for their big Job Fair on Sept 25th, then you should consider attending this prep session.  The link below is where you can register.  But first I suggest getting a membership if you haven't already. The online form to join the MSCPA is here: https://www.mscpaonline.org/about/join/student

Here is the link for the 9/16 career prep session
https://www.mscpaonline.org/news_and_resources/events_calendar/mscpa_event/CF-PREP+16/view

MSCPA Student Members*
When:
Wednesday, September 16, 2015
4:00-6:00 p.m., followed by networking and refreshments

Where:
MSCPA Conference Rooms, 9th Floor
105 Chauncy Street, Boston

Meet with HR reps and accounting professionals for a pre-career fair workshop to fine-tune your resume and polish your interviewing skills. Registration begins at 3:45 p.m. and a chance to network will follow at 6:00 p.m.

*Preference will be given to student members who are registered for the MSCPA Career Fair and who have not attended a prior prep session.

 

 "The mock interviews with the suggestions afterwards gave me great feedback to prepare for the career fair. I learned a lot!” - Alexis Deutsch, UMass Amherst

 

Registration is open for the 2015 MSCPA Accounting Career Fair/Graduate School Expo (9/25) & Career Fair Prep (9/16). Download this PDF to share with your accounting students & post on event calendars.

MSCPA Career Fair/Graduate School Expo
 

Who*:Students seeking:

- Internships/entry-level accounting positions at local, regional and international firms.
- Graduate programs that satisfy the 150-hour requirement.
Professionals-in-transition
*Registrants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents to attend.
When:
Friday, September 25, 2015
1:00 - 3:30 p.m. MSCPA student members**
2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Non-members
Where:
Sheraton Hotel (Copley Place)
Constitution Ballroom, 2nd Floor
39 Dalton Street, Boston
No fee to attend!

Register via the link below:
https://www.mscpaonline.org/news_and_resources/events_calendar/mscpa_event/CF-1++++16/view
 

Summer courses

Time is running out but if you have a summer internship lined up and want to earn 3 credits for a business elective, you can still get it approved and I can get you into the summer internship course - which starts on June 22nd (Monday).  There is a good chance I can even get you into the course a week or so into it as long as you get in touch with me soon with details of your internship proposal.  I would need to grant approval which you can use as entry into the course through our UMD enrollment center.  The course does carry the normal tuition and fees of a summer course.

FIN320 Personal Finance - will be offered in the 2nd summer session which starts Jul 21, 2015 and runs to Aug 19, 2015.  This course is 100% online via our myCourses (Blackboard and McGraw-Hill Connect systems.)  There are seats that remain.  No prerequisites and a very very useful course.  Anyone interested in a career in personal financial planning or perhaps an internship in that field will find this to be a very appropriate course.  Nonbusiness and business majors are welcome to enroll.  If you would like to see a sample syllabus, feel free to email me at mgriffin@Umassd.edu/  I have taught this course for many years in the traditional face-to-face classroom but now offer it via online.  I have years of experience as a personal financial planner and am a CPA and ChFC - both well aligned to this field. 

Finance Internship or Accounting internship - Paid $15 per hour x 40 hours

Professor Griffin's Comments:
This looks like a really good opportunity for either a finance or accounting major. It is listed as a finance internship in Careerlink but it is also a solid accounting internship.  It looks like this one starts this summer and was just posted so if you are interested, apply right away.  They want you to be able to work 40 hours and I assume that is this summer but you may want to inquire about the hours for the Fall.  At $15 an hour that's a summer gross weekly pay of $600!  Not bad!  We have had other interns at PartyLite in Plymouth and have positive feedback.

PartyLite in Plymouth, MA is looking for a paid Finance intern! Log onto CareerLink to apply to the position.

To get to CareerLink, Log into your UMassD Portal >Select "Careers & Jobs" from the Quicklaunch> Select "CareerLink"

More details on the position here: https://www.myinterfase.com/umassd/job_view.aspx?token=kH0rFlhvkzxqA7+ucSBheQ%3d%3d

Good article

If you are thinking about entering the business world (as an intern), here is a good article to read and take to heart: http://www.inc.com/sujan-patel/the-top-10-traits-of-people-who-advance-in-their-careers.html?cid=sf01001

CCB Student profiled for her internships

Congratulations to Megan DeBarros, Class of 2016 for being profiled on the UMD web site for her internship at RI Novelty!  Here is the link: http://www.umassd.edu/features/spotlights/mdebarros/

Internship - starts this summer - Plymouth, MA

Did you know that CareerLink is a database full of jobs & internships just for UMass Dartmouth students?
To get to CareerLink, Log into your UMassD Portal >Select "Careers & Jobs" from the Quicklaunch> Select "CareerLink"

PartyLite in Plymouth, MA is looking for a Business summer intern! Log onto CareerLink to apply to the position.

More details on the position here: https://www.myinterfase.com/umassd/job_view.aspx?token=d2cP6NZTUTaS0sDIuntUgA%3d%3d

Local internship - paid and could start this summer

Right Foot LLC, a fast growing, privately held company, is currently looking for a College Intern to join our team.

The ideal candidate for this paid position will:

• Currently be seeking their bachelors or masters degree in accounting, finance, management or business information systems
• Be a self starter
• Have strong attention to detail
• Have experience using the internet
• Have exceptional written communication skills, with a focus on customer service
• Be able to lift boxes weighing up to 30 pounds multiple times
• Have a desire to take an ownership interest in all tasks that they undertake
• Understand that work is over when a job is done, not by where the hands are on the clock
• Understand that our customers are at the heart of everything we do
• Be able to get along with difficult co-workers
• Not be afraid to get their hands dirty in a warehouse environment
• Experience in footwear industry strongly preferred

This is not a cubicle job where you are reconciling reports all day. You will be out in the warehouse, taking counts and entering into inventory software.

Duties to include:
• Inventory Management / Cycle Counts / Data Entry
• Order fulfillment
• Warehouse organization
• Other ad hoc projects as they arise

This role is needed for approx. 10 hours off peak and 30 on peak during normal business hours. We can mold your work schedule around existing commitments.  Exact timing to be discussed based upon candidate's availability and our needs.

Interested students should send a resume to Mike Andrews at:  Mike@rightfootshoes.com Mr. Andrews is a graduated of UMD.

 

Personal Finance Course Online July 21 - Aug 19th - 3 credits

Online Personal Finance course (2nd Summer 5 week session) open for enrollment!  The course is FIN 320 and will start on July 21 and run through   August 19^th – 3 credits in 5 weeks! The course is an introduction to the financial planning process of setting goals, developing action plans, creating budgets and measuring results. You will become familiar with the techniques of financial analyses necessary to make choices when considering housing, insurance, retirement plans, and borrowing and other personal finance issues.  The course is designed and taught by me (a CPA who has practiced personal financial planning for over 30 years). I took a course like this at Providence College many years ago and it lead me to enter the financial services field and to eventually achieve the Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC) designation and to eventually become a CPA. The course is for three credits and covers a business elective.  There is no prerequisite and nonbusiness majors are also welcome to enroll as well as non-UMASS Dartmouth students.  If you are looking to do an internship in the financial services industry, looking at career paths in insurance, investments, tax planning or comprehensive financial planning then this is a good course for you.  If you are looking to become more financial literate, then this is the course for you. Students have told me for over 30 years that this is one course that has an immediate impact on how they manage their finances and how they will plan going forward.

 In the best-selling book, The Millionaire Next Door, the author Thomas J. Stanley states this simple truth:  Whatever your income, always live below your means.”  Such simple advice is not always easy for the financially illiterate to follow.  This course will help you set goals and to budget to reach your goals and live within your means.  Stanley says: “The foundation stone of wealth accumulation is defense, and this defense should be anchored by budgeting and planning.”

Managing your credit, investing wisely, having adequate insurance, understanding banks, and basic income tax planning are all part of this course.  The course will be delivered via myCourses and the McGraw-Hill Connect system and culminates with you pretending to devise a financial plan for a family that needs your help.  I would be happy to send you a sample syllabus.

If you would like more information about this great and very useful course, email me at mgriffin@umassd.edu.  If you want to enroll, please get in touch with our enrollment center at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth or follow this link for more information on how to register: https://webapps.umassd.edu/ue/welcome.php?rn=2440|CE4|3722&term=2440|CE4

The course usually fills up quickly but as of today, it is still open.

Professor Griffin

Full-time position for a recent grad

Prime Medical Associates is looking for a manager for its busy muti-specialty practice.  We are reaching out to you to see if you have candidates that will be suitable for this position. The following is the description of the ideal candidate but we are willing to hire fresh graduates that are willing to learn and thrive in the health care industry.


Essential Responsibilities:

1. Identify opportunities for operations improvement, plan and implement those plans.

2. Work with the practice partners to establish and implement practice goals.

3. Resolve customer service issues as they arise. Ability to resolve conflict.

4. Oversight of A/R, A/P, P/R, referral coordination.

5. HR management to include general personnel issues, hiring, performance review, and corrective action up to and including discharge. Provide a team approach to problem solving, exercise diplomacy and consistently use effective communication skills.

6. Resolve IT and EMR issues as they arise. Facilitate implementation of ICD-10.

7. Management of the revenue cycle management to include registration, scheduling, billing and collections processes.

8. Monitor provider's schedule to ensure maximum productivity. Work closely with the front desk staff in order to best facilitate care for patients in a timely manner.

9. HIPAA and OSHA compliance


Required Education

1. Bachelor's degree required, Master’s degree preferred with emphasis in business management or health care management.

Send a cover letter and resume to: arxjan25@gmail.com

Accounting Internship (Unpaid)

rgfa ACCOUNTANTS (www.ataccountant.com) is looking for interns to join our team.  We are looking for students who are studying accounting, finance and/or bookkeeping looking to gain experience in the accounting profession.  You will be exposed to the following:

·        Preparing individual, corporate and non-profit tax returns, domestically, and internationally. 

·        Analyzing and preparing financial statements (Profit and Loss, Balance Sheets, and Statements of Cash Flow), for S-Corps, C-Corps, LLC’s and LLP’s.

·        You will have exposure to our start up process for new businesses including the development process, DBA, Articles of Incorporation, selection of best tax and legal structures.

·        Representation for clients with cases versus the Internal Revenue Service, and DOR’s (departments of revenue) through all states

·        Selection and development of accounting systems for clients based on their vertical markets.

·        Learning our client advisory process, understanding how to interact with clients and how to provide expert advice.

·        Understanding tax law, and preparing statements and documents in accordance with GAAP.

Interested candidates please e-mail bobf@rgfa.us.  No experience necessary.