STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Séverine Perrin

Séverine shares her interning experience working at OneWorld Inc.: 

"Working at OneWorld Inc. has been a very interesting and exiting experience for me. OneWorld is a small enterprise that partners with leading pharmaceutical, diagnostic and device companies to design, develop and deploy global information-exchange solutions across the continuum of healthcare delivery.

Learning about a new and highly regulated pharmaceutical industry is challenging but critical in understanding the big picture. As part of the Research & Development team, I am directly involved in making strategic decisions, developing new trends and products and studying new market opportunities. I have the opportunity to develop my project management skills by working directly with several outsourcing partners. I am building direct client relationships by training them on key programs and applications customized for them by OneWorld. My business acumen and communication skills have considerably helped me better understand the strategy of the firm and be more proactive in my role within OneWorld.

Doing several internships throughout my MBA, provided me with the opportunity to apply my classroom experience to my work, gain cross-cultural understanding and better envision my next career step.”

Séverine Perrin
MBA, Management/Organizational Behavior Human Resource Management
Graduation Date: Sept 2012

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Michael Goldman

Michael Goldman shares his experience interning at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, a diversified media and merchandising company linked to the Martha Stewart brand: 

"Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia is a wonderful place to work as an intern. The finance department has a number of very experienced financial services professionals, whom I learned a great deal from.
I also had the opportunity to work alongside some Ernst and Young associates when they came to do one of their audits. Additionally, Martha often brings in fresh produce and organic eggs from her upstate farm and distributes them at the corporate office. Plus you can get free VIP tickets to the Martha Stewart show.

Just a few general tips for those who are interested in getting an internship. Broaden your scope; although the Baruch job board is a wonderful source for getting an internship, there are many other places you should look. I actually found my position through LinkedIn. Brush up on your Excel skills; as long as you’re comfortable with most of the more commonly used Excel functions and have a good attitude, the rest can be picked up on the job. Make sure your schoolwork stays your number one priority. Ask for help if you don’t understand something and if you finish a task early, see if there are other people around the office you can help.  Finally, you can only get as much out of your internship as you put in. Work hard and try to make a positive impression in whatever you do and you will have a great network of experienced professionals you can call on for references and advice for years to come."

Michael Goldman
MS, Accountancy
Graduate Date: May 2013

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Gitanjali Upot

 “The Power of Networking”

At the beginning of our MBA career and throughout the journey, one of the most common terms we hear is “Networking.” Networking in school means to tap into our resource of colleagues in classrooms to discover and capitalize on opportunities. It is through effective networking that I landed my internship at Jimmy Jazz.

Jimmy Jazz is a retail company with over 120 stores throughout the country. I work as a Human Resource Associate with the corporate HR department of the company. The best part of my internship is the great learning experience it provides; I get to put conceptual knowledge into practice. I learn in my HR classes the culture of the company and how it effects the employees- at Jimmy Jazz, I get to experience this first hand. The culture of my department is casual and open which allows me to ask and learn on the job which is the primary purpose of my internship.

My long term career aspiration is to work as a recruiter within a company. My responsibility as a HR Associate includes, but is not limited to, recruiting activities such as screening candidate resumes, creating job posting, calling candidate references, etc. Since the company is small and growing there are many opportunities for growth. I enjoy working with my team to constantly develop and implement new ideas in the field.

Jimmy Jazz renewed my internship in the spring semester, which gave me continuity and allowed to see the ideas I had suggested come into practice. In the future if Jimmy Jazz was to offer me a full time position I would gladly accept.

Gitanjali Upot
Zicklin School of Business, MBA
Major: MBA, Management/Organizational Behavior Human Resource Management
Graduation Date: Dec 2012
Alumni Relations Chair, Graduate Student Assembly
Vice President, Indian Graduate Student Association