Student Perspectives: It’s All About Attitude: How Positivity Can Lead to Career Opportunities
MS Finance ‘25 alum, Raphael Loloey, shares with the GCMC how a positive work attitude made an internship experience at Effy Jewelry worthwhile. During my internship at Effy Jewelry, the most important thing I’ve learned is how important finance department s of retailers are, especially for companies that operate nation-wide. In the finance department, we keep track of the performance of different products and business lines and give strategic insights into how to drive revenue. We operate different stores, and we collect feedback from every store manager. While salespeople with boots on the ground give invaluable guidance about business strateg ies for their own store s , a good finance and analytics department collect s different feedback and ideas and translates them into a company-wide strategy, supported by financial data. In every company, different teams work together, and one cannot live without the other. Therefore, networking with other departments is key to und...