Student at New Jersey Institute of Technology studying Architecture | Cooperman College Scholar
Who knew time would fly that fast! Last week, I concluded my summer internship with Professional Women in Construction New Jersey Chapter, Throughout the summer, I had the privilege of being mentored by individuals who are not only knowledgeable but also deeply passionate about their work.
This experience allowed me to gain hands-on knowledge in various aspects of construction, both in the office and out on job sites 🏗️. The moment where I realized my passion for construction bloomed was with Anna L Krizin at Torcon when going through unique site visits! I grew in my communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills, and perhaps most importantly, I learned the value of continuously asking questions and advocating for myself.
I am deeply grateful to everyone I had the opportunity to learn from. The guidance and mentorship I received has truly been a blessing, and I’m leaving this internship with insights and experiences that will undoubtedly shape my future career in construction!
Thank you to Julia Howard and Liza Pope for giving me this incredible opportunity, and to the PWC board members and the companies that welcomed me this summer. Each experience was unique, and I’ve built valuable connections that I will always cherish!
I’m excited to see what the future holds and where this journey will take me next! Once again, thank you to everyone who offered their time, patience, advice, and support.👷♀️ #ConstructionInternship#Grateful#BuildingTheFuture#womeninconstruction#pwcnj
The Evanston Scholars RISE (Relevant Internships for Successful Employment) program supports Sophomore College Scholars as they work to secure internships, research opportunities, or fellowships during the summer break. We want our Scholars to begin the process of launching their professional careers well before college graduation.
Here, Soumia Kaltimi (University of Illinois Chicago) shares what she's looking forward to about her summer internship at PwC.
Thank you to our Career Partners for supporting our Scholars with opportunities to learn and grow professionally.
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Continuous Improvement | Change Management | Project Lead | Certified Coach | Chief of Staff | Passionate about empowering individuals and teams to improve productivity, quality, employee engagement, & customer service
Interns and managers of interns — check out these tips from New York Life to make the most of your experience this summer.
What additional advice do you have for interns and for their managers?
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Struggling to find out how to enhance your professional experience as a student? Check out this short video by the Florida International University - College of Business, where I share my internship experience with PwC this past busy season, and the benefits of interning before graduation!
Regardless of your major, completing an internship before graduation will allow you to:
1.) Gain real-world experience within your desired career. 🌎
2.) Expand your professional network of peers, coaches, and mentors. 🙇♂️
3.) Obtain career and industry knowledge that cannot be found in the classroom. 👩🏫
4.) Answer the question, "Is this the type of work I see myself doing for a long time?" 🤔
For more guidance on how to enhance your college and professional experience while at Florida International University, stop by the College of Business to pick up a College+Career Checklist. They've created a checklist for each year, from Freshman to Senior, with goals unique to each to keep students on track and growing! 💪
Special thanks to Michelle Lopez and Kaytlin C. Viera for putting together this awesome and informative video!
Stay happy and healthy!
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6 useful personal behaviors I’ve instilled during my Woodson Equity internship thus far.
1. Arrive before everyone else; using that quiet time to get settled and focused. Being ready to go as my colleagues arrive sets a productive tone for my day.
2. Breaking my day into hour-long segments. Tracking my activities this way helps me maximize tasks and maintain productivity throughout the day.
3. Use Excel to log my tasks and progress, ensuring everything is organized and easy to follow. Regularly give situational reports my current status on taskers. The work I input into software is almost anonymous, helping my team stay aligned on ongoing projects and responsibilities.
4. Further my connections both in and outside the office. For instance, during my summer I was selected for jury duty in the Northern District Court of Illinois, I met amazing individuals, some whose paths have since crossed with mine during my daily commute. Our mutual commonality in being veterans and working in finance truly demonstrates the power of maintaining connections in unexpected places.
5. Take detailed notes during meetings, tracking key conversations, and sharing those thoughts with my leadership. Asking questions will uncover valuable insights and develop a deeper internship experience.
6. When communicating electronically, always aim for clarity, conciseness, and professionalism. Avoid poor habits like using overly casual language, or unclear phrasing. Review emails and messages to ensure they reflect my best self and convey my thoughts effectively.
I’m glad to be apart of this team of skilled individuals while still unraveling so much to learn. #TheWoodsonWay#PrivateEquity#InsideAnInternship
I loved this post from Asya Sharrow, and I think it's a great thought-exercise: Which early rejection are you most thankful for?
For me, it was probably being rejected from the University of Michigan's Creative Writing Program (now called the Helen Zell Writers’ Program) back in ~2000.
Being a fiction writer was my greatest ambition at the time. Not only did I have a great deal of passion for writing, but I also had a VERY, VERY high opinion of my abilities. (Yes, even back then!) I thought the application packet I submitted was going to blow everyone's wigs off, guaranteed.
Except it didn't. And being labeled "not good enough" made me rethink...everything. Certainly my career path, but also my ability to self-evaluate.
I'm not going to lie. It really hurt at first.
But it also forced me to get creative about how I wanted to apply my talents and interests. After I got the rejection letter, I decided to re-focus on working for The Michigan Daily and exploring opportunities in journalism.
That led to a madcap five-year run in the world of New York magazine publishing, and then seven years in online media — all of which gave me the skills I needed to transition to content marketing, a profession that has made me feel truly successful for the first time in my life.
Now, what if I was one of the chosen few that got picked for U of M's Creative Writing Program? What if I'd gotten accepted, instead of rejected?
I really don't know. Maybe I would have developed the skills and confidence to eke out a living as a semi-obscure fiction writer who publishes something every few years and never sells enough books to pay back my advance (or pay off my MFA loans), who has to supplement my passion through teaching creative writing, even though I was never a fan of being in classrooms in the first place. And that's a *best-case* scenario for most people who go through these programs.
As a working artist, I would have continued to build my life on rejection letters and acceptance letters — a terrible way to live.
My early rejection felt like a steel door slamming shut on one pathway in my life. But there were so many other pathways in front of me! I just didn't see them at first.
Once I found them, the rest of my life began.
In college, I applied for a summer internship at a big four consulting firm in NYC. Even with a 4.0 GPA and a finance major at a reputable business school, I didn’t get it. My first big rejection and I couldn’t handle the embarrassment and shame of it. I felt like a loser. I was sure this setback would impact my career forever.
It did.
I can’t be sure of what would have happened had I landed that internship but I can tell you with certainty what *wouldn’t* have happened.
I wouldn’t have extended my European semester abroad into the summer which means...
I never would have met Sebastien Vandecasteele which means…
I wouldn’t have moved to Barcelona which means…
There would be no SLAPS which means…
I wouldn’t spend every day with the best team along side my best friend, husband and business partner which means…
I wouldn’t have been back this week to see the work our team did for Female Founders Fund's CEO Summit on the floor of the NYSE which means…
I wouldn’t have heard the stories of setback and success from Diane von Furstenberg, Arianna Huffington, Cathy Engelbert and so many others.
Maybe I’d still be in NYC working for that same large consulting firm. But I can tell you that the life I have now is more fulfilling, balanced, exciting and challenging than I could have imagined in those internship application days.
Thank God I didn’t get that internship.
Huge thank you to FFF for the continued partnership and incredible day - you girls crushed it!
On Friday, our students shared their summer internship stories! 🤩 From Deloitte to EY to NBCUniversal and more, they interned all over the U.S., gained incredible experiences, and came back excited to share what they learned.
Missed the event? No worries! If you're curious about internships or want tips on landing your dream role, the Whitman Career Center is always here to help. Stop by and let’s chat!
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Hurry up my LinkedIn fam!
A few hrs left before the deadline. You do not want to miss this.
Please share and repost if you know someone that will benefit from this opportunity
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*****ICON x KPMG Scholarship and Internship Program Deadline: TODAY (Monday March 4th at 11:59 pm EST)*****
ICON Talent Partners wants to thank Ellie Gibbard, Specialist, National Inclusion, Diversity & Equity, Talent Attraction at KPMG Canada, for providing a comprehensive overview of the experiences that the ICON x KPMG Scholarship and Internship Program (SIP) Fellows had this past summer!
She was joined by two previous ICON x KPMG SIP Fellows which included, Sabrina Renaud (First Year Law Student at the Universite de Montreal) and Gigi Adetunji (an Honours Bachelor's in Commerce, Majoring in Marketing at the University of Ottawa).
In addition this session was facilitated through ICON's very own Beverly Lewis-Hunte, VP of Strategy & Academic Partnerships.
Their personal experiences and feedback were well received by the 30+ parents, current high school students and community leaders in attendance on a Friday night!
This opportunity was created for Black high school Grade 12 students enrolled in a Canadian publicly-funded high school and First year CEGEP students.
If selected for this scholarship and internship the student will receive $5,000 and a paid 6 week summer internship at KPMG starting on July 8th.
The Scholarship and Internship deadline is on Monday March 4th at 11:59 pm EST and additional details on how to apply is below:
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Please amplify this opportunity via your networks by reposting, sharing, liking, tagging parents and or community groups which may be interested in this scholarship and internship as well.
This scholarship has been life changing for the 21 previous Black high school students who have received this scholarship and internship opportunity and we expect even more lives to be changed this year as well!
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🌟 Summer Internship Spotlight: Derrick Nobles
🎓 Meet Derrick Nobles, an Accounting major, currently interning at Mauldin & Jenkins Public Accounting Firm in Atlanta, Georgia! Here’s what Derrick has to say about his rewarding experience:
🏦 “I have been working with the audit department. My main task is rolling forward audit programs from prior year to current year, and I’ve also done test work for different clients while keeping their documentation up to date. My favorite part about what I am doing is really learning different computer skills that I didn’t know existed. Knowing these skills makes it so much easier to maneuver around the technological things on the job! I know learning different computer skills will assist me further in my career as an accountant.”
👏 Let’s congratulate Derrick on his outstanding internship journey!
Do you have an internship this summer? Let us know in the comments below so we can highlight your success.
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With summer internships wrapping up, I had an amazing experience speaking to Ernst & Young’s Launch interns about financial literacy. A huge thank you to Willie Mae Veasy for the opportunity. As someone who once interned at a fellow Big 4 company, it was incredibly rewarding to be the mentor I needed back then. These interns are truly exceptional, and their futures are bright! Looking forward to seeing all the amazing things they will accomplish. 🌟 #FinancialLiteracy#Big4#EYLaunch#Mentorship#BrightFuture
"We shouldn't have to do that"
Recently I was talking to someone in the industry and that was their sentiment surrounding extended & enhanced onboarding for new summer interns.
We had just discussed how our Workforce Development team gets a full week to get our new summer interns (current college students studying something construction or engineering related) and how appreciative we are that our Execs & Operations Team fully support this investment.
Should we HAVE to do this? To me that is irrelevant - we have data and anecdotal evidence showing that we NEED to do this.
Our commitment to "Investing In People" compels us to take the time necessary to set these young folks (most of whom are new to the industry) up for success & for "Winning In The Field"
Reminds us of the quote from Henry Ford: "The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is not training them and having them stay."
It's good for the interns, Sargent, our industry, and our region(s). And it's a really fun week for Kevin Gordon & me! 😃
pictured: Meredith Brewer, Sargent Foreman and the architect of our internship program giving the new New England interns a peptalk! 📸 Kevin
