Funding Available for International Internships

February 21st, 2012 - No Comments

Students interested in an international internship abroad now have funding available through a grant from dedicated and supportive alumnus, Bill Lane.  The Community  Development and Engagement Grant will assist students with funding for unpaid international internships that focus on using your business skills to help those in need.  View more details on the grant here:
http://ugstudents.smeal.psu.edu/careers/global-impact-internships/target-cedp-grant

Students can find international internships through the Smeal Symplicity system by clicking on t Global Impact Internships once they log in.

Companies who provide a placement service also have funding opportunities:

Connect-123 develops and administers volunteer, internship and study abroad programs. We are proud to announce the launch of our 2012 scholarship competition, where you can win a free trip — including airfare and housing — to do a career-related, international internship in any of our 5 locations — Barcelona, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Dublin or Shanghai!

Our panel of judges will select the winners from the best responses to the following question:

Describe, using words, photos or a video, how the opportunity to work, learn and explore on a Connect-123 international program would make a difference in your life and/or in the lives of others.

The application deadline is March 31 and winners will be announced on April 15.  For more details, please see: www.connect-123.com/about/scholarships/

Please remember to report your international internship to the Career & Corporate Connections office at Smeal.  https://webaccess.psu.edu/?cosign-php.smeal.psu.edu&https://php.smeal.psu.edu/corp/acceptance/index.php

International Careers Panel

November 14th, 2011 - No Comments

Join Penn State’s Global Programs for International Education Week!  If you attended the Smeal Global Impact Internship night a great follow up event is the  International Careers Panel.

International Careers Panel

• Audience: All are welcome
• Time: Friday, November 18, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
• Location: Foster Auditorium, Paterno Library
• Hosted by: College of Agricultural Sciences Office of International Programs, the Center for Global Studies, and University Libraries
• Learn about international career opportunities from the experts. Includes discussion about government, NGOs, industry, and academia in international careers, with a special focus on Food Security issues. General tips and resources about searching a position in your field will be covered as well.

Mercado Global Internships 2012

October 3rd, 2011 - No Comments

Let your internship make a difference!!

Founded by young women entrepreneurs, Mercado Global is dedicated to promoting women as leaders in their work, communities, and family structures.  This nonprofit organization has pioneered a means for connecting indigenous women artisan cooperatives in rural communities in Guatemala to sales opportunities with major U.S. retail chains and companies. Their programs help indigenous women artisans create fair trade products that are sold in the US through their corporate partners such as Levi Strauss, Bloomingdales, Crate & Barrel, and Nordstrom. These partnerships are expanding the market for fair trade goods and are showing major companies that they can successfully source products that empower rural women to lift their families out of poverty.

As part of its mission to foster a sense of global responsibility among the next generation of U.S. leaders and consumers, Mercado Global accepts a limited number of students as interns at their offices in New Haven, CT and Panajachel, Guatemala. The various positions available are:

Sales and Marketing Internship – Guatemala and New Haven Offices

Position Description: The Sales and Marketing Intern will work with Mercado Global’s Sales and Marketing Director on a variety of sales and market research projects. They will help with sales mailings, promotional materials, and line sheets. They will assist in determining methods to target fair trade products to additional retailers in order to expand the market for socially responsible products.

Requirements: Strong research and communication skills required. Experience and/or knowledge of fashion industry or marketing preferred. Graphic design and copy writing expertise preferred. Internship dates and hours are flexible, but a minimum commitment of two months is required.

Development Internship – Guatemala and New Haven Offices

Position Description: The Development intern will work with Mercado Global’s staff for a minimum of 2 months. The intern will assist in writing of grant proposals, including background research on funders and gathering of up-to-date statistical information to be incorporated into proposals. Other responsibilities will include assisting in organizing events, maintaining their donor database, and helping with donor appeals.

Requirements: Strong research and communication skills required. Experience and/or knowledge of fashion industry or marketing preferred. Graphic design and copy writing expertise preferred.

Operations Intern – Guatemala and New Haven Offices

Position Description: The Operations Intern will assist the Operations Associate in fulfillment and shipping of orders, including coordination of imports/exports and providing order and packaging instructions to their Guatemala production team. Other responsibilities will include assisting with sourcing of raw materials, supervising creation of technical specs for new products, and providing further assistance with various challenges and developments as they arise.

Requirements: Strong organizational skills required. Experience and/or knowledge of fashion industry or marketing preferred. Graphic design and copy writing expertise preferred. Internship dates are flexible, but a minimum commitment of two months is required.

Social Impact Assessment Fellow – Guatemala Office

Position Description: The Social Impact Assessment Program fellow oversees the implementation of the Annual Social Impact Assessment in the partner communities of Mercado Global. Duties include helping collect, compile and analyze data regarding their impact in their partner communities. Fellow reports directly to the Guatemala Operations Director and will supervise local women who assist in implementation of surveys in local languages.

Requirements: Candidate must speak fluent to proficient Spanish and must have a background in statistical analysis. Applicants must be willing to travel to outlying communities to assist in the collection of data.

TO APPLY:

View more information on Smeal’s Symplicity System and apply by sending your resumes with a cover letter to Chelsea Williams at chelsea@mercadoglobal.org or apply through www.idealist.org

Haselfrë Udyog Summer Internship – India

September 29th, 2011 - No Comments

(For Undergraduate Students enrolled in Undergraduate Business School)

Haselfrë Udyog is a social enterprise focused on providing skill development and employment to millions of Indians from the unorganized sector who lack reading and writing skills in a sustainable manner.

The objective of the Haselfre Udyog initiative is to:

• Ensure that the individuals identified in the target group are able to acquire skills that make them employable in ‘organized sector’ and get a minimum livelihood as prescribed by the States
• Ensure that persons so identified acquire positive attitudinal changes that enable them to become confident and effective.
• To keep the persons so identified and trained knitted through a group so that they continue to get counselling for further advancement in professional, educational and personal life.

The target group for this project consists of individuals:

• Who may not have any formal educational qualification; preference shall be given to school drop outs and migrant labor
• Who are in the age group 18 to 35 years – so that they are legally employable and in fit state of health
• Who have no regular means for sustenance

Their goal is to become “the number one social enterprise initiative for youth livelihoods in skill development & employment” in India and they need top talent from around the world to achieve this vision. Do you want to join them in this challenge?

You will be working with one of Haselfrë Udyog’s field units which are mobilizing the candidates from their rural villages and running the training courses and assisting the Corporate Development team in various Marketing and Research efforts.  Summer associates will also get to interact with key senior level Government and Private Sector officials who are partner organizations.

You will gain a valuable experience of working together with world-class social entrepreneurs and officials and will be able to apply your academic knowledge and skills in real-world practice.

Internship Positions:

Field Research Associates

The Field Research Associates focus on gathering important data for management to understand how is Haselfrё’s work impact quality of life of citizens.

It is an intense field level program that gives the Haselfrё Udyog Interns an opportunity to work with multiple stakeholders ranging from Government Officials to Field Level Project Offices throughout the various business cycles.

Haselfrë Udyog Corporate Development Associate

The Haselfrё Udyog Corporate Development internship provides a hands-on experience in a social enterprise management and strategic development. Development interns will be matched with an executive team member of Haselfrё Udyog, and will work closely together to improve Haselfrё Udyog’s current services and structure.

Internship Locations

• Bangalore, Karnataka, India
• Mysore, Karnataka, India

Application Process

Student Backgrounds:

Students should be currently enrolled in an Undergraduate Business School pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in the following fields:

Marketing, Management, Business Administration, Supply Chain and Information.

Applicants must also fulfill the following requirements:

• Indian Citizenship
• US Citizenship students/ Permanent Residents
• Students in their Junior or Senior year of Bachelor’s Degree
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Interested in starting their career in a dynamic global setting in the fields of social change and sustainable development using Business Skills
• At least 1 prior summer internship or relevant experience preferred

All their positions are located in India only. Full time job offer depends on the performance of the candidate along with recommendations of their contribution from the Haselfrë Team.

To apply

Submit your applications to your local career services offices based on your school.

Application Deadline: 2012, February 15^th for Summer Positions

Resume Screening: From 2012, February 16^th

If you have any questions, please contact your Career Services office for further information.  You can also find more information about Haselfrë Udyog at www.haselfreudyog.com .

Long Way Home

September 26th, 2011 - No Comments

Long Way Home’s mission as a 501(c)(3) is to break the cycle of poverty among youth in developing communities by creating educational opportunities, cultivating civic interaction, and encouraging healthy lifestyles. We believe that every person has the responsibility to work towards eradicating poverty, that successful community-development is driven by hard work at the grassroots level, and that motivated individuals with appropriate training can learn to become leaders within their own communities. Long Way Home offers our volunteers the opportunity to see development work in action…both its challenges and its rewards.

Currently, Long Way Home is constructing a 17-building school complex, Técnico Maya, in San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala using alternative green construction techniques. The current Técnico Maya operates in a substandard building that often lacks running water and electricity, and due to limited government funding teachers are not paid a regular salary.  It is the only school in Comalapa that teaches in the indigenous Mayan dialect, Kaqchikel, and currently has a capacity of 31 students. When construction is complete in 2014, the new Técnico Maya will have a capacity for 400 students, and will offer courses in carpentry, masonry, mechanic, electrical, welding, horticulture, alternative construction, micro-business and environmental education, in addition to the current Técnico Maya curriculum.

The World Bank considers three quarters of Guatemala’s 13 million people to be living in poverty.  Guatemala is roughly the size of the state of Indiana and is crisscrossed by mountains. Colorful busses constantly flirt with the edges of its deep ravines. This striking country and her beautiful people are also divided by ethnic discrimination, socio-economic disparity, and sharp inequities in access to health care and education.

The “Agreement on the Identity and Rights of Indigenous Peoples” recognizes that four peoples live side by side in Guatemala: the Mayas, the Ladinos, the Garífuna and the Xinca. The Xinca and Maya are both considered indigenous groups. The Garífuna has its origins in the Caribbean. Ladinos are the people of mixed racial ancestry; they constitute 59% of Guatemala’s population. The Maya are subdivided into 21 linguistic groups, each of which has its own language. Most published information relates to the K’iche’, Kaqchikel and Q’eqchi’.

San Juan Comalapa is a rural municipality of 41,000 located in the west central highlands of Guatemala at an elevation of 7,000 ft. The area is principally dedicated to agriculture, but is also known for producing fine art and artisan works. The main sources of income are cultivation of corn and beans and production of artisan goods for sale. The ethnic composition is 97% Kaqchiquel Maya and 3% Ladino. Kaqchikel people constitute 8.7% of Guatemala’s overall population.

Until about 20-25 years ago, it was uncommon in Guatemala to use the term “Maya” to designate the contemporary “Mayas”. In reaction to foreign labels, which had for centuries underlain the social, political and economic marginalization of the indigenous peoples in Guatemala, the various indigenous organizations have begun to create a new common basis of positive Mayan identity. This expression of a new collective ethnic identity – Mayan ethnicity – has arisen out of social processes and the struggle for political participation. Although clear differences can be found among the various Mayan peoples living in Guatemala in, for example, language, ways of expressing spirituality and cultural traditions, what unites all the Mayan peoples is their past and present experience of marginalization and the resistance that has been developed to combat it. Many values shared among Mayan groups are embodied in the mission of Long Way Home’s vocational school: the value placed on community spirit, the development of working skills, a sense of responsibility for the earth and respect for culture and customs.

Long Way Home runs a volunteer and internship program, with over 100 individuals from all over the world coming to work with us each year. Some opportunities include:

International Marketing Internship

LWH is currently in need of an intern in the International Marketing sector. This internship may be continued from your home university but requires some time at our site in Comalapa, Guatemala!

Although LWH is a locally integrated non-profit, it lacks international connections. As an International Marketing intern, you will publicize LWH’s mission to the international community attracting motivated and qualified interns, volunteers and volunteer work groups.

Responsibilities (this is not an exhaustive list)

•Create marketing plans for the volunteer, voluntourism and internship programs.

•Research compatible international internship programs.

•Establish relationships with internship programs from higher level educational institutions.

•Generate public relations materials to spread awareness about LWH’s mission and accomplishments, both in Guatemala and abroad.

Qualifications

•Education or experience in marketing, public relations, recruitment or other related area

•Excellent writing skills

•Ability to work independently

•Ability to read and write in Spanish a plus

Grant Writing Internship

This is an excellent opportunity to learn about grant writing for a nonprofit organization. Interns will research, prioritize and apply for grants from a variety of foundations and institutions. Our vision includes investing in future projects with the aim of continually improving the Comalapan standard of living. Our ability to undertake these ventures depends on the success of future grants.

Some examples of projects you could help achieve funding:

•Construction of primary classrooms, a library, an art lab or other planned buildings.

•Increasing local labor opportunities.

•School supplies and equipment.

•Wood burning stoves for families who cook over open fires.

•Water storage tanks for families with limited access to water.

Responsibilities (this is not an exhaustive list)

•Research sources of funding for projects that LWH is planning or implementing.

•Write proposals and grants that have a good chance of being funded.

•Make a minimum three month commitment.

•Initiate other fundraising ideas.

Requirements

•Experience and/or education in communications, writing, journalism and/or research.

•Interest in collaborating with a nonprofit organization.

•First year college level Spanish or equivalent.

•Some experience in writing grants preferred.

Besides applying through Smeal Symplicity, you can complete Long Way Home’s online application here.  For more information, we also have a volunteer manual located here. If you have any questions, email Long Way Home’s Volunteer Coordinator, Kristin Guité.

Student Perspective- Dev Basumallik, Dhaka Bangladesh- Grameen Bank

August 23rd, 2011 - No Comments

My time at Grameen Bank was filled with some unforgettable experiences that have taught me a lot about myself.  Over the course of three weeks I have made some great friends, interacted with dozens of locals and learned so much about Grameen Bank. These memories will be invaluable too me in the future, both professionally and personally. Spending time in a country thousands of miles away truly gave me a fresh perspective on my future and the world around me.

My first key learning experience would be meeting and talking with borrowers of Grameen Bank during my five day village trip. Having the chance to interact with people with lives so drastically different allowed me to gain insight on what Grameen Bank actually does. Grameen Bank provides a service to a segment of people that otherwise would have no access to financial resources.  Dr. Yunus believes that credit is a basic human right. Without access to credit, the borrowers in Grameen Bank would face yet another hurdle to upward social mobility. Professionally this has helped me look at the world in a different light. Despite the ever-increasing force of globalization many of todays poor people face barriers to entry to things they need to help them overcome their situation. This can be seen in quality education, healthcare and as Grameen Bank has pointed out – financial services. Speaking with borrowers that were helped with loans as low as $100 has sparked my interest in development. In the future I hope to use my business skills in ways that can help others.

This leads me to my second key learning experience – meeting with Dr. Yunus and the Yunus Center. Just recently Dr. Yunus was ousted as the managing director of Grameen Bank due to government regulations. He had founded the organization back in 1983. Despite this sad event Dr. Yunus is now busy spreading a new type of development – social business. Social Business is just like any regular profit-maximizing business except its goal is not to maximize value for shareholders but it is to solve a social problem. I got the opportunity to learn about this concept in detail with meetings at the Yunus Center and by reading Dr. Yunus’s books.  Through Social Business entrepreneurs and business leaders can solve the world’s problems while still being sustainable. Social Business differs from most aid organizations because it refunds the donors money and eventually becomes a normal business.  Professionally it was amazing to see that my future industry has a chance to do more in the world than help its shareholders. This new concept of Social Business can be revolutionary and has already started. Grameen Danone in Bangladesh is a joint venture with Danone – a yogurt manufacturer. It provides cheap, healthy yogurt for children that helps fight malnutrition. Its great to see social initiatives that business’s can be apart of.  I hope to learn more about Social Business as it progresses and hopefully be apart of one some day.

My final key learning experience had to be meeting other people with my same interests from all across the world. The other interns were an extremely diverse group. The ages ranged from 18-31 and everyone’s background and education were all different. There was one other American, two Japanese, three Italians, three from the UK and a few from other countries. It was exciting getting to spend time with these people and explore a new country with them. For most, including myself, it was their first time in Bangladesh. Interviewing borrowers, meeting with bank staff and experiencing the local culture were all the more enjoyable with others with same desires. We all got to learn and experience Bangladesh coming from homes drastically different.  Being in a foreign country with other interns has really sparked my desire to travel even more. Being in Bangladesh fro three weeks gave me a taste of how different the world is. I now wish to study aboard if I have the chance. In addition living and working aboard seems like a true possibility after graduation.  International exposure is key to understanding a global economy.

Overall my Grameen Bank internship could not have gone more smoothly. I have had some unforgettable experiences that have made my desire to learn more about development and go aboard grow strong. It was great to experience business in such a unique light. Most internship are about doing grueling tasks and working for superiors. The Grameen Bank internship was the complete opposite, with exposure, education and dialogue at its core. Professionally I hope to continue to challenge myself in the future with both unique and traditional internship roles.

Student Perspective- Dev Basumallik, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh

August 18th, 2011 - No Comments

August 12th – Weekly Reflection 2 – Dhaka, Bangladesh

The second week of my internship at Grameen Bank was drastically different than my first. We left Sunday morning for a 5-day, 4-night village trip where we would be living at a Grameen Branch Office. There are over 2,500 of these offices in Bangladesh serving 8.6 million borrowers. Our branch office was about 60 miles northeast of Dhaka. The staff at the branch office, like many of the rural people we met, could not of been more friendly. We stayed in a room above the first floor of the bank, alongside the branch manager and his family. Our days consisted of attending center meetings, here staff of the bank go to villages in the proximity of branch office and hold meetings with around 50 borrowers. This is where Grameen Bank operates. Villagers at these meetings ask for new loans, pay back weekly installments and communicate any issues they are having with the bank. After the center meetings we would meet with select borrowers, they would graciously invite us into their humble homes and grant us an interview. We met with many different types of borrowers, some had greatly benefited from the bank, others were still in poverty and trying to utilize their loans as best they could. Over the course of the week we met with about a dozen different borrowers all with different stories. We met with two girls that had received scholarship money and student-loans and were now attending college. Another member was a beggar who used the money to buy some cows, goats and chickens to help supplement his income. Overall the week was an amazing journey into the lives of people who now had the tools to help themselves because of Grameen Bank. My final week in Dhaka will be consist of meeting with different departments of the bank and learning about Grameen sister companies, which are separate ventures aimed at various social causes.

Student Experience- Advice from interning in Shanghai, China

August 15th, 2011 - No Comments

Hortense Fong gives fellow students advice on interning abroad based on her experiences on internship with Goodyear in Shanghai, China.

My internship has taught me a lot, but I have also learned a good bit outside of work. The first thing I learned was how to find an apartment. Before arriving in China, Goodyear provided me with some websites about renting shared apartments. I learned quickly that the turnover rate for shared apartments is very high in Shanghai. It took me nearly a week to find a suitable apartment, but the apartment I ended up with is fantastic. It’s large, clean, and my flatmate is a lot of fun. The second thing I learned, or rather confirmed, was that Shanghai is a great place to meet new people and network. Everyone here is looking to meet new people-expats because the area is new to them too and locals because they are curious about foreigners. One concept that nearly everyone here is familiar with is the idea of guanxi, or the power of relationships. Knowing the right people in China can take you a long way, for better or for worse. It is a concept that all my professors brought up when I studied in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Finally, for those who are considering interning in China, I learned last year that bringing tissue paper and hand sanitizer everywhere is a good idea. Be prepared to use a squatty toilet as well.

My two greatest pieces of advice would be to: try new things and travel. Eat duck, cow intestine, or maybe shark fin. Bargain to a tenth of the asking price. Have clothes custom made for less than the cost to normally buy them. Go clubbing with the locals. Squeeze onto a crowded subway during rush hour. Learn Chinese. All of my coworkers that have been taking Chinese classes have learned remarkably quickly. It has made communicating with locals much easier for them and the locals are impressed. Next, it’s important to travel. As my coworker once said, “Why do you make money? To see the world.” Between last summer and this summer, I have visited Dalian, Qindgao, Hangzhou, and Suzhou and I will be traveling to Hong Kong soon. In Dalian, I met Russians who looked oriental. I had no idea that there would be Russian influence in Dalian (since it’s nowhere close to Russia). Because of Hangzhou, I now have a very good idea of where silk comes from. Every new place I go, I learn more and more.

Here are some pictures from my experiences.  The first is a picture of me at one of Goodyear’s tire retail stores. It was fairly close to our office building. The second is of the Pearl Tower in Shanghai. And the third is of a Penn State flag in a restaurant opened by a PSU graduate who is now living in Shanghai.

Student Experience- Dev Basumallik, Grameen Bank, Bangladesh

August 11th, 2011 - No Comments

Dev Basumallik is a Sophomore intending to complete the Master of Accounting program through the Smeal College of Business.  This is the first of Dev’s reflection on his experiences as an intern with Grameen Bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

My first week at Grameen Bank in Dhaka was a week of acclimation to a city, climate and bank much different from anything in the United States. Dhaka is a humid city, characterized by horrendous traffic and people at every corner. The Grameen Bank headquarter is located about fifteen minutes from the apartment I am staying at. The other interns come from all over the globe and there is only one other American in my group. Our first week consisted of mainly meetings with different employees in the bank, learning about the banks fundamentals. Grameen Bank was started in 1983 and is a bank that specializes in micro-credit to mainly the poorest rural-women in Bangladesh.  We learned of the various loan products, services, and the structure of the bank.

My first week had two highlights that were truly incredible experiences. The first was meeting Dr.Muhammadd Yunus, the founder of Grameen Bank. He enteredd the room with a huge smile on his face to the applause of all the interns and staff. Dr. Yunus along with Grameen Bank received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. Dr. Yunus spent about twenty minutes with us interns; signing books and taking pictures.

The other incredible event of the first week was taking a day trip to a village to visit a Grameen branch office and center office. The Grameen Bank headquarters in Dhaka does no operational activities, all the loans are actually distributed in thousands of offices in villages all across Bangladesh. On our day trip we got to meet with borrowers and hear their stores about how Grameen Bank has helped them . This experience was a taste of what we will be doing during the bulk of our internship.

Next week we will be going on a 5-day village trip and living at a Grameen Bank branch office in the field. This journey should be the most rewarding aspect of the internship. The Grameen Bank internship is much different than most because it is based on exposure and education, not doing tasks and work like other traditional internships.

Student Experience- Hortense Fong, Goodyear-Shanghai, China

August 8th, 2011 - No Comments

Hortense Fong is a Junior Finance major at the Smeal College of Business.  Hortense is the Co-President and Founder of Penn State’s Global Business Brigades, a Schreyer Honors students, and actively involved in numerous student organizations.

My summer internship is in Shanghai, China from June through July with Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company. As a Finance major, I am curious about Corporate Finance and so I work as an intern in the Regional Finance department, specifically on the FP&A (financial planning & analysis) side.

I got this amazing opportunity after speaking with one of the mentors at a Smeal Alumni Mentoring Program dinner. While talking to my mentor, I mentioned that I was interested in interning in Shanghai this summer because I had studied abroad there last summer and had an unforgettable experience. He told me he went to MBA school with the President of Goodyear Asia Pacific, and was kind enough to forward my resume. The President in turn forwarded my resume to HR and the Senior VP of Finance for Goodyear AP. I interviewed with him several weeks later and then I was offered the internship a few weeks after that.

Upon hearing the news, I was very excited about my upcoming summer. From a professional standpoint, I would get to see what working in an international setting is like. In addition, China is a country that is currently full of opportunities because of its unprecedented growth. From a personal standpoint, I would get a chance to develop my networking skills and meet people from all over the world.

I have in fact had the opportunity to meet people from all over—Germany, France, Switzerland, China, Brazil, etc. The Goodyear Asia Pacific office is itself very diverse with employees from the U.S., France, Australia, India, China, Canada, Brazil, and so on. I love hearing the different accents throughout the office more than anything. Everyone here has been very kind and helpful and it’s interesting to hear about their different backgrounds.

Thus far, I have worked on two projects: Report Factory and a project relating to products’ gross-to-net structures. Report Factory has the goal of developing a single central information system that will allow the different countries and departments to draw data from. For the project, I got to work with an incredibly nice gentleman in Singapore and I helped him to consolidate the Sales and EBIT Walks for January through May, making sure the data was consistent with the countries and what was submitted to Corporate, and develop the allocation system for conversion and raw material costs. For the G2N project, a problem exists now where salespeople and customers are unsure about the discount structure of products because of a complex discount system that differs between countries. My assignment was to gather information about the G2N structures of the different countries for the ultimate goal of harmonizing the structure throughout the region. For these projects, the main skills I have needed are basic Excel skills, problem solving abilities, and solid communication skills (since I have to work with people throughout the region). I also have a much better grasp now of what problems people face in corporate finance and what sort of tasks are routinely performed.

<< Older Entries