Sophie’s peer pick this week includes several paid internships at Spacebound, Inc – applications are due April 15th! – IT Department – Sales Department – Social Media – Marketing – Graphics Department While perusing the BRIDGE, I could not help but notice that SpaceBound, Inc., a global distributor of hardware, electronics, software, office supplies and equipment, tech gadgets, peripherals, and accessories, was offering a multitude of internships in different fields for the duration of late May through September 2014. This paid internship would take place in LaGrange, Ohio, which is renowned as a location that has no rush-hour traffic from any location such as Hopkins Airport, […]

Sophie’s peer picks this week include: – Cinedigm Marketing Intern – Massey Knakal Graphic Design Intern Calling all of those who can commute to New York and are interested in marketing! Cinedigm, a leading entertainment distributor and the largest aggregator of independent digital content worldwide, is offering an internship program to assist in the promotion of our releases. The ideal candidate will possess a proactive attitude, creative ideas, experience in social media and marketing as well as a strong interest in film and television distribution. You will have a variety of tasks such as general administrative duties (phones, filing, copying, […]

Sophie’s peer picks this week include: –  American Enterprise Institute – Brant Publications For my first peer pick, I wanted to target those of you who want to approach economics in a different manner during your summer internship – particularly in the D.C. area. If you chose to apply to the American Enterprise Institute, you could find yourself working alongside Derek Scissors, a Resident Scholar who focuses on Asian economic issues. He centralizes on the Chinese and Indian economies and United States economic relations with Asian countries. The Asian Economies intern will be responsible for researching and media monitoring of […]

Sophie’s back after Spring Break catching up on some family time, rest, and venturing to Pittsburgh for a visit. Here are her peer picks for this week: – Showtime Summer Awards [PAID] Internship – Arts Connect International Artist-in-Residence Program For this week, I am choosing to focus on a paid internship for rising juniors and seniors in New York City for the Showtime Summer Awards. If you were to be accepted to this position, you would be an intern within the Corporate Communications department at Showtime Networks Inc. You would be responsible for completing entry packets (entry forms, synopses, check […]

You may or may not have heard about one of the CDC’s most useful resources – the Vault! As I stated in my previous Vault post in November, the Vault is an way you can gain in-depth intelligence on people’s experiences in a certain industry, company or profession—and on how to set yourself up to land that job. As stated on their website’s “About Us”, Vault’s “influential company rankings, ratings and reviews are sourced and verified through ongoing directed surveys of active employees and enrolled students. Vault also welcomes current and previous employees and students who were unable to participate […]

Did you know that 25% of your salary after graduation will go to taxes? Or that you should always have at least 3-6 months of your income in savings? Or that a good credit score is necessary to secure a lower interest rate on your first car? With pizza and a packed room, my friends and I were relieved to be learning these essential facts during February’s Money Savvy series. Professor Curtis, Professor Guthrie, and Professor Mastrolia, from the School of Management, presented on taxes, budgeting, insurance, managing credit, debt, and mutual funds to over 70 students each session. As […]

Sophie Hattery ’16 is one of our Social Media and Marketing Peer Specialists in the CDC [want that job? Apply for next year!] and she just landed an internship for the summer! In the process she came up with some good interviewing tips. I do not know about the rest of you, but February seems to be peak interview season! Although spring break is readily approaching, do not put off preparing for your interviews in the final stretch. I know that balancing homework, working a job, and studying for midterms may be overwhelming – but interviews are what can be […]

This weeks picks from internships and jobs listed on the BRIDGE by Sophie Hattery ’16, CDC Marketing and Social Media Specialist: 1.  Yellowstone National Park Lodges 2. Smithsonian American Art Museum This week, I wanted to highlight an internship focused on the outdoors, namely for Yellowstone National Park Lodges. The program seeks to help you gain familiarity with operations at a high volume resort property, gain hands on experience in the hospitality and support industry, have access to management operating in the nation’s first national park, have access to management training opportunities from the training course catalog, and network with […]

This weeks picks from internships and jobs listed on the BRIDGE by Sophie Hattery ’16, CDC Marketing and Social Media Specialist: 1. CBS Sports 2014 Summer Internship Program 2. J.Crew IT Summer Internship This week for my peer pick, I chose CBS Sports 2014 Summer Internship Program in New York, New York. For you football fans, you would be responsible for assisting the Sports Research Department in various capacities during the pre-NFL Season as a research intern under the Chief Researcher. You would also furnish cassettes to production staff during editing sessions. Another bonus to this internship would be that […]

It may be hard to imagine now but Lewisburg is a great place to spend the summer. If you are planning on being around Bucknell for the summer consider working for the CDC! Lauren Buckley ’15 tells you why: During this past summer I worked as a student peer in the Career Development Center while I was on campus doing undergraduate research. The position, now seeking applicants for summer 2014, is intended to provide support for the CDC staff members during the summer months by helping with various projects and assisting students, alumni, employers, and faculty when they stop by […]

This weeks picks from internships and jobs listed on the BRIDGE by Sophie Hattery ’16, CDC Marketing and Social Media Specialist: Working for the CDC! This week, I chose write about a position very near and dear to my heart: being a peer and specialist in the Career Development Center. At the CDC, you will not only have first-hand access to which recruiters will be on campus, to the knowledge of when applications are due, but also to counselors who are willing to provide you with professional advice. The work environment is very family-oriented. The staff and peers all coexist […]

This weeks picks from internships and jobs listed on the BRIDGE by Sophie Hattery ’16, CDC Marketing and Social Media Specialist: 1. EY Emerging Leaders Program 2. Deloitte Internship As a fellow accounting and financial management major, I urge those of you who love dedicating your lives to financial statements, net present value, and transferable critical thinking skills to apply to start up programs at public accounting firms. It is vital for sophomores in particular to start early – three day externships can lead to internships, which could potentially lead to a way less stressful path to a lucrative and […]

This weeks picks from internships and jobs listed on the BRIDGE by Sophie Hattery ’16, CDC Marketing and Social Media Specialist: 1. Barteca Internships in Marketing Dept; HR Department; Recipe Design and Workshopping 2. Massey Knakal 10-week summer internship program This week, I found an internship that caters to those interested in going into marketing, human resources, or even recipe design and work-shopping in Norwalk, Connecticut. For those of you who are local and seek to assist department heads in one of these several, major initiatives – this could be your foot in the door. Barteca is known to “create restaurants […]

Peer Picks by Sophie Hattery ’16, CDC Marketing and Social Media Specialist, are back! With one of our semi-annual career fairs coming up next Tuesday, January 28th in Gerhard Field House, you should be checking the internship due dates of companies that will be there. As a side corollary, you should be reviewing your resume and planning your professional outfit as well! Luckily for you, I am going to highlight a couple of companies’ internship due dates that will be at the fair in a few seconds! 1. Clark Construction Internship 2. Cambridge Associates Summer Associate Program For you engineering, […]

If you are finishing up your Fall semester and getting read to head out to another country come Spring, Sophie ’16 has some advice for you and how to keep your internship search going from anywhere in the world. When you’re abroad, the last thing you want to think about is addressing any sort of responsibility that ties you to the world of adulthood. The reality check looms over your head, as you ruminate over the splendor of Alhambra, the exhilaration that comes with exploring foreign territory, and how you can readily relate to how Proust experienced involuntary memory upon […]