Sarikka T Raman

Congrats on winning the competition Ian! It will be so rewarding seeing your idea come to fruition, especially with such a large and well known corporation such as NBC Universal. Good luck with the associate position.

I agree that company culture cannot be taught. If you think about it, every company culture is different; it is virtually impossible to integrate every company culture into a curriculum for business students. Prior to joining J&J, I had a perceived notion of corporate company culture, but these notions were proven wrong, as the environment is…[Read more]

One of the most important lessons that I have learned is how to work with people in a professional team setting. For example, in college, when someone isn’t pulling their weight on a project or things are going astray, we are so quick to go to our professors and let them know what happened and who was at fault. Maybe we would even write them a…[Read more]

J&J’s email system is based in Microsoft Outlook. I have never used this application before, but it has proven to be very helpful in scheduling 1:1’s, blocking out time for lunch/assignment completion, and meetings with my team or supervisor. My Outlook calendar already is pretty full until the end of the internship. Although it may seem…[Read more]

Hi Andrew! Learning Excel can be tricky, even if we have had basic exposure to it in coursework. One thing that I have found useful is Excel shortcuts. I use this site: https://www.computerhope.com/shortcut/excel.htm for shortcuts; soon you won’t even have to look at it because it will become second nature. If you would like an additional…[Read more]

Hey Shray! Sounds like an interesting work environment! I applaud your efforts to meet people via calls, even though you are all so far apart from one another. I think that you will learn a lot from this setting; working in a smaller company definitely gives you a better, holistic view of the inter-workings of a company. It’s also awesome how…[Read more]

Hi Edward! Your internship sounds amazing! I worked as a Marketing Intern at a small start-up last Summer, in which I developed my social media, market research, and web design skills. I enjoyed working in the small setting because I could try a variety of tasks within different departments and develop a deeper understanding of the inter workings…[Read more]

This Summer I am interning in Johnson & Johnson’s Information Technologies Department, specifically the Application Services department, which is located in Raritan, New Jersey. Johnson & Johnson recently consolidated its IT department; now its four sectors, which include consumer, pharma, and medical devices, all have the same IT department.…[Read more]