Elspeth Naomi Vandegrift

My internship at Genesis was a fantastic opportunity that gave me so much more experience in the data analytics and strategic side of HR which is what I most enjoy. Through this internship I gained valuable experience that ultimately enabled me to get a job in Lincoln Financial Group’s Leadership Preparation Program. I will be starting this July…[Read more]

I would say one of the big lessons I learned was project management in a working environment (rather than academic environment). As a student our group projects a typically short term projects, deadlines are very firm, group members can meet at almost any time (especially in the late evening), and usually your project is one of their top…[Read more]

Excel, data analytic, and teamworking skills have all been essential. The excel and data analytic skills go hand in hand as I worked with a number of databases and had to work with and transform data so it was accurate, meaningful, and useful. PivotTables, VLookup, and a variety of relatively uncommon commands than transformed or pulled out…[Read more]

My internship officially ended in January, but last semester I was balancing continuing to work with my internship, being a full time student, and being heavily involved in 2 SPOs. Other semesters I have also worked part time at the Dean’s Office which is what I am doing again this semester. The biggest key to finding the time for everything is…[Read more]

Data analytic skills are some of the most important skills that I discovered necessary in my internship. Not only did a lot of my projects center around data analysis, but I was often included in emails of a variety of reports. Rather than asking other people what the reports meant each time I always took the time to do a deep dive of the report…[Read more]

Genesis Healthcare’s Central South East division that I worked in was housed in an old railroad building that at one point was also a shoe factory. It makes for some interesting architecture but very very confusing to navigate. Lots of snaking hallways and walking through the finance department to meet with a department head felt similar to being…[Read more]

Hi everyone,
My name is Elspeth Vandegrift and I am a senior MIS minor and Human Resource Management major. This past summer through January I interned at Genesis Healthcare, a company providing skilled nursing and rehabilitative services in 48 of the 50 states. My internship was within the human resources department on the strategic side. So…[Read more]