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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE IN MIS-SUM18 6 years, 1 month ago
I hope everyone is off to a good start at your internships. We have a bunch of students doing internships this summer and participating in this forum. Please feel free to respond to one another student here i […]
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Just a reminder that your final exam will be on Friday, May 4 at 1:00pm in the same room as class. You will not be permitted to take the exam if you arrive late.
Please make sure that all missing assignments, […]
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site Industry Experience in MIS-SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Describe your experience? Anybody staying on part-time? Anybody have a lead on a permanent job?
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My experience this past 12 months at Subaru of America has been an eye-opening opportunity. I had the chance to work with many bright individuals who taught me a variety of skills. Gaining so much knowledge in the project management field has helped me identify a potential career opportunity that I could follow in the future. Being part of a team that implemented a Project Portfolio Suite such as ServiceNow will be a useful tool in my future job search. The connections I have built here have also helped me lead to some great interviews with other companies. I have chosen not to continue my career at Subaru and currently in the process of interviewing and looking for my new opportunity.
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My experience was a good experience. I got to see and understand the way that Cigna works and meet tons of people. I worked in the operations division at Cigna. I will not be staying on. Instead, I will be working within their sales department this coming June.
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I’ve learned a lot since starting this position and enjoyed the challenge of taking on the quality role to further grow my skills. I’m certain I’ll stay here a while but my ambition will point me towards positions in people leader roles. Hopefully by the end of this year I’ll have completed my degree and have had opportunities to move up.
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My experience at Independence Blue Cross was amazing because I discovered what I want to do, which is project management. I learned a lot about portfolio management and the techologies involved. I have been talking to the managers about staying at Independence full time as a project coordinator. However, they haven’t got back to me yet because they mainly hire contact workers and project coordinators are new the the department. In the meantime, I have been applying at other places just as a back up.
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My experience with Fox Run Brands is really beneficial. I have learned more about the customer goods and e-commerce industry. One of the most exciting thing is that I have the chance to learn about Amazon advertising. I have been analyzing and creating different ads on both Amazon Vendor Central and Seller Central. I will continue working with the company throughout the summer.
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I really enjoyed my experience at PwC! I will be returning in September to work in the same group, which has now joined with a data analytics group. I am really excited to get more experience in the field and work with a great team.
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My experience with Liberty Mutal as a whole was positive, but I did not have the best experience with my team. I learned a lot about internal IT audit, but my next step will be working at Ernst and Young in their Risk Advisory practice! My time at Liberty will help me greatly at my full-time job because I will be auditing work that is very similar to the work I completed last summer (EY is actually Liberty’s external auditor). Even though I had a very difficult time at my internship, I am appreciative of the lessons that I learned and the value that was provided to me.
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My experience at Protiviti was entirely positive because I was doing something that I enjoy, I was challenged and never stopped learning. I learned a lot about security consulting and what sort of projects I might be on in the future. At Protiviti I can go two routes in security: I can become a penetration tester ( what I ultimately want to do) and a security consultant (what I’m starting as). The security consultant is not as hands-on as a penetration tester, but still get a fair share of technical work. I’m excited to return in September to start full-time in their Security and Privacy practice.
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I had a great experience interning at PwC. I got to really experience what it will be like to work as a full time associate. Also, I made a lot of connections which will be good for me in my career. I did receive a full time offer to work in Process Assurance. I accepted the offer and will be starting in August 2018.
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My experience at the Federal Reserve was awesome. Made good friends with many of my co-workers, learned a ton, and have moved on to take a full time position at the FED starting in June. I’ll be working as a systems engineer on research tools and data infrastructure, so I’m excited to see where this takes me!
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The past few months at Aramark have been a great experience. It allowed me to see if my passion for data in the classroom, translates to the work place, before I graduated. My team coached me and motivated me throughout the entire experience. Although I will not be staying with Aramark, I will be joining The Walt Disney Company in June as an Omni-Channel Analyst on their Consumer Insights & Analytics team, supporting Walt Disney World. This internship showed me that I want to pursue a career in data, before it was too late.
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My experience at Tonic was great, I made connections that I will keep throughout my entire career. I was not really sure what to expect going into the internship but I had a learned a lot throughout my entire experience and it really showed me what I wanted to do to start my career. I stayed on part time in the fall semester but then stopped working there after the semester.
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My experience at Research For Action was excellent. As a Research Intern, I have learnt a great deal from this internship. Along with solid coding skills, I have also immensely developed my time management skills, both of which will benefit me in the long run. Most importantly, I have made valuable connection through this internship which will be very useful for me in the future. Although I am not planning to continue the internship through the summer, I do plan to work for the company during the following school year.
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My experience at SAP was amazing. I learned so many tangible skills and intangible skills. I really like the SAP corporate culture and am trying to land a full time offer. One of the best part about working at SAP that I did not mention before is their food! They have many dinning options with amazing chefs that cook delicious food. Taco Tuesdays are my fave! I was able to get a full time offer for for the summer about a different project. Planning on having it turned into a full time offer!
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My experience at Union League has been great. I got to understand the business process of hospitality management, and understand the operational concept of the organization. Throughout the entire internship experience the CTO managed to give me real projects to handle which makes me gain significant experience in project management. During this summer I will continue working for the company with a different job function and title.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Here is the study guide for the third (final) exam.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Here is the link for the driver download
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Here is the exercise.
And here is the spreadsheet you’ll need [In-Class Exercise 13.2 – VandelayOrdersAll.xlsx].
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Here is the exercise
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site Industry Experience in MIS-SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Please be sure to check the gradebook for any unanswered discussion questions or missing status reports. The final powerpoint is due April 30. Your eportfolio page should also be completed at that time. If yo […]
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Here is the exercise.
And here is the spreadsheet you’ll need for the exercise [In-Class Exercise 12.2 – Sentiment Analysis Tools.xlsx].
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Some quick instructions:
You must complete the quiz by the start of class on April 16.
When you click on the link, you may see a Google sign in screen. Use your AccessNet ID and password to sign in. […] -
Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Here is the exercise.
Here is the excel spreadsheet you will need to complete this exercise [In-Class Exercise 11.2 – NCAA 2013-2014 Player Stats]
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site Industry Experience in MIS-SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
What lessons did you learn during your internship that you just couldn’t learn in the classroom or from a textbook?
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Business policies that are specific to the organization can’t be learned in school, typically throughout the interview process and during the first two weeks of onboarding the new hire is exposed to the business policies that shape the culture. For example, HR policies such as hiring, benefits, training, and personal time off. As an employee and new father working at GE, I’ve learned they’re policy around paternity leave is extremely generous and follows the FMLA standards for length of leave with the added benefit of being fully paid. The longer one is with a company the more business polices they understand, such as quality, procurement, and/or marketing policies.
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Dealing with different types of people in the real world can’t be taught at school. Since I want to become a project manager, it is important to know how to manage people. There are various different personalities that need to interact with each other within a project and I must learn how to get someone to do something for me even though I am not technically their boss. I have talked to many project managers at Independence Blue Cross and they say that to become a project manager you must learn how to interact and manage different types of people.
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Selling products in the e-commerce is the things that I could not just learn the classroom. In class, we usually study about what is digital marketing, e-commerce, how it looks like, how can we figure the strategies for it but we did not learn the real-life skills of it. As working in the SEO position, I have to deal a lot with e-commerce skills. I started learning different new skills about this area that I had not learned in class.
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There are two things I have learned at work that did not learn in a classroom. These are planing and great listener. As a project manager, data analyst and sometimes UX designer, it is very important for me to plan ahead of time and listen very carefully to the requirements that are asked to be completed. I work for one of the largest market units at SAP and report to multiple managers. In MIS 3535 and 3506 we talk about the importance of these two set of skills but putting them on practice is a whole new world. It has also improved my critical analysis skills to understand that every person is a new challenge. People work differently and is my duty to adjust to these changes.
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Some lessons I learned during my internship is to make sure I am always organized and how to deal with different kinds of people. During my internship, I would be working on multiple projects and I would have a lot of work to do. I would use google calendar a lot to manage my time efficiently so that I can do my work as well as attend meetings or anything else. Also, while at my internship I learned how to deal with different people and how they like to interact. Some people were extroverts who I could just walk up to and start a conversation or talk about my projects with, while others were introverts who would rather just use slack to communicate.
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One of the most important lessons I learned during my internship was the importance of tailoring communication. It is hard to know how to deal with different types of people, whether it be different personalities or different levels of authority, and I never learned any of this during school. I realized that different verbiage must be used for external communication, versus internal communication. Knowing what to say and how to say it to clients was especially challenging. I had to be very careful with wording, and sometimes it can be challenging to ensure communication is efficient, effective, follows firm guidelines, etc.
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A lesson I learned during my internship that I just couldn’t learn in the classroom or from a textbook is that you need to always be prepared for your schedule to change. In the classroom, you usually will have a strict schedule that won’t really change much, but when working in this internship, I quickly learned that my schedule will be constantly changing. There are always new assignments and events that pop up out of nowhere that need to get done. In the classroom, you know everything that needs to be done and when from the beginning of the semester, but in the workplace it is not like that.
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One important thing I could not learn from class was the method of organizing my code. For my MIS 3501 class, I had written a lot of code but could never organize the code I had written in a proper way. Organizing code requires a lot of commenting and maintaining a consistent pattern so that another coder can read your code properly. In my internship, however, I was given proper instructions on how to organize my code and I could see how my code was used by senior analysts. This motivated me to get into the practice of properly organizing my code and adding sufficient comments to make it comprehensible for other coders.
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One of the things that I observed during my internship is that you need to continually learn and test things on your own. As one of my mentors said, being in the security field is not a 40 hour a week job. You always need to be reading about the tech industry and other complimentary industries to be up to speed with the current technology and security vulnerabilities. The most important thing I learned, is that I need to continually learn more to be able to adapt to future industry shifts and changes. One of the things he recommended is that I read not only things related to tech field, but others such as science and psychology journals.
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Something that comes in handy with working is organization and good note taking. I find that the best tool for this is OneNote. I work on several different projects for my internship and I find that its impossible to remember each detail without writing them down. OneNote has many features that allow users to organize in a way that works best for them. With organization and notes, I am always able to answer questions on projects, even if I do not remember the answer off of the top of my head.
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There are a lot of things that I have come across in the business world that I have had to teach myself. In the classroom, we learn about the basics, anything and everything that serves as an introduction to the field we want to pursue. But what happens when we exceed the breadth of which we have learned? Throughout my MIS courses, we have learned a whole lot about integrating, making things easier to manage, and how to leverage disruptive/innovative technologies. But when I actually came across these things in a real life scenario at my internship, I quickly realized that some things aren’t always as they seem. For instance, learning about integration and automation can only take you so far. Actually creating a workflow that simulates and executes this process is another thing, and this is what I had to teach myself in order to carry out some of my internship goals. Another example of this is some 3D printing classes that I took when I used to work at NextFab. Still classroom education right? Well, currently I am working on custom 3D print designs for a few clients and needless to say, the classroom knowledge has not nearly prepared me enough. I have been working on my own to teach myself how to do things and troubleshoot issues that I’ve come across. Fortunately, the internet is a wonderful place. Some say we don’t even need school, because now a day’s, everything is on the web…
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Organizational skills cant be taught in class. Everyone has different way of organizing their documents and appointments. Some use planners some use straight memory. I found simple technological tools like outlook calendar and to-do list was very important skill that came handy. Secondly, As I was in charge of managing my department’s JAM site platform is similar to a word press drag drop site. I did not learn the platform in class but fortunately SAP had plenty of tutorials or me to learn this from.
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Not everything is learned in the classroom. I see that more and more every job and activity that I participate in. Something that I learned outside of the classroom and in my internship is that not everything works on the timeline initially created. Things come up, people are on time off, or there is another pressing issue. Working with an attitude of being flexible and willing to cut back or push harder is important.
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The real experience and feeling when managing different projects. When i first taking project management courses, it lectures us how to effectively deal with obstacles in the project. At first i do not feel anything until i actually start managing projects during my internship. During the projects i encountered challenges because the software does not meet the expectations of the stakeholders, and some stakeholders don’t really understand the purpose of the BI applications. At times it does feel frustrated sometimes, but that is the time you have to be patient and observant of why they feel reluctant to changes. Moreover, the politics and culture is really important on having a nice experience in your internship. By gaining knowledge and experience on these aspects, i gradually find myself being more comfortable in a position i don’t feel comfortable when i first start my internship.
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Something that I learned during my internship that I couldn’t learn in the classroom or from a textbook is scheduling/ time management. The ability to independently create your own schedule is a vital skill in the business world. I am a person who tends to get bored very easily, so I needed to plan my time accordingly so that I could switch seamlessly between projects and assignments. Although scheduling may not seem like a topic that is expensive, it is an important skill because work completion is always a number one priority. It is also important to schedule around other people’s schedules because they could be very busy, or unavailable.
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Some of the skills that I’ve learned specifically from my internship are skills that I’ve gained from interacting with more complex computing systems. One person can only really afford so much in terms of computing power, so the only place you can get true experience with a lot of these larger platforms is through working for a firm that utilizes them. There’s only so much knowledge you can really get from reading a book about them, so until you work in an environment that lets you get your hands dirty, you don’t really get the full experience using that platform. Lastly, you definitely don’t learn about soft-skill workplace social issues in a textbook, or at the very least, you can’t learn from them the same way so that’s been something really helpful to learn from over the course of this co-op.
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Something I learned at my internship that I couldn’t have learned in the classroom was how to communicate out data findings. Being an MIS major, we are very skilled on how to interpret data in advanced ways. Yet, not everyone is as advanced with reading data as we are and you have to come up with new ways to get your point across without confusing anyone. This has taught me a-lot about data visualization, using visuals to help interpret the data. Having heavily used the Microsoft Suite at my internship, powerpoint and excel worked great and allowed me to easily create charts to help understand the data. Still, though, these can be a little overwhelming at first glance which also helped me learn how to effectively call out a data point. Given at any given stand there are over 500 “chargeables” creating callouts helped me pinpoint exactly where I wanted my audience to pay attention.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Some quick instructions:
You must complete the quiz by the start of class on April 9.
When you click on the link, you may see a Google sign in screen. Use your AccessNet ID and password to sign in. It […] -
Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Here is the exercise.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site Industry Experience in MIS-SPRING 2018 6 years, 3 months ago
Just a reminder that the PowerPoint draft is due tomorrow.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 4 months ago
Some quick instructions:
You must complete the quiz by the start of class on April 2.
When you click on the link, you may see a Google sign in screen. Use your AccessNet ID and password to sign in. […] -
Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 4 months ago
Here is the exercise.
And here is the Excel workbook you’ll need [Pew Story Data (Jan – May 2012).xlsx]
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 4 months ago
Due to the snow day yesterday, exam 2 will be held on Friday, March 30. We will have the exam review on Wednesday, March 28.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 4 months ago
Here is the study guide for the second exam.
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Laurel Miller wrote a new post on the site MIS 0855: DATA SCIENCE SPRING 2018 6 years, 4 months ago
Here is the exercise.
And here are the workbooks [2012 Presidential Election Results by District.xlsx and Portrait 113th Congress.xlsx] - Load More
I’m working at Campbell Soup Company this summer and my position is Marketing and R&D IT Services Assistant.
I’ll be suporting R&D IT team and Marketing IT team with mainly IT project management, along with operational tasks, insights development, research, and day-to-day execution in support of deliverables required for these IT service areas.
I’m working with goPuff as a Territory Growth Analyst intern. This internship focuses on project management of new launch locations, from the first step – searching for the location to the last one – the new location launch going live and operating. Right now, I’m evaluating the delivery zones at locations that are launched to improve and adjust the service parameter.
I am interning at Universal Health Services as an Application Analyst for the Information Systems Laboratory team. I will be working with the pathology team to support the implementation of UHS clinical and business applications at their Acute Care hospitals. That includes providing end user support, application troubleshooting, and assisting in performing routine system maintenance and builds.
I am working at The Ogilvy Group, a full-service marketing agency in NYC, as a Strategy Intern in Ogilvy’s Social Labs. My responsibilities include:
– Supporting senior analysts’ strategic recommendations to clients by crafting data-backed reports
– Exploring data from syndicated sources for insights that can inform strategic planning
– Conducting functions of Social Listening (aggregating and monitoring digital conversations on social platforms)
– Working towards a project and pitch at the end of the internship with a view to serve an actual client need
– Resolving issues as they appear in the context of Ogilvy’s dynamic agency-client relationships
Hi everyone! This summer I will be interning in Center City Philadelphia at Cigna. My internship is within the Technology Early Career Development Program (TECDP) and I will be working as a Production Support Systems Analyst in Group IT. In this role, I will be learning how to utilize various applications by understanding their different access levels. I’ll be responding to tickets to ensure people’s problems get fixed and that they have access to the applications they need to perform their jobs. TECDP interns also have a summer “innovation project”, in which I will be serving as my group’s project manager, but because Cigna is switching to a more agile work environment I will be known as the product owner. My responsibilities will consist of being the point of contact for stakeholders, prioritizing their wants/needs, and communicating these needs with my team.
During this summer I will be interning for RSM, a tax, audit, and consulting firm. My role during the summer will be as a Technology and Management consulting intern for Oracle’s ERP system called NetSuite. My tasks will include assisting in the role out NetSuite, and ensure client data is transferred over smoothly to the new system. Along with my main role as a consultant, I will participating in a fundraising service team project where we are tasked to raise money for RSM’s Birdies Fore Love.
Hi everyone! I will be working with SAP at the North American Headquarters in Newtown Square PA. My role over summer is Go for Growth Manager for SAP Partners.
I will be in charge of the following:
• Building and designing internal web-based knowledge management system for SAP Partners (SAP Jam)
• Assist to create a new collaboration platform for the Partners and SAP concentrated towards Financial Services Market unit.
• Setup and worked in an agile environment and constantly adapted to new program directions and goals for partners.
• Assisted Financial Services market unit by streamlining organization and aligning growth tracking with the Partner Programs.
Hello everyone! I will be working at Ernst and Young in Center City this summer in the Risk Advisory Program (RAP). I will be working with a team to interview and evaluate clients processes examining them to asses any potential IT or process risks. I will help in designing potential solutions and designing how we could implement them successfully. While also ensuring that process are in compliance with governing laws.
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My name is Eli and I will be working as an IT Intern for Freedom Mortgage.
I will be working on several projects in the Service Management Office Departments
My responsibilities consist of:
– Doing weekly/monthly IT Service Management analysis of incoming tickets from a wide variety of departments
– Improving the Database to make sure the incoming data is as accurate as possible
– Examining the life cycle of recurrent incidents and common issues that arise throughout the ticketing process
– Converting the data onto graphs, powerpoints, and presentations to show management where there is room of improvement
– Working with other parts of the service management office onto implementing new processes and improving process flows
Name: Chung Han Tu
This summer I will be working at the Union League of Philadelphia. I will be working at the IT department as an Project Management Associate.
My responsibilities include the following:
1. Creating documentation on our new projects which includes the scope of the project, the stakeholders, the responsibilities among the team, the budget of the project and the requirements of each task.
2.. Managing the timeline of the projects, making sure the project’s tasks are up to the planned timeline. If the tasks exceed the project’s timeline make necessary changes to our future tasks or request more resources to diminish the process.
3. Based on users requests, we brainstorm project’s idea and create solutions or approaches to fulfill users requests.
4. Send user change request form for users who request a change or add-on to our existing or future projects