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The followings were the presentation I was originally going to share in the Dean Business Council this morning in front of MBA Dean and alumni, who are wealthy, high social position in huge companies, and loyal to UIUC. However, Dean changed it on Wednesday pre-meeting. Well, so I still post it over here to be the conclusion of my intership.
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Hi everyone, I’m Joan Lin, 2nd year MBA student. Before sharing my summer internship, let me have a brief self-introduction that may help you understand more about how this summer intern affects me.
I’ve a totally international background. I grew up and had my undergrad in Taiwan, and worked full-time in Taiwan for almost three years before coming to IMBA. So coming here to study in the MBA program can be treated as the first time that I’ve been in US by myself for more than an half year, and the internship that I had this summer was the first time I worked in a different culture with different language. I had always heard that the working environment and culture in US were really different from the one in Taiwan, yet not until this summer that I had opportunity to experience it.
I’ve my internship this summer for Motorola in Horsham, PA. The business over there is about broadband and cable. I fully appreciate for this opportunity. I was lucky enough to have three nice and well-experienced supervisors all were response for different accounts, therefore I could be exposed to the culture differences fully as well as have progress in professional. They gave me opportunities to implement what I’d learned in school and previous working experiences, and also taught me thoroughly about a new company and industry that I hadn’t been familiar with. Furthermore, at the end of the intern, I also had opportunities to demonstrate my proposals of new product development and strategies to Asia market based on the knowledge I’d learned.
It’s funny to say so, although I already knew how intelligent and knowledgeable my supervisors were, yet I was still so impressed by their experiences, expertise and enthusiasm toward works and colleagues. I admired them, and want to be like them afterward. I realized from them again that professional doesn’t only mean the knowledge and skill, but also the attitude in all aspects, which isn’t emphasized much in where I came from. On the one hand, I was impressed by the difference between two working cultures, which makes me think a lot and deeply, and on the other hand, I also adjust myself to the new way of communication and interaction.
Before internship, I knew I had abilities and skills to work in Taiwan, yet I never knew whether I was capable to work in US. However, this summer intern helped me understand what I already have and can be leveraged in work, and what I’ve lacked and need to learn more in the second year MBA. Meanwhile, it provided me a precious opportunity to prove to future recruiters and also myself that I can quickly adapt to the working culture in United States.
Besides the professional aspect, I was also benefited to regain my confidence. I lack of confidence because of my English ability at the beginning of the intern. The tenseness and fear fall over me since I really didn’t know what’s a normal and professional way for Americans and was afraid of failing my supervisors’ expectations. Then my supervisors let me know that they accepted that I came from different background and that’s what they’re looking forward to. They’re looking forward that I could bring in different insights, and helped me to figure out my differentiations and advantages to work in US afterward.
Overall, this summer is crucial to me. I have obvious progress in professional, social skills, English, definitely, and self-confidence. And also it helps me to clarify more about my future plans. For me, intern also serves practical function of being the preparation and rehearsal for both job hunting for this year and full-time job afterward. Here, probably, I can provide a pretty practical way to measure how I was benefited from this summer intern: Before intern, I waited in line for 30 mins in career fairs and information sessions, and ended up only occupied recruiters for 3~5 mins; however, after intern, I waited in line for 30 mins, and my best record was to have conversation with recruiter for 40 mins, and that conversation also led to the interview afterward. Briefly speaking, I’ll say that the intern experience not only brought out what I had, but developed what I didn’t have. And it was a major course of MBA and well fits the purpose of the program as well as my purpose of coming here pursuing my graduate degree.
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Hi everyone, I’m Joan Lin, 2nd year MBA student. Before sharing my summer internship, let me have a brief self-introduction that may help you understand more about how this summer intern affects me.
I’ve a totally international background. I grew up and had my undergrad in Taiwan, and worked full-time in Taiwan for almost three years before coming to IMBA. So coming here to study in the MBA program can be treated as the first time that I’ve been in US by myself for more than an half year, and the internship that I had this summer was the first time I worked in a different culture with different language. I had always heard that the working environment and culture in US were really different from the one in Taiwan, yet not until this summer that I had opportunity to experience it.
I’ve my internship this summer for Motorola in Horsham, PA. The business over there is about broadband and cable. I fully appreciate for this opportunity. I was lucky enough to have three nice and well-experienced supervisors all were response for different accounts, therefore I could be exposed to the culture differences fully as well as have progress in professional. They gave me opportunities to implement what I’d learned in school and previous working experiences, and also taught me thoroughly about a new company and industry that I hadn’t been familiar with. Furthermore, at the end of the intern, I also had opportunities to demonstrate my proposals of new product development and strategies to Asia market based on the knowledge I’d learned.
It’s funny to say so, although I already knew how intelligent and knowledgeable my supervisors were, yet I was still so impressed by their experiences, expertise and enthusiasm toward works and colleagues. I admired them, and want to be like them afterward. I realized from them again that professional doesn’t only mean the knowledge and skill, but also the attitude in all aspects, which isn’t emphasized much in where I came from. On the one hand, I was impressed by the difference between two working cultures, which makes me think a lot and deeply, and on the other hand, I also adjust myself to the new way of communication and interaction.
Before internship, I knew I had abilities and skills to work in Taiwan, yet I never knew whether I was capable to work in US. However, this summer intern helped me understand what I already have and can be leveraged in work, and what I’ve lacked and need to learn more in the second year MBA. Meanwhile, it provided me a precious opportunity to prove to future recruiters and also myself that I can quickly adapt to the working culture in United States.
Besides the professional aspect, I was also benefited to regain my confidence. I lack of confidence because of my English ability at the beginning of the intern. The tenseness and fear fall over me since I really didn’t know what’s a normal and professional way for Americans and was afraid of failing my supervisors’ expectations. Then my supervisors let me know that they accepted that I came from different background and that’s what they’re looking forward to. They’re looking forward that I could bring in different insights, and helped me to figure out my differentiations and advantages to work in US afterward.
Overall, this summer is crucial to me. I have obvious progress in professional, social skills, English, definitely, and self-confidence. And also it helps me to clarify more about my future plans. For me, intern also serves practical function of being the preparation and rehearsal for both job hunting for this year and full-time job afterward. Here, probably, I can provide a pretty practical way to measure how I was benefited from this summer intern: Before intern, I waited in line for 30 mins in career fairs and information sessions, and ended up only occupied recruiters for 3~5 mins; however, after intern, I waited in line for 30 mins, and my best record was to have conversation with recruiter for 40 mins, and that conversation also led to the interview afterward. Briefly speaking, I’ll say that the intern experience not only brought out what I had, but developed what I didn’t have. And it was a major course of MBA and well fits the purpose of the program as well as my purpose of coming here pursuing my graduate degree.
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