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EDUCATION Internship Etiquette spend most of their energy during an inProcter & Gamble, the world’s largest ternship on their assignments. consumer goods company, touts itself as “It’s the individual accomplishments a “promote-from-within” organization. you create at the end of the summer that As a result, the majority of its new hires are going to make you stick out vs. whom start at entry level, and the majority of you may have had lunches entry-level hires come from the with,” Taveras says. “If you’re internship program. Cenona doing the job you’re expected to Taveras, diversity recruiting do, they’ll come to you.” manager for Procter & Gamble, When networking to make says that the company wants its contacts with a particular cominternship program to represent pany, students, Taveras says, what the company’s future will don’t take enough advantage of look like, which is why it brings the people on campus that can in students with long-term poserve as advocates for them. She tential. Interns who fare the suggested that students develop best after the internship bring Ceneona Taveras relationships with career cenas much to the table as possible ters, campus professors, student clubs, when working on assignments, which national organizations and associations often consist of projects that already exist and former or current interns. When within the company. And while she becompanies like Procter & Gamble have lieves networking during an internship not found candidates for particular roles, is important, Taveras advises students to these are the people they go to, since use the various networking events to get they will likely know who the leaders on to know executives and managers, and “The ability to communicate and to show the level of confidence that you have in yourself, and the ability to interact verbally with your peers and with management, is important. It is important because you get things done through people.” 50 BlackMBA • Summer 2008 • www.nbmbaa.org http://www.nbmbaa.org

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Black MBA- Summer 2008 Contents Mailbag Up Front From the President & CEO Politics of Change Catalyst for Change: Results of our 2008 Political Poll Know Whose Shoulders You Stand On: The Legacy of H. Naylor Fitzhugh Howard University: Changing With the Times Straight Talk: CEO to CEO Creating Your Own Sandbox Dual Threats Avoiding the Faux Pa Invest in Your MBA Everything You Need to Know About...Estate Planning On Campus Plan Ahead The Big Show What's in a Name? On the Move Market Forecast Jeff Friday Keith Wyche Life Lessons On the Ground Real Biz A Golden Opportunity Entrepreneurial Institute Tech Tools Read for Success Stacey Tisdale Advertiser Index

Black MBA - Summer 2008

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