Each summer, a small platoon of fresh-faced talent marches out into the Western New York business community, eager to exchange hard work for valuable resume credentials. They are interns from the School of Management and their arrival is gratefully anticipated by area business owners and managers who hire the students to complete special projects, gather research or bolster their staffs. Companies know that our students deliver real value in terms of what they can accomplish. And because demand for the interns far exceeds supply, Kogler says there is an element of competition involved in hiring the students.
Companies offering the most interesting assignments usually win.
The interns' projects this summer include sales and marketing research, database design, development of personnel handbooks, investigation of exporting opportunities and design of customer-service questionnaires. MBA student Brian Crimi, for instance, is performing a cost analysis for the Catholic Health System. His suggestions for reducing costs and maximizing efficiency already have been implemented by the hospital system. I'd hire him full time if he wasn't going back to school. As an intern with the Buffalo Bisons, undergraduate student Lauren Hartmayer is helping to promote special events, write advertising copy and manage sponsorships.