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Well my internship is moving right along. I can honestly say that marketing is extremely boring and I will not be pursuing any form of career in this field. I always knew I didn't like sales or anything related to it, but now I simply strenthened my original feelings. -That's the bad news. The good news is that last week I was hired by my internship boss! At first I was extremely hesitant about accepting because I don't like the work, but then I thought to myself this could be really great on my… Continue

I am really finding myself struggling to stay interested in this internship. I really want to get the most out of it, but I am sort of counting down my hours. I'm working for a marketing company and I think one of my major problems is that I don't like the field. I find that it is not a substantial part of our society (at least not a positive one) and it is yet another way to promote commercialism. I find myself wanting a career that helps people and gives them something they truely need rather… Continue

So, this week was a little more eventful. I got my first assignment and plowed through it like a machine. My boss was really impressed and told me so himself. I literally made 160+ phone calls to Presidents, CEOs, and top exects in the marketing industry. It was pretty intense to talk to some of those people. That was my major assingment for the whole week; there really wasn't anything else going on that is worth writing. Next week should be good; I was told I have a couple of assignments to wor… Continue

February 4th was my first day on the job, and all in all I have to say it went really well. I am working for New Age Marketing (NAM), which is a company that markets products (from companies such as Wendy's, Dunkin' Donuts, etc.) to college students and K-12 kids.

Besides learning what the company does, I was also educated on the way the company operates. I was walked through excel sheets, proposals, invoices, contracts, the list goes on and on. It was very overwhelming, but I got the jist of h… Continue