Biggest thing I've learned this week: my sense of direction is way worse than I thought. Even with the help of my phone, I've gotten lost probably once a day. That's just embarrassing. I'm going to chalk it up to NYC being a much more confusing place than DC, and certainly Charlottesville. Last night, I was supposed to go out downtown with two of the other interns, but my awesome navigation landed me and one of the other interns in Brooklyn. Oops. While we were standing in the pouring rain trying to figure out how to get to the bar, two of my old friends from DC walked by. SMALL WORLD. We ended up hanging out with them the rest of the night. Despite never making it to where we had originally planned, I had an awesome time. But that seems to be how the best nights end up happening.
Work-wise, I've had an awesome week. I'm interning at Bank of America in HR. Late last week, I got my placement in leadership development for Global Banking and Markets. It's a pretty exciting time to be working in financial services--so much is changing and it's cool to be part of that, even in a minor way. On Friday, my big project for the summer really started to get underway--one of the top talent priorities for the head of Global Banking and Markets. I think it'll be a great opportunity to actually help solve a challenge a company is facing that I researched in so much depth last year at my job before school.
I also got really lucky with my intern class. There are five other HR interns in New York in the program and they're all awesome--really fun, and smart, and from such different backgrounds and schools. Some are doing MBAs, some doing masters in org psych and other HR-y topics. And I'm actually the only one with an HR background; they're former lawyers, accountants, and other very non-HR backgrounds. Anyways, just an interesting group. Should be an awesome summer, if last night and this past week are any indication.
Work-wise, I've had an awesome week. I'm interning at Bank of America in HR. Late last week, I got my placement in leadership development for Global Banking and Markets. It's a pretty exciting time to be working in financial services--so much is changing and it's cool to be part of that, even in a minor way. On Friday, my big project for the summer really started to get underway--one of the top talent priorities for the head of Global Banking and Markets. I think it'll be a great opportunity to actually help solve a challenge a company is facing that I researched in so much depth last year at my job before school.
I also got really lucky with my intern class. There are five other HR interns in New York in the program and they're all awesome--really fun, and smart, and from such different backgrounds and schools. Some are doing MBAs, some doing masters in org psych and other HR-y topics. And I'm actually the only one with an HR background; they're former lawyers, accountants, and other very non-HR backgrounds. Anyways, just an interesting group. Should be an awesome summer, if last night and this past week are any indication.