MBA Internships are right around the corner, but they’ll certainly look and feel a little bit different this year. In this episode, Tony Morash (UNC Kenan-Flagler, ‘16) joins Al to talk about tips, best practices and general advice for MBA Internships. During the second part of this two part Podcast, Al and Tony talk about tips to be successful, how MBA students can prepare, and guidance around communicating and navigating a virtual MBA Internship. Listen on Spotify or Apple Podcasts
Show Notes
- 1:07 – Al and Tony talk about various ways to go about building relationships with your colleagues during your summer internship
- 4:40 – Tony talks about advice on how to shift your thinking on “networking” if it doesn’t feel comfortable to you
- 5:30 – Tony shares how he built relationships not only with people above his level, but also below, and why those relationships were valuable
- 8:38 – Tony talks about how to effectively build relationships with key stakeholders or cross functional partners throughout the summer
- 11:00 – Al shares some insight into Business Chemistry, and how it can help you communicate and build relationships with your colleagues
- 13:50 – Al talks about why you need to spend time understanding and relating with your cross functional partners or stakeholders during your internship
- 17:30 – Al shares some tips for the types of people you can spend time building relationships with during your summer internship
- 21:40 – Tony talks about how he set goals and defined success for himself for his summer internship experience, prior to starting his internship
- 25:00 – Al talks about some of his goals for his summer internship
- 29:30 – Al talks about how the internship is just a small part of your overall career, but why it can be so critical to your long-term career development
- 34:52 – Tony talks about the key things interns should do to focus on securing their offer
- 38:18 – Al shares his approach for having a conversation up front about your summer internship goals
- 42:00 – Al talks about how to reframe the internship opportunity if a full-time offer isn’t an option
- 45:45 – Tony shares the ways in which summer interns can add value immediately