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More than the Money

Nicole S Reilly — Tue, 01 Dec 2015 17:56:45 +0000

Of course a huge part of a job is the pay. You want to be able to pay your bills and have some money to spend too. As I’m getting closer to graduation, closer to job hunting and closer to those dreadful student loans, I can’t help put to think about money. I don’t want to be in debt until I retire, but I also don’t want to work a job that I hate just because it pays well. I want to work at a…

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Don’t Hold Yourself Back

Nicole S Reilly — Mon, 12 Oct 2015 16:30:19 +0000

While on my third internship in a row, I have definitely learned a variety of information that I wouldn’t necessarily learn in class. The number one thing I learned that took some time for me to realize is the fact that just because I’m the intern or the youngest one there, doesn’t mean my opinion doesn’t matter. First starting an internship is nerve racking. You are thrown into a new situation…

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Keeping An Open Mind

Nicole S Reilly — Fri, 03 Apr 2015 12:46:57 +0000

Since I was in high school I pictured myself working as an account manager at a huge advertising agency in Manhattan. I wanted to work on projects that would be shown in Times Square and live in a small loft that I could barely afford. I had this dream for my first two years of college and I really did not see this dream changing. I have always been a city person, which is part of the reason why I…

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Becoming a More Creative Thinker.

Nicole S Reilly — Tue, 24 Mar 2015 19:58:21 +0000

One major thing I am learning while being at my internship is to not be afraid to share my ideas. I am a Marketing & Event Planning Intern at Duke & Winston- a men's clothing boutique on Chestnut Street. It is a start up company that just opened a store in June. Being the only intern at the moment and also being short staffed in general, my boss tends to share a lot of his ideas with me, for all aspects of the store - whether he is stressed about sales, trying to come up with a new social media campaign or just trying to organize the display in the windows. It makes me feel like more than just an intern working on a specific project.

I enjoy being a part of not just marketing and events, but just anything going on in the store. Anything that comes to mind I suggest, even if I don't think my boss would love the idea. Sharing ideas helps come up with totally different ones. I will say whatever comes to mind for a new social media campaign. I have to admit there are times when the idea sounded better in my head, then I said it and it made no sense. But I realized that that's OK, because we then took those crazy ideas and turned them into very successful campaigns.