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Anonymous's Rating for "Mullen"

Posted By:
Anonymous
Position:
PR/Social Influences Intern
Start of Internship:
01/10
End of Internship:
05/10
Overall Rating:
3
Internship was great for:
  • Networking
  • Fair Hours
My internship provided me with real world experience:
Agree
My internship met the job description I signed up for:
Neutral
My internship involved a lot of grunt work:
Strongly Agree
My boss positively influenced my internship:
Neutral
I felt comfortable in my work environment:
Agree
There was an established internship program at my company:
No
My internship was great for networking:
Yes
My hours were fair and flexible:
Yes
I received a salary / compensation:
No
I received college credit:
Yes
I received a letter of recommendation:
No
Comments

Here's the deal with Mullen's PR/Social Influences Dept. when I was there: Suzanne Daly made the program great and now she's gone. You work on whatever accounts they choose and mostly do clipping and media lists if you're unlucky. That's about it. Unless someone awesome like VP Michael Bourne gives you projects. DO THEM. The skills you learn are highly applicable. Otherwise, you get almost no job/career training. I was also stuck with very slow-moving accounts - other interns had more responsibility because they had better accounts. On the plus side, everyone is really nice and there's free coffee. Befriend the other interns and learn from them. Meet with your supervisor and keep a journal of your assignments if you want to negotiate for better projects. I wish I had done this.

Get good accounts and you'll do great - otherwise consider asking your supervisor for additional accounts so that you'll get some real experience. Learning Vocus is not a good enough reason to intern here.

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