The Time Career Fair Series

#TimeCareerFair series

Part learning conference. Part job fair. All online.

Want to know how to get hired? Ask the right questions to the right people. This interactive career event connects students directly to the source for their questions – former Time Inc. interns and fellows who have launched successful careers at an innovative media company. Editors, designers, and marketing managers from brands like Entertainment Weekly, People and InStyle will offer insight and advice to reveal how they landed their job here, and how you can use your skills, talent, and character to do the same.

There are two tracks still available. Sign up by following the link to the one that most interests you. Follow the eventbrite instructions to complete your RSVP. (You’ll need to go to the webcast link in the eventbrite details and click the RSVP button there to confirm.)

1. May 9, 12-1 pm Eastern: Consumer Marketing: RSVP here. 

2. May 14, 12-1 pm Eastern: PR, Sales + Marketing: RSVP here.

The Benefits of the Fordham Alumni Network

Curious about what the Fordham Alumni Network can do for you and your career development? Connecting with Fordham alum can open up a wide array of networking connections, internship and job opportunities, along with support from your fellow Rams. Hear about the benefits of the Alumni Network through this video produced by GSB.

John McCombe graduated from the Gabelli School of Business in 1982 and is currently serving on the the Gabelli Advisory Board.  He has stayed connected to Fordham throughout his career and is looking to recruit Fordham students for his firm.  Currently, his firm is hiring for the position listed below!

Job Title:  Richard Bernstein Advisors (RBA) Marketing/Admin Associate

Department: Marketing

Job Reports To:  Director of Sales and Marketing

Job Summary:

Rapidly growing Investment firm - Richard Bernstein Advisors (RBA) - run by former ML Chief Investment Strategist and CNBC contributor - Richard Bernstein seeks a motivated, well-organized, detail-oriented individual in a combination marketing and administrative support entry level role. Great opportunity for graduating senior to learn the asset management business supporting top executives while learning and contributing to firm’s overall marketing and sales efforts.   RBA assets were up 40% in 2012 and 22% in the first qtr 2013. 

About RBA

Richard Bernstein Advisors (RBA) is unique in that it combines a highly proprietary “top-down” macro approach to investing with quantitative asset selection. RBA manages portfolios geared to global asset allocation, global equity allocation, income allocation, and promising undiscovered investment themes. They currently manage $1.1 billion of assets under management/advisement (as of 3/31/13).

Responsibilities include the following:

- Working on marketing material and literature as necessary.

- Coordinating and preparing PowerPoint presentations.

- Maintaining the client database for e-mail distributions.

- Utilize social media such as twitter to help market RBA products.

- Support all marketing efforts as needed on various RBA products.

- Managing calendars and travel arrangements for multiple individuals.

- Scheduling meetings and assisting with preparing agendas, presentations, handouts and/or taking minutes as needed.

- Answering and screening incoming calls.

- Preparing and processing expense reports.

- Performing general office duties, such as managing conference rooms, circulating mail, and ordering office supplies.

Minimum Requirements:

Bachelors degree 

Beneficial Skills and Abilities:

- Excellent communication skills. 

- Proficient in MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint.

- Must be a self-starter, independent and flourish in a small environment.

For more information and to apply today, head to CareerLink, Job ID# 19076. You may also find out more about John and his position at RBA by visiting their website. 

Intern Spotlight: Brittany Batten

By Brittany Batten, FCRH '14 

It all started at the Internship Smarts for Liberal Arts Panel in October. Holly Rotchin (from Career Services) asked me to a part of what I thought was an all student panel and of course, I agreed. I began talking to one of the other panelists who was representing Hearst. I assumed she was an intern like me, until she gave me her card and told me to contact her if I was interested in future internships. Just two months later, I walked into the Hearst building for my first day as an editorial intern at Good Housekeeping Magazine. To my pleasant surprise, I was given my own desk, computer and even a Hearst email. Rachel, my supervisor and fellow panelist, introduced me to everyone in the office and gave me a brief overview of the various projects I would work on. Once I familiarized myself with the magazine, I got to work.

The majority of my work throughout this internship has consisted of researching and compiling pitches. I’ve worked on a variety of columns including Seal Star, Time Out, Ask Peggy (Etiquette Q&A) and Seven Years Younger. Seal Star highlights one woman each month who has done something good or made a difference in her community. On a normal day, I typically look for 5 local news articles and write short summaries for each to be sent to the editors. The Time Out page consists of excerpts from various social media forms, including Twitter, Pinterest, Instagram and YouTube.  I look through each of these platforms and pull interesting posts. For example, I look for funny, relatable tweets from celebrities on Twitter as well as inspirational, creative quotes on Pinterest. The goal for each day is typically 30 tweets, 10 pins, 10 Instagrams and 3 videos. At the end of each month, I sit down with the Associate Editor to pull the best options from these findings and create a memo to be circulated amongst the Executive Editors. As for the Ask Peggy column, I typically brainstorm awkward situations where Peggy Post’s etiquette advice would be helpful. Finally, I organize research and observations from Seven Years Younger panelists regarding their time on the diet and send it to the publishers who are working on creating the Seven Years Younger Diet Plan Book.

This internship has allowed me to express my own creativity, hone my writing skills and explore the world of magazine journalism. It is awesome to see my work and research published in the magazine. It was frustrating in the beginning though, as I was researching and pitching constantly yet never saw where my work went. As later editions of the magazine came out, I saw different things that I pulled and realized that my work actually was worthwhile. Likewise, there were several parts of the Time Out page that were not getting raving reviews from the readers. I offered up the idea of including Instagram pictures and it is now a permanent part of the page.

Overall, my experience at Good Housekeeping has been great! While I have enjoyed my time at Hearst, I don’t think that the world of magazines is where I want to establish myself professionally. I have honed essential skills and enjoyed looking into different topics and social media forms. I hope to continue exploring and writing about these topics in a blog. This provides me an arena to keep doing what I love about this internship while exploring other options professionally. My time at Good Housekeeping has endowed me with new interests and skills that will help me in whatever path I take in the future.

 

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