Name: Julia Smith Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Legal Studies CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Expansive Workplace For my Spring 2021 CFS internship I worked as a marketing and sales intern for a coworking company, Expansive Workspace (formally Novel Coworking). As a junior applying to CFS, I did not know what career I wanted…
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Preparing for Life Post-College
Name: Cleon Beckford Year: Senior Major: Social Policy Minor: Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: HawkPartners The time I had in CFS during Spring Quarter was an incredibly enriching experience for me for a variety of reasons. Not only was I gaining professional experience and simulating a schedule that will be very similar to…
Crafting Strategies for Social Media Marketing
Name: Allison Palermo Year: Senior Major: Communication Studies Minor: Integrated Marketing Communications Certificate CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Novel Coworking Through the CFS program I have been given the opportunity to intern at Novel Coworking for academic credit. My experience thus far has been valuable and eye opening. Since I am a student athlete,…
Building Technical Skills at a Digital Marketing Consultancy
Name: Austen Wahl Year: Junior Major(s): Economics, Statistics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Arcalea Chicago Field Studies has been a great program that has given me very meaningful work experience. Every day I have learned a lot about client interaction, time management, attentiveness to detail, and many other more technical skills. At Arcalea, a…
Exploring Sales and Marketing at Successful Startup
Name: Cindy Liang Year: Junior Major(s): Communication Studies, Psychology CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: SpotHero CFS has been a great experience overall, even though the 9 to 5 can become mundane at times. Having an internship taught me a lot about life after college, and I gained a better understanding of what it means…
Marketing Intern Faces Unexpected Challenges During Summer
Name: Humna Saad Year: Junior Major: Economics and Political Science Minor: Asian Studies CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Novel Coworking Before stepping into my internship, I had no idea what to expect in terms of the work I’ll be doing, how my supervisor would be and how my relationship with my co-interns would develop. This summer I…
Interning During a Major Company Reorganization
Name: Emily McHugh Year: Sophomore Major: Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Brinks Home Security This quarter I interned at Brinks Home Security. My job consisted of analyzing data, which basically meant I was working with Excel to create different reports for the company on a daily basis. One thing that happened this summer…
Learning Workplace Skills at Nielsen
Name: Jackson Year: Junior Major(s): Psychology Minor(s): Business Institutions CFS Program: Business Field Studies Employer: Nielsen Chicago Field Studies is an incredible program. CFS is giving me the opportunity to get real, hands-on experience in the business field while receiving academic credit. It is allowing me to develop my professional skillset and I already know some of my future successes will…
Spending the Fall with Sports Marketing
Name: Haley Year: Senior Major(s): Economics Minor(s): Integrated Marketing Communications CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Employer: Northwestern Athletics Marketing This fall I’ve had the privilege to work with Northwestern Athletics Marketing. I ended up finding this internship on my own, but the marketing department was still super willing to work with my schedule and my CFS advisor was…
CFS for Everyone: Exchange Student Mariana Interns at Nielsen
Name: Mariana Year: Senior Major(s): Social Sciences Minor(s): Economics CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace As an exchange student from Sciences Po Paris, I had already heard about CFS even before applying for my year abroad at Northwestern University. Many exchange students from Sciences Po have participated in it in the past and…
Alayah Builds Connections at Her Marketing Internship
Name: Alayah Year: Senior Major(s): Psychology CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace This quarter I have an internship at an entertainment and sports marketing firm. I’m a psych major and prior to this internship, I wasn’t sure if marketing was the field that I wanted to go into after graduation. This internship has…
Linda Shares Her Experience At Techweek
Name: Linda Year: Senior Major: Psychology CFS Concentration: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Techweek is an amazing place to work! I’ve wanted some experience in the start-up realm for quite some time and I’m so happy Techweek took me in with open arms. Techweek is a start-up that plans and organizes tech conferences around…