Name: Kyle Burnett Year: Senior Major: Economics and Political Science CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: UBS Going into the spring quarter, I believed myself to be headed on a different career path, as I had begun preparations to pursue a law degree. Fortunately, however, CFS provided me with an opportunity to reevaluate and work…
Tag: Political Science
Learning Through Experience
Name: Anthony Ciraci Year: Senior Major: Political Science Minor: Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts During the Spring Quarter of 2021, I interned at the Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts for my CFS experience. The internship offered a valuable look into the criminal justice system and public…
The Importance of Making a Difference
Name: Kimi Chau Year: Sophomore Major: Economics Minor: Political Science & Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Deloitte Consulting This past winter, I had the opportunity to spend three months interning at Deloitte Consulting. I worked on a project that seeks to build a new online financial statements consolidation system for a Fortune…
Advantages of a Remote Internship
Name: Juliet Jacques Year: Junior Majors: English Literature and Political Science CFS Class: Legal Field Studies Employer: McGuireWoods Consulting During the winter of 2021, I interned at the Chicago office of McGuireWoods Consulting, which is a government relations and consulting firm. I worked with the Illinois state government lobbying team, which has clients in a…
Narrowing Down Career Interests
Name: Noah Scantlebury Year: Junior Major: Political Science Minor: Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Axxum Consulting For my Fall 2020 CFS internship, I worked as an analyst for Axxum Consulting LLC., a human capital and organizational strategy firm. Going into this experience, I was very interested in pursuing a career in consulting. I…
Importance of Client Interactions
Name: Louis Yang Year: Sophomore Major: Economics and Political Science Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: OpenMarkets For my Fall 2020 CFS internship, I worked at OpenMarkets, a tech startup based in Chicago. I ultimately seek to get into the startup space and I felt that this was an excellent opportunity to…
The Value of Workplace Interactions
Name: John Blumenthal Year: Junior Major: Economics and Political Science CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Shore Capital Partners As a result of COVID-19, I decided to use the 2020 fall quarter to obtain work experience instead of take online classes. My interview process was long, but I ended up accepting an offer from Shore…
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…
Blogging to Inform the Public About E-Commerce
Name: Lucas Conrad Year: Junior Major: Economics Minor: Political Science CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Tangiblee I’ve spent this summer working at Tangiblee, a small software company that provides a product visualization service for e-commerce retailers. Throughout my time at the company I have learned a significant amount about the business to business (B2B) software world…
A Summer of Legal Consulting
Name: Soren Rossi Year: Junior Major:Economics Minor: Political Science and Business Institutions JCFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: HBR Consulting This quarter, I am interning at HBR Consulting, HBR is a consulting firm focused on sourcing and managerial consulting for law firms. The company also provides software solutions and information governance implementation as secondary services…
Different Backgrounds Find a Common Cause
Name: Alex Neuman Year: Junior Major: Political Science Minors: Gender and Legal Studies CFS Class: Field Studies in Civic Engagement Employer: 270 Strategies I’m interning at 270 Strategies, a public engagement firm founded by Obama campaign alums. We help campaigns, corporations, and causes improve their capacity to engage people at the grassroots level with a…
The Intersection of Finance and Politics
Name: Maggie Harden Year: Junior Major: Journalism, Political Science Minor: Legal Studies CFS Class: Field Studies in Civic Engagement Employer: Brad Schneider for Congress This fall, I am interning with Brad Schneider for Congress. I have been interning there part-time for a little over a year now, but CFS gave me the opportunity to devote…