Junior Psychology student Emma Smith works for hhgregg. Through this position, she has developed better communication and time management skills. In this position, Emma has “learned how to better communicate with people and understand [their] problems and find ways to help them.” She likes that her job affords her the ability to work with many different… Read more »
Working Wednesdays
Working Wednesday: Maddie Mitchell
Double majoring in Political Science and Germanic Studies while also double minoring in Kinesiology and Fitness Instruction, junior Maddie Mitchell is getting everything she can out of IU. She works at the Career Development Center as a part time receptionist, and she really enjoys it. In fact, she loves that she gets to “tal[k] to… Read more »
Working Wednesday: Lindsay McKnight
Senior Lindsay McKnight is majoring in Sports Marketing and Management while also minoring in Event Planning. She works for Bub’s Burgers and Ice Cream and loves working there because “it’s like a family!” Lindsay’s work at Bub’s allows her to strengthen her active listening and teamwork skills. “Teamwork is a transferable skill that will help… Read more »
Working Wednesday: Catherine Fitzgerald
Senior Psychology student Catherine Fitzgerald works for the Career Development Center, as a part time receptionist. Throughout her work, she uses her communication and active listening skills. “I have to communicate with students, employers, and parents on our services,” Catherine explains. She uses her listening skills to understand their questions in order to properly answer… Read more »
Working Wednesday: Mary Claire Bassett
Mary Claire “MC” Bassett, a freshman majoring in Marketing and minoring in Apparel Merchandising, works as a cashier/sales employee for our local frozen yogurt joint, Red Mango. Through working at Red Mango, MC feels that her organizational skills and multi-tasking skills are going to be “very beneficial in [her] future career.” Not only is she… Read more »
Working Wednesday: Naveen Sreenivasan
A Human Computer Interaction graduate student, Naveen Sreenivasan works as an associate instructor on the IU Bloomington campus. The best part of being an AI is that he gets to “observe the students while they try to understand the topic and work in labs.” This is his favorite part because it helps him better understand people, seeing as he’s an… Read more »
Working Wednesday: Marcaira O’Connell
Marcaira O’Connell is a senior College of Arts and Sciences student majroing in Apparel Merchandising. She’s learning the tricks of the trade while working as a team member for David’s Bridal. She loves being able to interact with new customers everyday while also promoting products and services for customer’s big day. Her job, she says, is “all about being able to… Read more »
Working Wednesday: Luciana Lira
Meet Luciana Lira, a senior studying community health. Luciana works as a box office clerk at the IU Auditorium, where she has gained strong time management and communication skills. As Luciana puts it, these skills are vital to her future job because “[she] will be dealing with multiple projects at one time . . …. Read more »
Working Wednesday: Marjorie Brewer
Marjorie Brewer is a senior elementary and special education major balancing school, her internship with the Hutton Honors College, and student-teaching. As an Extracurricular Programming Intern, Marjorie loves that while working at the Hutton Honors College she is able to “lear[n] new ideas and concepts [she] may not experience through [her] own major or career.”… Read more »
Working Wednesday: Kristin Russell
Being a first-year student hasn’t stopped Kristin Russell from getting an early start on the career path she plans to pursue! As a media school student, Kristin’s dream job is to work in a large media firm in a big city. Because she wanted to gain relevant experience right away, she applied to be on the Career Development Center’s… Read more »