{"id":4726,"date":"2006-11-01T12:08:16","date_gmt":"2006-11-01T16:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=4726"},"modified":"2017-08-23T14:01:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T18:01:07","slug":"summer-interns-keep-good-company-at-burger-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2006\/11\/summer-interns-keep-good-company-at-burger-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer interns keep good company at Burger King."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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\nBarry Shiflett<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

This summer, six students from the College of Business Administration interned in a variety of departments at Burger King\u2019s corporate headquarters in Miami. They worked alongside students from other leading universities, such as Harvard, Duke, Wharton, and the Rochester Institute of Technology.<\/p>\n

In fact, according to Barry Shiflett<\/strong>, director of Career Management Services for the college, nine of the 24 summer interns at Burger King this year came from Florida International University’s graduate and undergraduate programs.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis reflects very positively on the college and the caliber of our students\u2014it represents a good step going forward in our relationship with Burger King,\u201d Shiflett said.<\/p>\n

Students earn kudos from Burger King.<\/em><\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Tomas<\/strong> (BBA \u201992), vice president of human resources at Burger King and also chairman of the college\u2019s Master of Science in Human Resource Management (MSHRM) Advisory Board, offers words of praise for the university\u2019s interns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nStudents from the college gained valuable experience as interns at Burger King.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u201cThey exceeded our expectations,\u201d he said. \u201cThe students from Florida International University were very well prepared. It was a perfect match between an excellent education and the right roles for the interns. Clearly, the university took the time to prepare and coach the interns prior to their interviews and assignments. Many of them have been asked to remain onboard with the company\u2014and that is no accident.\u201d<\/p>\n

The college\u2019s students were given the opportunity to hone their skills in multiple corporate disciplines, including finance, marketing, human resources, IT, and research and development.<\/p>\n

According to Tomas, the assigned projects \u201cwere planned with sufficient time to ensure they were meaningful and added value to the business.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the interns, Katia Archer<\/strong>, a senior majoring in accounting, was assigned to the internal audit team within the finance department.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned a lot about the different areas and departments within Burger King,\u201d Archer said. \u201cPerhaps most importantly, this experience gave me the opportunity to network with people in many different levels of the company, so I was able to learn from other people\u2019s experiences as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

Internships complement classroom learning.<\/em><\/p>\n

Tomas sees strong connections among the work of the MSHRM Advisory Board, the college\u2019s coursework, and the summer internship program at Burger King.<\/p>\n

\u201cMembers of advisory boards provide a real-life business perspective, ensuring that the curriculum is relevant to today\u2019s issues,\u201d he said. \u201cThe internship program goes one step further, offering students mentoring and networking opportunities. Practical know-how is not always gained through business case reviews or textbook theory. You need people with working experience in the field to help apply the teachings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dominique Voltaire<\/strong>, a senior who is completing her BBA in management information systems online with an expected graduation in December, 2006, feels the internship at Burger King definitely complemented what she learned in the classroom.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs part of the web development team, I found that my computer programming coursework made it much easier for me to pick up other programming languages that Burger King used,\u201d said Voltaire, who has landed a position with the Internal Revenue Service in Austin, TX. \u201cI\u2019d also learned some of the \u2018dos\u2019 and \u2018don\u2019ts\u2019 of working in a corporate environment\u2014and knowing those came in handy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ongoing discussions about the true nature of quality assurance and quality control within an IT environment added value to the internship experience for Luis Romero<\/strong>, who is on track to receive his Master of International Business (MIB) degree this December.<\/p>\n

\u201cI walked away from my internship in the IT department with new insights and the impetus to examine objectives from both a business and technical perspective,\u201d Romero said. \u201cHaving the chance to sit down and chat informally with my manager and colleagues during a lunch break added to the total learning experience. It was invaluable.\u201d<\/p>\n

The six Burger King summer interns from the College of Business Administration included graduate students Antoinette Mulai<\/strong>, Luis Romero<\/strong>, and Abbas Salehmohamed<\/strong>, along with undergraduate students Katia Archer<\/strong>, Dianne Cordova<\/strong>, and Dominique Voltaire<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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