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One aspect of this internship that I have hardly mentioned throughout this entire summer is the “Lunch-and-Learn” series that Indium Corporation is has prepared for us. Every Wednesday, we interns meet for a lunch during which the company provides some sort of learning outcome. Not only has the company given us the opportunity to gain experience, but it is actively investing itself in our futures. They are not satisfied with simply allowing us to work for them; they want to familiarize and introduce us to ideas and situations that will be useful in the future that we may not have necessarily been exposed to otherwise.
其他实习生已经详尽地介绍了每项活动，我就不再详述了，但我会提到每项活动的亮点。
第一次会议由我们的市场营销总监Rick Short 主持，主题是指导。里克强调，对于初入职场的人来说，找到一位良师益友是多么的重要，同时这种关系也是多么的互惠互利。这非常适合系列会议的第一次会议，因为它给了我们时间去寻找这些关系。
The next week we had a special Dale Carnegie class tailored for us in which we were trained in interpersonal competence. This not only aided many of us in our communication abilities and how we interact professionally, but, in providing this experience, Indium Corporation has also given us a marketing tool that we can use in the future. Dale Carnegie training is very respected within the business world and having that mark on a resumé will certainly help us stand out.
Meeting number three consisted of Indium Corporation inviting their lawyer, Kevin Martin, to speak to us about intellectual property. In this lecture, Kevin explained to us the basics of how intellectual property laws work, the difference between patents, copyrights, and trademarks and how a non-disclosure agreement works. This was very helpful to me especially because, before the meeting, I was rather inept on the subject and now have a basic understanding of how to navigate those areas.
Next, Indium Corporation invited their outside marketing contractors, Quadsimia and The Paige Group, to speak to us about personal branding and social media. In this lecture we discussed how to manage your persona such that you do not end up limiting yourself professionally.
下一周标志着实习时间过半；我在上一篇文章中已经写过了。本周有两项活动：社区志愿服务和 "炫耀日"。在社区服务方面，我们参加了由纽约州尤蒂卡市市长主持的每周一次的 "城市大扫除"，在这次活动中，我们整理了Boilermaker 球场。吹牛日 "是一次午餐活动，在这次活动中，每个实习生都向其他实习生、他们的主管和高层管理人员介绍了他们迄今为止的经历。
在接下来的一周里，我们的市场营销经理安妮塔-布朗（Anita Brown）主持了一场关于网络和沟通的讨论。在这次会议上，安妮塔谈到了如何在不同媒体和不同世代之间进行有效沟通，以及如何在沟通过程中展示自己。这让人受益匪浅，因为它强调了没有哪种交流方式比另一种更好。在选择如何正确传递信息之前，必须考虑各种情况。
After that, Indium Corporation brought in Sim Covington who represented SUNY Polytechnic Institute’s career services department. Sim spoke to us about how to maximize our college career services benefit. Each student pays a fee for these services, but few utilize them to their potential. These services range from guiding you in determining the career path you want to pursue to aiding in your job search and helping with placement. As we are all college students interested in advancing our career professionally, the advice given by Sim was invaluable.
Next week we will participate in two events. On Tuesday many of us will volunteer to help at a youth STEM event at Indium Corporation’s Business Park Drive (Utica, NY) location. For this event, Indium Corporation has invited teenagers from a local nanotechnology summer camp to visit and tour our facility; we interns will be answering these students’ questions and aiding in the tour. On Wednesday we will participate in a discussion led by Indium Corporation’s Talent Acquisition Manager, Jim McCoy, in which we will speak about how to formulate our resumés and how to integrate our specific experiences from this summer into them.
This list of events makes it clear that Indium Corporation cares more about developing us as professionally than they do about the work that we create. Obviously, every one of us is doing great work for the company, but this experience expands beyond just the work that we are doing. Indium Corporation is actively investing in our future and giving us the tools we need to advance in our careers. This is truly not your average internship.
谢谢、
肖恩-麦肯纳
