My Summer Internship Experience
As many of you know, I was lucky enough to be part of a great internship program at CVS/pharmacy store support center, also known as their corporate headquarters. Many people apply to this internship each year and only a select few are interviewed and asked to come aboard. I was one of those qualified individuals. I am currently going for my double major in accounting and finance, so this made my Lasell experience that much richer!
During my first few days at CVS I was trying to get acquainted with my surroundings. It is such a large facility (2,000 employees +) that it's easy to get lost on your first day. Aside from being nervous/confused on my first day, I was a little caught off guard when my hiring manager and Director of Finance, Paul, asked me to edit the line-fee forecast for the remainder of the year. It baffled me that he wanted me to get right in the middle of projects and share my opinions. I felt that I was actually important to the company, which was great! What's even better is that I edited the line-fee forecast and the company actually used the numbers that I had forecasted. I was so excited!
There were many more instances such as this that came later in my internship. I was able to work with deposit forecasts, enter journal entries, do the daily audits such as the adjusted trial balance and general ledger accounts, as well as help on a special project for student loans of Eckerd and Revco, which became a part of CVS a few years prior. The work that I had completed at CVS helped me understand what I was reading in textbooks as well as the projects that I was completing at Lasell. I my opinion, CVS is a great company to work for and I had an awesome internship experience.
If you are interested, there is a link below to view my powerpoint presentation. We, as interns were required to give a presentation to our hiring manager and department as well as the Human Resources department (as they were the ones who funded the program) at the end of the summer. So Check it out!
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