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INTERNSHIP PROFILE:
Aubrey Skelskey
Psychology Major
Class of 2013

Title: Research Assistant for Employee Satisfaction

Employer: Reliance House

Aubrey, a junior at Eastern is a Psychology major with a concentration in industrial and organizational psychology along with a minor in business administration. Throughout this year she has been doing a unique internship at Reliance House, a non-profit organization in Norwich, CT. Aubrey's  first position title was  a Research Assistant for employee satisfaction. In this role, Aubrey conducted research on how the employees felt about their job through working with statistics. At the end of the semester Reliance House encouraged Aubrey to continue her internship and  she began doing focus groups with the same employees to find the nature of dissatisfaction of the employees there.

Although an internship is not required for her major, or in order to graduate, Aubrey wanted to make sure this job is what she really wants to be doing with her life. It helped her learn a lot about the field she plans on pursuing. Her research showed that although positions at reliance house are low paying, employees in the field still respect those who work in the field because they are truly dedicated and enjoy what they do.

                As you can see, an internship can turn into even more and can offer you a lot more experience. Not only is she doing focus groups with the employees at Reliance House this semester, she also volunteered to help her advisor with an experiment in rating management action plans at Eastern.

                Aubrey plans on becoming a business consultant in the future. She really hopes to help people enjoy their jobs more because this is a value that is becoming more important than ever before. Your job is not only where you spend most of your time but it is hard to accomplish anything with negativity interfering with your work.

                Her advice to students is "Get an internship as soon as you can so you know what you will be getting yourself into in the future, and what you should be expecting."

Not new to Career Services from having worked their during the summer of her freshman year, senior Marlana Carroll has used the information she's learned in the office and applied it to the real world to land her multiple internships. Her most recent being with Chartwells Dining Services right on the ECSU campus!

A Psychology major with a concentration in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Marlana was excited to receive an internship on campus. "I had other internship opportunities off campus, but I was really invested in staying on campus," she said. "I get to see improvements that I help make first hand on campus."

As the Marketing Coordinator for Chartwells, Marlana is responsible for planning and coordinating weekly marketing events, managing the company's website and even training new interns.

In addition to her internship, Marlana is also the president of the ECSU Chapter of the American Marketing Association, Public Relations Director for Habitat for Humanity, a Student Government Senator and part of the Campus Activity Board - not a small workload!

And her opinion of Career Services? "Career Services is so personable and their always available, Marlana said. "They really befriend you and understand what your goals are."