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Internship Succes Story

Stryker

What did you do?
As a Marketing intern I was a member of the team that launched a new medical LCD monitor. Prior to the launch, I traveled extensively around the country to watch the monitor in surgery and interact both with the sales force and surgeons in the OR. I attended the Mid-Year Sales Meeting in Chicago and performed short presentations as well as distributed an educational CD I had created. The Vision Elect had different dimensions than previous monitors and required a new monitor cover design. I interacted with engineers, sales representatives, and vendors to launch the new product by the end of my internship.
- Caitlin Clark

What did you learn?
The most important things I learned were what it is actually like to be working in the “real world”. There is no class or lecture that can ever teach you the experience of working with a company — large or small — and how operating as a member of a business actually works. I have also seen several of the topics which I studied in school “in action” which helps cement what I have been studying all my years at Ohio State.
- Stephanie Wiseman

Here at Stryker, everyone is willing to help. Taking the initiative to ask for help, and meet many co-workers – this has been my main form of networking. It is important to network, network, network!!!
- Leanne Cheng

What advice do you have for others?

Find a place that fits you! You will not be happy if you don’t find a place where you are invested and interested in the work you are doing — that is so important! Another piece of advice is that finding an internship is not easy — you really do need to look around and apply to several different places. Giving yourself options along with having the experience of being rejected and accepted will really prepare you for so much. Lastly — work hard! Find a place that will challenge you. Use the time to actually learn and develop yourself. Not only will your experience be more valuable, but you will come out a better business person because of it.
- Stephanie Wiseman