“The stereotype of an internship is you’re just
going to type a lot of numbers into Excel and
clean up spreadsheets for your higher-ups,”
Mueller said. “We worked on our own projects,
and we had our own responsibilities. We didn't
just do the grunt work.”
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We worked on our own
projects, and we had our
own responsibilities. We
didn’t just do the grunt work.
- Jake Mueller, University
of Nebraska – Lincoln
By contributing directly to a wide range of
projects, Mueller said he acquired valuable
industry knowledge that went beyond his
classroom lessons. As a result, he is better
equipped to explain the fundamentals of
finance, as well as the opportunities available
in the financial services industry.
“My internship opened my eyes to everything
I've been studying in school,” Mueller said.
Before transferring to the University of Nebraska
at Omaha, Noah Aboneh, a business major
in finance and international business, was an
engineering major at Georgia Tech and an intern
at Coca-Cola’s headquarters, a company with
almost 150,000 employees. He found Securities
America’s internship program markedly different.
Hear Securities America interns describe the
projects they worked on during their time here and
explain how these tasks prepared them for their
future in the financial services industry.
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“I have really enjoyed getting to know all the employees here,”
Aboneh said. “It’s such a warm environment, and the company
culture promotes community.”
The Securities America interns agreed their experience here helped
them better define and envision their career paths. That’s intentional,
said Eric Jensen, Securities America’s human resources director.
“The company and the interns are trying each other out,” Jensen
said. “But we also put a lot of stock in the value of training. The
training is really a win-win. The interns gain experience, and
Securities America gains access to a developed workforce.”
NOVEMBER 2018 | The STAR 10