Choose to do an internship through a large company such as Sony, Verizon or Goldman Sachs. These prominent and successful companies have a large number of internships and can offer excellent references or employment opportunities in the future. Students have the opportunity to intern with the company at headquarters, and sometimes branches abroad. Sectors include marketing, finance and strategic planning.
Locate a local nonprofit or community service center in need of business management aid. Often, these organizations lack the business savvy needed to make them efficient and sustainable.
Volunteer MBA students can help assess their current financial situation and create a model of adjustments that can be made to benefit them. Begin implementing these changes to the organization and help fix any hiccups during the beginning processes.
Helping organizations like these create a future development plan will keep their services running and could help provide future employment opportunities or references.
Align yourself with a company or business to conduct research on visual brand merchandising. Explore the history of the brand and its current state in today's consumer industry. Interview company patrons on why they chose this specific brand and how their brand loyalty was established.
Exploring ideas on whether people choose products simply because of brand recognition, or because of quality can help you in your business career, whether creating your own company or working for another. You can even propose new ideas on how to improve a company's branding image.
Research the growing method of Internet marketing. With more and more Internet traffic, many companies are opting to advertise online rather than in newspapers or magazines. Interview companies on the results they have received from the transition into Internet marketing. Interview consumers on what advertisements they find most effective and useful when trying to choose a brand or company. This research may assist you if applying for market research positions after earning your MBA.