It’s September which means my internship is half over, recruiting season is starting, and Sean is already almost three months old.
Internship
I’m really enjoying my time working at Genzyme. My project is improving a critical step in the manufacturing process of enzyme replacement products. I’m learning a great deal and experimenting with some of the new concepts I learned in the LGO program. It’s also great to have the network of my classmates to discuss ideas and review my thinking. Working at Genzyme these past few months has also been interesting due to the shear number of reasons they’re in the news.
Recruiting
Some of you prospective students may be wondering about the process of actually finding a job at the end of the LGO experience. While students are free to pursue any avenue they want to find employment after the program, most people utilize the recruiting process through MIT, Sloan, and LGO (all three are slightly different but complimentary). The career development office begins posting job opportunities on an internal website in September (there are already nearly 200 posted this year) with interviews taking place starting in October and continuing through the school year. The busiest period of on-campus recruiting is the end of October through November. LGO has a week of dedicated recruiting for the partner companies during the first week of November. Employment statistics for the LGO class of 2010 are posted here and Sloan statistics for the class of 2009 are here.
Sean
He’s growing incredibly fast and keeping us busy. It’s been great having my nights and weekends free to spend time with him. One of the major benefits of internship is the slower pace compared to classes. We’re headed to the cape this weekend to give him a chance to put his toes in the ocean for the first time (but only for a second because the water will be cold).
