探索之旅

经理公司参观：学生与雇主见面的地方

1月下旬，当来自电视广播、市场营销、电影和商业管理等系的近20名布鲁克林学院学生完成对探索通信公司的参观时，许多人被说服，这就是他们想要为之工作或与之合作的公司类型。

“The possibility to use your major and, with the assistance of the Magner Center, adapt it to your present needs, is what opens opportunities for young people,” said Adria Alpert Romm ’77, Discovery’s head of human resources and its global diversity officer, in welcoming the student delegation. “You may have yet to discover what you really want.”

这位前优等生讲述了自己的经历。 她主修社会学，以为自己会成为一名社会工作者。

她后来在美国全国广播公司（NBC）等公司工作，然后进入探索传播公司（Discovery Communications）。这是一家大众传媒公司，在全球拥有40个办事处，拥有4000多名员工，其节目和电视台在220个国家拥有近30亿观众。 “In human resources I found another way of helping people,” she said.

“If you are a finance major and want to work with us, perhaps you could be part of our production team as a manager,” she said. “But after a year interning with us, you may not only gain the experience you need to include on your résumé, but you may prove you have talent for areas you had not explored. And like most companies, ours needs as much talent as it can get.”

Her remarks were followed by presentations from Katlyn Higgins, a development specialist at the Discovery Channel, who evaluates and develops some of the new projects submitted to them and does research on how to expand Discovery’s audiences and ratings.

然后是莎拉·拉塞尔，她在宾夕法尼亚州的一所小学校主修广告和市场营销，最终成为了动物星球的制片人。

Recruitment Coordinator Melanie Ruderman and Recruitment Associate Carla Rampersad later explained the ins-and-outs of internships and described the company’s culture as one of the most friendly in the corporate world. Discovery was named as one of the best companies to work for by 职业母亲，福布斯， and other publications.

“Discovery pays its interns in addition to giving college credit,” explained Rampersad.

“We look for candidates with a 3.00 GPA who show focus and don’t apply to many different positions.” clarified Ruderman.

对发现号的访问是马格纳中心计划于2017年1月进行的四次访问之一。 公司参观项目成立于2006年，已经带领学生参观了近100个组织。

“For students who haven’t been exposed to a professional work setting or to a specific career, these company visits open their eyes to the possibilities available to them,” said Magner Center Director Natalia Guarin-Klein. “Many of our visits are made possible thanks to our alumni working at those companies, which helps to build up the students’ confidence in achieving similar success,” Guarin-Klein added. “But it is fundamentally a chance to showcase to employers the type of talent 布鲁克林学院 produces.”

“My plans after graduating are to get a job in a major network where I could work in pre-production,” said Amanda Rodríguez, a television and radio senior who added that Rampersad and Ruderman provided the advice she was looking for and have encouraged her to submit an application.

“Discovery has been one of my favorite company visits,” said marketing senior Samantha Quesada, pointing out that the company’s values and, what she called versatility in positions, give people room for creativity. “I appreciate the fact that they are keen on retaining talent,” said Quesada, who seeks to work as a marketing strategist.

“Listening to Alpert Romm was so inspiring and helpful,” Rodríguez said. “She shared her unusual path to Discovery and television and encouraged us to keep our minds open for opportunities in many fields, not focusing strictly in one job category but choosing a job where we can grow.”