Heidi is currently a student at the University of Pittsburgh with a job already lined up with Visa as a data analyst. Graduating with a degree in economics, Heidi shares with us her secret to turning an internship into a solid job offer!
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>> My name is Heidi Kusno [phonetic]. I am a senior here at Pitt. This summer I was an intern with Visa in Bloomington, Delaware, and I got that turned into a full-time job; so I'm moving to San Francisco, California and working as a data analyst for them in January. I supported the sales team, and so any relationship Visa had with merchants, like Macy's or Dunkin' Donuts. So I did a lot of data analysis, a lot of sales support, a lot of -- definitely a lot of number crunching and chart creating but definitely learned a lot. Yeah. I think the biggest thing is you have to be devoted. So if they say get there at 9 AM, I got there at eight-thirty. You have to always go one step beyond what they ask you to and that shows you care, that shows you're motivated and that I think that definitely helped. So it was a great experience because it was in the corporate world. So I worked in a cubicle. I drove an hour to work every day and worked with all business professionals. I wore a suit every day. So it was definitely a huge experience in that aspect. Definitely [inaudible] a lot of internships I've had previously.
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