Alas, the summer is coming to an end and so is my stint at Murray & MacDonald. Though I may appear in the future as a guest blogger, this will be my final “Intern Insights” post, and it will be insightful. Now that my summer has […]
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Intern Insights: The Value of Relationships
Like a majority of small businesses, the nature of our business is relationships. Developing strong client relationships leads to referrals upon referrals. The same is true for my father’s company. When my grandfather started, he established relationships with hundreds of clients in town. As time […]
Intern Insights: Outside Influences on Businesses
When I took on this internship, I thought I was entering into an industry wholly separate from that which in which I grew up. My dad’s office smells faintly of oil, most of his employees sport beards or mustaches, and he answers phone calls at […]
Intern Insights: Operational Efficiency
…And it’s officially August. Wow, this summer has flown by. It seems like just yesterday I was packing up to head to Falmouth for the summer. Now, I have to think about moving into my dorm, buying books, and taking some of the harder courses […]
Intern Insights: From Pencil Pusher to Blogger
With August just days away, I’d like to take this opportunity to change gears reflect on the past two months I spent working at Murray & MacDonald. I have taken much away from projects, meetings, and simply socializing with co-workers and with a month left […]
Intern Insights: Insurance Buzz
There has been a lot to talk about in the insurance industry over the course of the last few weeks, from the introduction of a Medicare Tax per the ACA, the Mass Chamber Health Co-op, to Google facing a huge fine from the Federal Trade […]
Intern Insights: The Reality of the Corporate World
If anyone picked this week to take off from work, you really knocked the ball out of the park. Eighty’s and sunny all week long with low humidity and hardly any clouds, you simply can’t beat it. While lots of people were on the beach, […]
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First, I hope everyone had an awesome Fourth of July, I know I did. I spent the entire day on the beach, went home and stuffed my face with food, watched the fireworks in the Heights, then sat by the fire with close friends and […]
Intern Insights: Corporate Communication
Prior to joining Murray & MacDonald for the summer, the notion of effective corporate communication was not something I fully understood. It is very easy to sit in a Management or Organizational Behavior course and talk about effective means of communication, but actually putting these […]
Intern Insights: Business Risk
Momentarily departing from my normal weekly blog, I’d like to discuss the risks that every business can encounter, regardless of size. On Thursday, I was forwarded a copy of Lloyd’s Risk Index for 2011, a forty page article detailing the most formidable risks that businesses face […]
Accounting in Real Life is Different Than What You Learn in Business School
Three weeks into my first internship, it’s safe to say I’ve learned more about the inner workings of a business than I could have in an entire summer of bussing tables or lifeguarding elsewhere, and yet I still feel like a minnow in the Vineyard […]
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The major topic of discussion last week was the development of new business and continued growth. The week began early Monday morning with a marketing discussion allowing sales associates and interns to offer insight on how to achieve steady growth. The “Pipeline” has been a […]
Intern Insights: Week One
Murray & MacDonald Insurance hired an intern, Ben Whitney, from Bentley University for the summer. Each Monday, we will post insights from Ben about working for a local insurance agency. In the first installment of “Intern Insights”, I’d like to introduce myself and provide a brief […]