POSITION DESCRIPTION
Job Title: TAX ASSOCIATE
Essential Functions:
Job Requirements:
· Bachelor’s degree in a business-related discipline, with excellent accounting grades
· Successful internship within public accounting is a plus
· A general familiarity with tax return preparation
· A basic understanding of the tax process
· Familiarity with tax software is a plus
· Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
· Adaptability with the ability to pick up on concepts quickly
· Prioritizing and being accountable for multiple tasks
· Experience taking appropriate actions without being asked
· Ability to meet strict deadlines
· Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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Name:Andre Lemard
Internship, Co-op or Research Site:Paradigm Testing, LLC
Position Title:IT Intern
Major(s)/Minor(s):Information Systems
Current Class Level:Senior
Work Term:Spring 2021
Tell us about your internship, co-op, or research opportunity, including your day-to-day responsibilities.
I work as an Information technology intern at Paradigm testing, where we provide high-stake examinations to a wide range of law and medical organizations and boards. My day-to-day responsibilities include creating and scheduling exams for many clients, providing live troubling for proctors during exams. I also assist in other functional business/technology processes as needed.
Describe the process of obtaining your position. When did you hear of the position and submit your application?
My internship position was listed on the UMBCworks page, and I decided to apply because the job description matched my skill set. I used the Career Center's handbook resume tips and examples to format my resume according to my field of study.
What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization?
I enjoy that this internship position is entirely remote, so I get to work in the comfort of my home. I also enjoy the daily meeting with team members and the different tasks and projects we get to work on each day. The organization is pretty small, so everyone is kept in the loop.
How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?
I believe I make an impact through my work by creating exam formats that will yield the best exam-taking experience for candidates. I also believe that working closely with stakeholders and developing methods to streamline their exams significantly impacts their business processes.
What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?
I would say keep applying to as many internships as you can. Invest in resources that will keep your skill set current. Also, make an appointment at the Career Center if you need help.
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The Maryland Career Consortium (MCC) consists of fifteen colleges and universities in the greater Baltimore region including UMBC.
On June 8, MCC will also have a zoom meeting room set up outside the Handshake platform from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm so that if any questions arise, employers and job candidates can join the zoom room for help. See details on the help session here.
We look forward to your participation on Tuesday.
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URAs provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their research or creative work with a UMBC faculty mentor on an original project. UMBC students of all years and disciplines are invited to apply, as long as they will remain enrolled at UMBC long enough to complete the proposed work.
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Applications require a research proposal and mentor statement of support.
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Name:Jessica Kweon
Internship, Co-op or Research Site:Esperanza Center, Catholic Charities in Action
Position Title:Legal Services and Educational Services Intern
Major(s)/Minor(s):Psychology B.A.
Current Class Level:Senior
Work Term: Spring 2021
Tell us about your internship, co-op, or research opportunity, including your day-to-day responsibilities.
I'm currently interning virtually for this position. Because I intern for two different branches, I have two different supervisors that I meet on different days. The majority of my work pertains to my legal role. I work closely with my supervisor to gain legal knowledge and practice skills lawyers use for cases, including preparing documents, briefs, and legal research. With supervision, I can also contact clients with regards to cases. In addition, I meet weekly with the other lawyers in the branch to learn about their cases in the past week. This experience has been super insightful in better understanding the work that lawyers do, especially in immigration law.
As an Educational Services intern, I work with my supervisor on projects pertaining to the adult ESOL tutoring program. As a volunteer, it's provided me a lot of perspective on how to better evaluate and improve the program for both students and volunteers!
Describe the process of obtaining your position. When did you hear of the position and submit your application?
In December, I applied for the Shattuck Family Internship Program for Entrepreneurship Innovation and Social Change. Having been to the Career Center multiple times in my college career, I already had everything I needed, such as my resume, to apply for the program. In January, I was accepted into the program, which graciously provided funding for any nonprofit internship of my choice for the semester. I worked with Christine Routzahn from the Career Center to find and contact local nonprofit organizations that aligned with the kind of professional experience I was seeking for in my senior year. I've volunteered through the Shriver Center as an ESOL teacher for the Esperanza Center since the summer, and I was aware that they offered a number of other services to immigrant populations in the Baltimore area. After contacting and interviewing with the staff, I was able to land an intern position in two different branches, Legal Services and Educational Services, both of which I am very passionate about.
What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization?
I love the values, mission, and vision that our organization has in truly serving and supporting the immigrant community. As someone whose parents are immigrants, I know that having access to safe and compassionate services is really important when coming to the United States. I've also loved working with my supervisors. They've both been super fun, encouraging, and helpful throughout this experience!
How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?
Through my work, I am helping to improve teaching procedures that will enhance learning for children with developmental disabilities, like Autism-spectrum disorder (ASD). Although there are procedures currently in place to treat children with ASD in Applied Behavior Analysis, much research needs to be done to continue to strengthen ways to teach children using empirical data. Some areas of research are the number of stimuli and order of stimuli concurrently taught within a session.
What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?
In any aspect of my work, I am directly and indirectly impacting an immigrant in need of services, whether legal or educational. This purpose makes the work I do so worthwhile and personal knowing that I am helping someone adjust to and build their life here in the United States.
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Name: José Alarcon Jr.
Internship, Co-op or Research Site: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Position Title: Student Trainee
Major(s)/Minor(s): Information Systems
Current Class Level: Senior
Work Term: Summer 2020 - Spring 2021
Tell us about your internship, co-op, or research opportunity, including your day-to-day responsibilities.
CMS is a federal agency in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that works in partnership with states to provide health coverage for more than 70 million beneficiaries through programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Throughout the course of the pandemic, I have been providing support to the Data & Systems Group in the AWS team in maintaining and operating with on-demand cloud computing to allow high-powered analytic capabilities for structured and unstructured data sets. I also assisted in the proper governance for multimillion-dollar AWS purchases to ensure costs and resources are managed within budget while meeting the needs of the database infrastructure teams.
Describe the process of obtaining your position. When did you hear of the position and submit your application?
I heard about the position at the Career Fair provided by the UMBC Career Center in January of 2020 and submitted my application the same month.
What have you enjoyed the most about your position or organization?
I have really enjoyed learning about cloud computing, since it reflects how powerful resources can be used remotely and the impact it has behind-the-scenes.
How do you believe you have made an impact through your work?
Some of my contributions in the Data & Systems Group include enhancing and advancing the capabilities in DevSecOps (Development, Security & Operations) that are crucial as the team develops and implements software and data products to support Medicaid and CHIP, which is very important for more than 70 million beneficiaries, especially in the middle of a pandemic.
What advice would you give to another student who is seeking an internship or similar experience?
My advice would be that in order to qualify for an internship, you don't need to be the smartest student in your class. You don't need to know everything. I have learned that most employers look for personality, work ethic, and the eagerness to learn. And lastly, to go outside often and ground yourself.
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