Our internship program is currently under the supervision of an outstanding internship advisor, Dr. John Affisco. He will pass your resume on to employers who have listed internship positions with the IT/QM Department. The employer will contact the applicant(s) they wish to interview. The employing company will notify the internship advisor of the location of the internship and the intern's supervisor including contact information. You can obtain detailed information by clicking the "IT Internship" tab on the Hofstra Information Technology Association (HITA) Blackboard site which is available to you.

Please feel free to contact me should you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Dr. Elaine Winston
Chairperson
Department of Information Technology and Quantitative Methods
Weller Hall, Room 211
Frank G. Zarb School of Business
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549
Email: Elaine.R.Winston@hofstra.edu
Phone: (516) 463-5716

A second venue for obtaining internship and career opportunities is through the Financial Management Association (FMA) Club, a student run club that meets on Wednesdays during common hour. The club regularly hosts speakers from Wall Street and other firms, many of the alumni who are actively involved in linking current students to opportunities. The FMA sponsors a dinner each spring to bring current club members in contact with alumni.

Dr. K.G. Viswanathan
Chairperson
Department of Finance
Weller Hall, Room 221
Frank G. Zarb School of Business
134 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1340
Email: K.G.Viswanathan@hofstra.edu
  Phone: (516) 463-5698

Accounting majors can enter public accounting where they can gain experience in auditing, or taxation. Others can find employment in the accounting departments of other for profit entities where they can specialize in managerial, cost accounting, taxation, financial or internal audit. Opportunities also exist in the not for profit sector and in the government.

While attending Hofstra, students are encouraged to network with professionals. We have numerous clubs including Beta Alpha Psi, the Accounting Society, the Institute of Management Accountants, the National Association of Black Accountants, the Tax Society and the Legal Studies Club. Each club brings in weekly guest speakers from industry who present topics that help prepare members for their career. The clubs also offer our students the opportunity to volunteer and to socialize.

Our students are recruited by the large, medium and small CPA firms. Many students are offered mentorships, and internships while attending the university and gain full time positions with those firms upon graduation. Other students pursue graduate work and begin their careers after obtaining an M.S. or M.B.A degree.

Dr. Elizabeth K. Venuti
Chairperson
Department of Accounting, Taxation & Legal Studies in Business
Weller Hall, Room 205
Frank G. Zarb School of Business
134 Hofstra University
Hempstead, New York 11549-4868
Email: Elizabeth.K.Venuti@hofstra.edu
Phone: (516) 463-5684

This program enables students to learn management principles and applications through actual work experience in the field meanwhile enabling students to earn credits. In many cases, internships have been an opportunity for the student to recognize the right career that fits his/her profile and interest.

A company who offers an internship seeks a skilled, hardworking and motivated individual to help contribute to the company's growing needs especially if the company faces a dynamic growing business. An internship is a unique opportunity for the student to see how his/her class learning can affect the profit of a company.

A company who offers internships seeks individual with:

• Strong technical and management skills
• High initiative
• Computer skills
• Team player skills
• Problem solving skills

Students works for a minimum number of hours in a structured management training programs offered by a for-profit or not-for-profit organization. The student should get the employer and the department's approval and then register in a formal class to earn credits. Through the course of the internship, the student will be guided by a faculty advisor and will be required to write reports about the company, areas of management studied in the internship, and type of tasks undertaken. The grade of the internship relies on the quality of the work as reported by the employer and of the reports that are submitted to the faculty advisor.

A partial List of Employer Organizations who have provided Internship to our MGT students include: VELOX Micro; Make a Wish Foundation Internships; New York Life Insurance; The Institute on Philanthropy and Voluntary Service; Morgan Stanley-Smith Barney; The Merrill Lynch; The Long Island Real Estate Group (LIREG).

Also Job/Internship postings are offered on the Department and Hofstra Career Center Web sites.

Internships contribute to your competitive edge in job seeking. Student clubs like SAM (Society for the Advancement in Management) offer conference attendance and national competition programs which should also contribute to your experience and competitive resume.

We have two types of internships: (1) one is Internship in mgt or MGT 185, which requires senior status, and at least GPA of 3.0, and (2) the other one is Business Internship or MGT 174, which is opened to juniors or senior with a GPA of at least 2.5. Now, in MGT 185, students work for 3 credits while in MGT 174, students work for 1 credit, 2 credits or 3 credits. Therefore, students can take MGT 174 up to three times for one credit each.

Please come to see me or the faculty member is in charge of internship coordination if you have any questions.

Dr. Li-Lian Gao
Chairperson
Department of Management, Entrepreneurship and General Business
Weller Hall, Room 228A
Frank G. Zarb School of Business
134 Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY 11549-1340
Email: Li-lian.Gao@Hofstra.edu
Phone: (516) 463-4868