UNH Student Selected to Help with Nat’l Hotel Publication Article

2010-05-25T02:29:07Z

One of FolioFLY’s OUTSTANDING student member talents, Lynnette from UNH, is an English/Journalism Major who previously worked on another project with rave reviews for her speed, accuracy and professionalism!

Based on Lynnette’s past experience and because of the career path and major she’s currently pursuing, she was selected to be a paid research assistant for an incredibly cool article on coffee trends being written for a national publication.

Nice going, Lynnette! Way to build your resume and make new business connections while you’re still in school…

FLY Sales Internship – Learn to Sell Like A Pro from the Experts @South Jersey Magazine!

2010-05-26T16:35:40Z

Did You Know? Out of the more than 2,000 4 year degree-granting colleges in the U.S, only about 50 schools offer a Sales major; yet in 2009 a sales job was ranked in the top 5 list of new grad jobs. That’s a LOT of on-the-job training goin’ on! (Source: National Association of Colleges & Employers)

So get a leg up on your job competition by really learning about selling before you graduate. The concept of selling is such a critical skill for every type of business service and product, yet it’s rarely taught by itself in the classroom. Successful selling relies on a strong understanding of what you’re pitching, the industry you’re selling in, serious relationship building and understanding client needs. The latter are critical ’soft skills’ that need to be more than discussed, but PRACTICED in a relevant environment.

So you’re probably thinking, ‘Where can I get me some of this experience stuff?!’ If you’re a South Jersey or Philly area college student truly aspiring to build a successful career in sales, FolioFLY has EXACTLY what you need!

We’re looking for 3 students who want to be selected as top sales internship candidates for interview consideration at South Jersey Magazine! The lucky Interns-to-be will need the following attributes:

- Creative and High Energy
- On time and Professional
- Flexible Demenour and Attitude
- Seriously Interested in A SALES Job versus Marketing/Public Relations
- Ready to Learn!

The top 3 candidates are selected by FolioFLY and the final decision of who gets this coveted spot is decided by the magazine.

As part of this terrific opportunity, you’ll be able to not only directly report to and job shadow the Director of Sales, BUT you’ll also get to ride along with the seasoned sales reps to see first hand how they work their magic with new and prospective clients.

The spot is eligible for school credit only and requires an estimated 10 hours a week throughout the summer. (If your school’s internship program requires a minimum amount of hours to qualify, please note this information in your submission for consideration so appropriate arrangements can be made upon your selection for this great behind the scenes experience.)

IMPORTANT NOTE: The selected candidates need to be ready to roll right away as interviews with the magazine staff will most likely start next week- May 31, 2010. So send your resumes to sperilli@foliofly.com by this Wednesday, May 31, 2010! Be sure to include in your email what aspect of sales most interests you. Do NOT directly submit your resumes to South Jersey Magazine or you will be excluded from participating. All questions relating to this Sales Internship can be posted below.

Best of luck and I’m looking forward to seeing your submissions…

Recommended Links for Sales Jobs:
- Learn the difference between Sales n’ Marketing
- Check out How to prepare for a Sales Job Interview
- On average, what does a job in sales earn? (Source: US Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Win A Day @the Art Dept. of South Jersey Magazine!

2010-05-24T16:17:19Z

Officially open for entries!

As part of FolioFLY’s new ‘Class to Community Connect Program’, we’re excited to introduce one of those rare portfolio-building opportunities for up-and-coming art, advertising and other college and graduate level artists local to South Jersey and Philly!

PROJECT DETAILS
Use your top-notch visual communications skills to create a window art advertisement for The Makeup Bar Salon in Cherry Hill, NJ. Your design should convey how ”The Makeup Bar is more than just makeup!”

Simply submit your design concept via email attachment and send to designs@foliofly.com using the email subject header: My Makeup Bar Design.

This opportunity is open to ONLY college level students. The Makeup Bar Owner and Staff will select the top 3 designs. The South Jersey Magazine Art Department will also have input into the final winner from the TOP 3 submissions.

AND THAT’S NOT ALL!
In addition to having this incredible portfolio-building experience, the winner will:

- Receive a $100 Gift Card for Makeup Bar services

- PLUS enjoy a GRAND PRIZE of spending the day with the great folks at the South Jersey Magazine Art Department! (The date of the visit will be determined based on availability and convenience for both the winner and South Jersey Magazine. )

- Once your design is selected, you’ll paint your artwork on the HUGE salon windows for all to see. (The Makeup Bar is located at the high traffic Short Hills Plaza in Cherry Hill right on East Evesham Rd.)

All paint supplies will be provided by The Makeup Bar. Only 1 submission per person will be considered.

Don’t miss this great opportunity to build your portfolio and meet with local business professionals. You never know what doors may open!

Deadline to submit entries is June 30, 2010. All out-of-state students who enter will be responsible for their own travel related expenses if their artwork is selected for the salon. Please post your questions in the comment section at the bottom of this page. Directly contacting South Jersey Magazine or The Makeup Bar directly may result in disqualification from the activity.

Best of luck and we look forward to ALL your submissions!

NOTE: FolioFLY is a first place, statewide award winning woman-owned company recognized by The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners, and partially funded by the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs.

FREE FolioFLY Membership

2010-04-12T23:35:57Z

Details coming soon….

The ‘Class to Community Connect’ Effect

2010-05-24T22:44:09Z

Have ya’ heard? FolioFLY’s the BIG thing in next generation job search and career development…no matter who you are, and where you live. We’re literally building student career paths one project and industry experience at a time!

Our new ‘Class to Community Connect’ initiative connects local business pros with area schools and teachers who SHOW students what different types of careers are out there. Connecting with the community is a great way for students to enhance their education and learn about real job options and industries BEFORE spending money ‘n time on college tuition, and a major that may not be the right fit.

By offering industry projects, job shadowing opportunities,
internships and guest speaking engagements with experts, students gain access to relevant and modern learning on a neighborhood level, while making their own important business connections.

Students who enjoy local business experiences have a strong foundation to pursue careers as entrepreneurs or employed business professionals. When it comes time to look for a job, FolioFLY ‘Class to Community Connect’ students have an edge, demonstrating more real resume or portfolio experience and industry contacts than students randomly posting for jobs on generic job boards.

Join FolioFLY’s ‘Class to Community Connect’ Effect today, and train and retain local student talent, while giving them the skills and tools to successfully venture out into the world.

Small Business Professionals Sign-up for FREE to start making a difference in the lives of students from your community. See more details and information HERE.

Need to hire experienced interns, entry level positions or project assistants? Let FolioFLY take the time and guessing out of hiring the best talent for your company by connecting you with our student members who have successfully worked with our clients before, and come highly recommended in their field.

If you’re not sure if FolioFLY is right for you, see what are other people saying about us!

What are people in your community doing to support local student talent? Let us know with a post below! Look forward to hearing about your successes.

FLY Exclusive: Learn @ the Music Industry With A N.A.R.M Internship!

2010-04-05T22:39:22Z

That’s right! The National Association of Recording Merchandisers in Marlton, NJ is on the look-out for their next intern rock star. One lucky student will get to work with the NARM Communications Department as they prepare for the big annual 2010 NARM music industry event!

In years past, NARM’s convention has honored big names such as Michael Jackson, BB King, Queen, Hall & Oates and many, many more… the line-up for 2010’s convention is still in the works, and you can participate.

You must be able to commute to NARM’s Marlton, NJ location right outside of Philly, 3 days a week – for 3 hours each of the days. This will be a PAID position with a stipend of $400 per month. This position offers great experience, new business connections and pay, to work alongside of NARM staff who are selecting artists to perform, outstanding music industry members to award and arranging for media to attend this fun and exciting event!

- Intern responsibilities will include assisting their Communications Department with various office and phone tasks

- Working knowledge of Photoshop and Excel is required

- Understanding of WordPress functionality is preferred to perform basic web work, but is not required

- Internship will officially start the beginning of March 2010 and go thru May 2010.

- There is a potential the intern may even be needed to attend the Annual Music Industry Convention in Chicago
(May 14-17), but that’s to be decided given company budget and needs. (Note – Event draws some interesting celebrities!)

Since this internship is coming down the pipe FAST, if you or someone you know is interested in learning more about this fantastic opportunity, email me a resume and/or a link to your LinkedIN profile at sperilli@foliofly.com VERY SOON!

Look forward to hearing from you and best of luck!
Sandy Perilli
FolioFLY Founder
201-410-4320

About NARM: (www.narm.com) According to Wikipedia, ”NARM is a United States not-for-profit trade association that serves music retailing businesses in lobbying and trade promotion. Established in 1958, the Association’s membership includes music and other entertainment retailers, wholesalers, distributors, record labels, multimedia suppliers, and suppliers of related products and services, as well as individual professionals and educators in the music business field.

NARM retail members operate 7,000 storefronts that account for almost 85% of the music sold in the $12 billion U.S. music market.”

Another FLY Exclusive ~ $2 A Survey for Market Research Project

2010-02-13T19:35:25Z

A new educational company, working with FolioFLY student members since November 2009, is offering a few lucky students the chance to work on a great market research project!

You will be responsible for distributing and collecting brief market surveys from fellow graduate and undergraduate students. Surveys will be used to gain feedback on a new way to make learning SAT and GRE vocab words a breeze. If you’re one of the lucky students selected, you just need to hand out and collect 300 completed student surveys to EARN $2.00 FOR EACH ONE!

Intended Grade Level: High School and College
Very appropriate resume-builder project for all majors, but especially for Marketing and Communications; Special Education Teachers of HS and college age students are also encouraged to apply.

Project Deadline: March 02, 2010

Email sperilli AT foliofly DOT com ASAP to be considered for this project and learn more details before the spots are filled!

FolioFLY is an an award winning woman owned business recognized by The NJ Association of Women Business Owners and partially funded by The NJ Department of Community Affairs.

NEW FLY Project ALERT! – Help Design & Develop An Educational Training Program

2010-01-30T07:27:22Z

Ever think of being a teacher or wonder what it takes to develop a new training program? Get a glimpse of what it’s like, and help create the content for the design and development of an innovative new training product. Help an educational company create an online program to make learning SAT and GRE vocabulary words a breeze. They’re looking for ONE creative college student with the following skills:

- Strong vocabulary
- Superior SAT verbal score
- Literary background

- Comfortable working on tasks based around a list of advanced English vocabulary words
- Working knowledge of Excel and/or Microsoft Access

PROJECT ACTIVITIES WILL INCLUDE:
- Creating unique sentences that use each word in context
- Identifying common roots used in a particular word
- Developing a list of advanced synonyms for each vocabulary word

The entire project is overseen by a highly experienced Project Manager who has successfully worked and trained with FolioFLY student members before.

Award or Incentive: In addition to learning about training program development and getting a TERRIFIC item for your resume, the student selected for this project will earn $10.00 per hour based on an estimated 30 – 60 project hours AND earn a formal Letter of Recommendation for a job well done. All work is flexible around school schedules.

Intended Grade Level: College

Email sperilli AT foliofly DOT com ASAP expressing your interest to participate in this rare project before the opportunity is gone! Note your verbal SAT score and your literary classes, or your interest in and connection to literarature. Remember – this is a very short term project, not a job, designed to give you some related career/industry experience. No previous experience required so let us know if you’d like to give it a try!

$200k Prize for Student Renewable Energy Venture

2010-01-30T07:27:46Z

Open to ALL undergrad and grad students – take a jab at winning a $200k prize for your renewable energy venture!

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The MIT Clean Energy Prize (MIT CEP) organizing team today announced a $200,000 grand prize to be awarded in May 2010 for the most innovative clean energy solution. This third annual venture creation competition is open to graduate and undergraduate students across the United States.

Deadline for applications is February 25, 2010. Teams that make it into the semifinals will receive one-on-one mentoring from experienced industry leaders and entrepreneurs.

The competition has proven to be a launching pad for clean energy companies. The 2008 Grand Prize Winner FloDesign Wind Turbine and 2009 Energy Efficiency and Infrastructure semifinalist FastCAP Systems recently were awarded more than $13 million by the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). Read more at http://bit.ly/4CFDtm

FolioFLY Student Members Published Writers!

2010-03-07T16:59:01Z

Well, it’s finally arrived! This past summer, a select number of FolioFLY’s most talented student writers had the rare and amazing opportunity to contribute to The American Hotel & Lodging Industry’s new book ~ “A Century of Hospitality”.

The book expertly catalogues the most interesting and relevant industry information including decades of cool hotel innovations, industry leaders and pioneers, landmark hotels and even juicy details on Presidential assassination attempts, cagey underground dealings of legendary mob bosses and major world events that took place in famous hotels across the country from 1910 through 2010.

Selected FolioFLY student writers were assigned the different topics, people and events to research and write about, while gaining first hand experience working with Marla Cimini (www.marlacimini.com). Marla is a master Project Manager, published writer, expert media trainer and esteemed business professional with years of experience in the hospitality industry, among many others. ”A Century of Hospitality” was published right on schedule this fall 2009 , and offically launched to the industry November 2009. In addition to writing for the book and becoming an officially published writer, each student has their picture coupled with their bio in the book’s well laid-out credits. And if that wasn’t enough, this terrific industry piece is being presented to the members of Congress, and will take a seat among the books in the Library of Congress. Not a bad gig for a first time writer, huh?

The hardcover books are now on sale for $35.00 through Amazon.com at http://bit.ly/66lexM Only 3 left as of today, but more are on the way so order soon! Thank you again to the book’s incredible Project Manager/Co-Editor who gave FolioFLY students this unbelievable opportunity to learn and help them pursue thier dream of being professional writers.

Please contact sperilli AT foliofly DOT com if you or the business/organization you work with is looking for talented student writers. We have a number of talented and published student writers who come highly recommended from their project work with us, and they’re just waiting for the next great opportunity.