We now reach the end of another year. Time is kind enough to give us an opportunity to look back and learn  from each of the decisions we made throughout the year; the start of an MBA program, the election/search for an internship, the initiative to meet new people and learn new things…

Dear all, we thank you for the support and energy you brought to the club; we surely expect to see the same engagement for next semester.

Please enjoy this break and keep sharing with us those ideas or events that you’d like to see organized by your club.

Wishing you a joyful holiday and expecting to see you in January 2009,

The Babson Latin America Business Club

The saying goes:
“If the U.S. sneezed, Latin America got a cold”
Will this time be different? Some argue it will…
 
Please join Tomas Flores for a chat on the Impact of the Financial Crisis in Latin America.
Where: Olin Auditorium
When: Thursday, December 11th at 9:00 am
 
Tomas Flores is the Director of the Economics Program at the Freedom and Development Institute in Santiago, Chile.  He is a specialist in macroeconomics and economic politics, and has written several macroeconomics studies.  
Mr. Flores has a Master of arts in Economics from the UCLA and a B.S. in Commercial Engineering.

Sponsored by the Babson Latin America Business Club

Still looking for your summer internship?

Johnson & Johnson has already hired a handful of graduate students from class 2009. It seems that Babson culture fits well with this company. For all of you interested in having an internship with J&J, please read the following:

International internship opportunities at J&J Latin America

The International Internship Recruitment Program (IIRP) seeks qualified 1^st-year MBA candidates for managerial-level internship assignments in J&J operating companies located outside of the USA and Canada. Locations are listed below. Internships are non-rotational assignments and occur within one of the business segments of Consumer, Pharmaceutical or Medical Devices & Diagnostics.

This global internship program is a structured professional practicum designed to enhance self-awareness and develop leadership competencies. The optimal duration of an internship ranges 10-14 weeks, allowing time for the intern to acclimate to company work culture(s) and time to master several leadership development learning curves. The program matches the interests, capabilities, and leadership potentials of interns to challenging project assignments within a Marketing, Sales/Customer Relations Management, Finance, Supply Chain & Logistics Operations, Human Resources or Business Development organization. Interns report directly to management supervisors and are expected to timely and significantly contribute to the advancement of business initiatives. Interns are provided opportunities to formally present their accomplishments, key findings and recommendations to senior leaders.

The internship provides an opportunity for company leaders to consider interns for fulltime Employment opportunities within their business organizations via the International Recruitment and Development Program (IRDP); visit www.careers.jnj.com for more info on the IRDP.

OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE WITHIN:

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama-Central America, Peru, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.

ELIGIBILITY:

1)      Candidates must be enrolled in either a MBA or a master-level management degree program.
2)      Candidates must have fluency of the country’s language where the internship assignment is located.
3)      Candidates must be legally authorized to work permanently in the country where the internship assignment is located.

*Students who meet the eligibility requirements must apply at http://www.careers.jnj.com, and if selected, they will become candidates for 1^st round interview conducted by the Global Recruitment team.  Operating companies will conduct the 2^nd round interviews of preferred candidates for final hiring consideration.

We are looking to have all applications by January 15, 2009.