Haworth Inc. Externs

Designed for pre-business students, a business externship is an unpaid, collegiate level job shadow experience for one to five days. Each student applicant was matched

Image
Pictured above are Geralyn Heystek, career center; Katherine Ragan, Sean O’Brien and Keith Grayvold, externs; and Ann Harten, Haworth Inc.

with an organization and assigned to a mentor (often an alum) to learn about activities performed in a business career, how an organization functions, and the educational and experience needed to enter a field.

"I would recommend the program to any business major. It has prepared me for the future in a way that I wouldn't have known had I not participated in the program," says Keith Greyvold, Haworth Inc. extern.

Sean O'Brien offers his perspective as he discusses his experience during the business externship program.

View all spotlights