Author: Eric Yu

How to survive an unfamiliar industry internship

By Eric Yu | July 21, 2019

National Grid is a utility company focused on bringing energy to life in America and the United Kingdom. As a Babson student, we are so focused on the learning of business concepts that we can be not exposed to a variety of industries. Certainly, I for one had no idea how the concept of utilities…

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How to get used to the American work style as an international student

By Eric Yu | July 8, 2019

As an international student, it can be scary to start your internship in America for the first time. That was certainly the case for me. I grew up in Taiwan for most of my life other than high school. So the so-called “American culture” is still relatively new to me. Even though I had previous…

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When expectations of your internship do not go accordingly:

By Eric Yu | June 27, 2019

As Babson students, we are used to the face-paced student lifestyle that may include classes in the morning, meetings in the afternoon, networking events at night, and working on a new start-up idea late in the night. Some may say the Babson culture consists of many things and one component is driving one another to…

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Empower yourself to ask questions during your summer internship orientation

By Eric Yu | June 11, 2019

I just completed my first-day internship orientation at National Grid. National Grid is a Britsh energy and utility company focused on bringing clean energy in the UK and Northeast US. As someone with no real knowledge of the utility industry, I was nervous at first at the orientation. The friendly intern cohort group that I…

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