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Consider the Big Picture – Benefits and Perks of Interning at VMware

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VMware interns contribute their intellectual curiosity, innovative ideas and refreshing enthusiasm to the company every day. These game-changing innovators have the opportunity to make a real impact on VMware’s future and the technological community. Learn more about the meaningful projects, professional growth, community and giving back opportunities that VMware interns partake in from day one.

 

When you receive an offer letter at a company, you begin to take many factors into consideration— compensation, benefits, bonuses, relocation, etc. It can be easy to get caught up in the numbers, but there are other important benefits to take into consideration as well. I share a few important aspects here that you may not see on an offer letter at VMware.

Meaningful Projects

To begin with, VMware interns experience a majority of the same benefits that our full-time employees do. We believe that it is important to give our interns the full employee experience as they work alongside our employees. As a VMware intern, you will have the opportunity to work on meaningful projects. Top leaders in the company approve all intern projects, as work that can make a direct impact on VMware’s future. For example, our Horizon Mobile product was essentially created out of a summer internship project

Growth & Development

VMware values both personal and professional development for its people. And as you probably know, learning doesn’t stop once you leave the university classroom. Because of this, we empower our interns with the tools and resources to grow their careers and ultimately figure out what it is that he or she wants to do in life. With that, interns participate in the Intern Speaker Series to give them the chance to hear from different business and technology leaders in the company. Inna, 2012 Performance Group Intern said, “The PhD Intern Speaker Series was something that I absolutely loved being able to take advantage of… Principal Engineers candidly spoke with us about their careers. It was fascinating and inspiring to listen to these individuals and hear how their career paths have evolved throughout their time here at VMware.” Our engineering interns will also have the opportunity to participate in an R&D boot camp, providing an in-depth look at the VMware product suite.

Mentorship

Every VMware intern, no matter his or her location is paired with a mentor. Magizharasu, 2012 Cloud Foundry Intern said, “Working together and collaborating as a team with my mentor and designer rather than working alone was very beneficial to me.” These mentors are there to not only provide their personal career experience, but to also be a resource outside of their immediate team during the intern experience. Our female interns are also welcomed to participate in the WCW (Women Connecting Women) Program.

Work Life Balance

Providing an environment where people can grow, enjoy the employee communities and get things done is important at VMware. As an intern, you will receive a laptop to allow for flexible hours in the office or remotely depending on set up and communicating with managers. Additionally, we have a full gym onsite that includes daily workout classes.

Giving Back

Giving back is also an important value at VMware. As full-time employees, our people receive five days of paid time to contribute their time, skills and talents to make a difference in our global community. As an intern, you have the opportunity to give back during one working day at VMware.

Food and Socials

VMware stocks its office break rooms with healthy snacks and beverages and most sites have a weekly social gathering at the end of the week. Employees and interns alike gather to hang out and connect over tasty bites to eat.

As you can see, VMware Interns are empowered to grow and to create what’s next in IT and have some fun while working alongside some of the most intelligent thought-leaders in the technology industry. Whether you are embarking on an internship, full-time role or just starting to plan out where you want to go professionally in life, don’t forget to look at the whole picture including great work, awesome colleagues and a fun workplace!

 

 

-Amanda Merriweather, Jr. University Relations Specialist, VMware

 

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VMware University Relations Connects With Future Female Innovators

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At VMware, we actively attract, engage and celebrate our people from diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. By doing so, we foster a culture and environment where great people want to work and thrive. Today we hear from Alicia on the VMware University Relations team’s outreach initiatives for female interns and future innovators.

 

As another year of UR (University Recruitment) comes to a close, those of us on the VMware University Relations team are now looking forward to welcoming our summer 2013 intern class. We have a ton of great events in store for our interns on-boarding over the next few weeks. We are especially excited for our initiatives around our female interns and future female innovators.

One program that we want to highlight in particular is our WCW (Women Connecting Women) Mentoring Program. The WCW program matches each U.S. – based female intern with another female employee at VMware during her internship. The Mentors may hold roles in similar or vastly different functional areas of VMware in comparison to their Mentees, which helps in offering a unique perspective of life at VMware. Mentors and Mentees usually meet at least once a week in person throughout the summer to connect and catch up on projects, upcoming events and VMware experiences.

In addition, the UR team organizes a few events for WCW members to attend together. This year we’re exited to host a speed networking themed kick-off event in June, which enables members to greatly expand their network. We are also busy planning VMware Foundation Service Learning activities for the WCW group. Last year, our WCW interns had the opportunity to give back to InnVision in Palo Alto, LifeWorks in Austin and Cambridge Women’s Center in Massachusetts. Another event that we are very excited about organizing will be a networking mixer for WCW members and our newly on-boarded female new college graduates who have taken full-time positions with VMware. We’re very exited to introduce these two groups to one another and expect that long-term connections will be developed.

Helping inspire and ignite a passion for technology with future innovators is another initiative that we are proud to support here on the University Relations team. We have just about finalized the details to host a WCW job shadow day in July for Berkeley Foundation for Opportunities in IT (BFOIT) at VMware headquarters. During this event, middle school and high school students from BFOIT will have the opportunity to experience a day in the life of an intern and full-time employee. They will also be provided with a tour of our expanding Palo Alto campus and will get involved in a panel discussion about careers in tech.

On a related note, VMware is once again looking forward to sponsoring “VMware Day” at the University of Texas, Austin’s First Bytes Summer camp. First Bytes is a one-week residential camp for female high school students in Texas that are interested in studying Computer Science in college and/or pursuing a career in the technology industry. We are currently hard at work on an exercise that we will conduct with the First Bytes students, which will help introduce the concept of a virtual machine.

Lastly, we are also proud sponsors of the MIT Women’s Technology Program (WTP) this summer. WTP is a four-week summer academic and residential experience where female high school students can explore engineering through hands-on classes, labs and team-based projects. Employees from our Cambridge site will be getting involved in activities with WTP participants in July.

Overall, we are extremely excited about being involved in these initiatives, camps and programs. We look forward to sharing these experiences with you further as they unfold. If you will be interning with us this summer, we’re excited to meet you very soon and get you involved in one or more of the highlighted efforts. If you would like to intern with us, we still have a few positions available. Visit our career site here to learn more!

 

Network on!

Alicia Montesa, Sr. University Relations Specialist, VMware

 

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VMware Interns Drive What’s Next Through Meaningful Projects

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VMware interns contribute their intellectual curiosity, innovative ideas and refreshing enthusiasm to the company every day. Interns make an impact from day one. Matt Wendorf, Technical Recruiter for University Relations shares how interns can bring their innovative ideas to life and professionally develop at VMware through meaningful projects that are driving what’s next in IT.

 

You will not find interns at VMware fetching coffee or answering phones this summer. No, interns from across the globe will find themselves traveling to VMware office sites for the opportunity to work on meaningful projects with tangible business implications. VMware interns are seen as capable extensions of their product engineering teams. These individuals are the future thought leaders in the systems software industry and are highly regarded with such prestige. Many of the 200+ R&D interns that join VMware every summer already come with a proven track record of success, but an internship at VMware will give them the opportunity to take this success to the next level.

It is not surprising to see an intern’s work during a 12-16 week internship show up in a product’s source code. We have products shipping today that still rely upon code created by an intern many, many moons ago. If an intern is looking for the necessary product development experience to compete in the hyper-competitive systems software industry, those skills are often honed during a VMware internship. From design to technical specs to prototype to product, our interns will have the opportunity to master this domain while contributing to the bottom line.

An Intern at VMware might also find themselves in the thick of the software patent application process. These interns will learn what it takes to work alongside their product team and IP lawyers to prepare and submit a patent application. The valuable experience with the challenging and complicated patent application process is also great experience to add to their CVs. There are numerous occasions where an intern knowingly and surprisingly found their name on a VMware patent. This gives the intern’s work incredible visibility both internally and externally.

While some VMware interns are attracted to product engineering projects, other interns are more concerned with research-based internships. VMware has plenty of research-based internship opportunities that go through a rigorous approval process with graduate students in mind. These intern projects tend to be more exploratory and have a larger scope. Our research interns forgo opportunities with prestigious research labs and often come back each summer to intern at VMware. Their intern projects often serve as the foundation for their degree research and thesis. They can also gain special access to invaluable systems and resources not available to all researchers.

Sometimes these interns find themselves rubbing elbows with the top engineers in R&D and working on the most advanced research projects happening within the company. These projects are often forward looking and strategic, but can serve as a foundation for future product roadmaps. Our Horizon Mobile product was essentially created out of a summer internship project. The VMware Horizon Mobile team now boasts more than 20 engineers and a successful position in the mobile virtualization space. A summer internship at VMware can get you in on the ground floor with such product teams.

Research interns also have opportunities to publish papers and submit them to the best technical journals and conferences. Our mentors and managers empower the interns to go above and beyond the original project scope. Not only might an intern’s paper be published in our internal publication, the VMware Technical Journal, but papers could and have been accepted by outside journals, systems software conferences and technical workshops alike.

We on the University Relations team are trying to create an intern program that is conducive to both personal and professional growth. Giving our interns a sense of value through product engineering, publishing, patent applications and advanced research makes VMware one of the most attractive internship opportunities in today’s software industry.

 

Do you want to envision what’s next in IT and for yourself? Learn how you can bring your innovative ideas to life and watch them grow here.

 

Matt Wendorf, Technical Recruiter for University Relations at VMware

 

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A New College Grad’s Advice on Landing a Job After College

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Let’s be honest, looking for a job, no matter where you are in life, can be tough. Looking for that first job after graduation can be even more daunting. However, the nice part about looking for a job while in school is that the amount of resources available to students is vast. Most universities have really embraced becoming a valuable resource to students in their job search.

To get a students perspective on how you can leverage career services at your university and land a job after college, I connected with Anuprem, a recent graduate from Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and new member of the Nicira team at VMware Palo Alto.

 

Kim   How important was having an internship prior to starting your full time  job at VMware?

 

 

 

 

Anuprem   While I don’t think that it would have been the end of the world if I didn’t have an internship in college, I do think that it helped my chances of obtaining a job. A good internship will attract the attention of recruiters, the first people that come into contact with job applications at a company. It will also give you a sense of what you can expect from a full-time job and what will be expected of you from your teammates.

 

 

Kim   Do you think you picked the right college courses for what you’re doing now full-time?

 

 

 

 

 

Anuprem   Yes, I do believe that I picked the right course for what I am doing full-time. While I had a rough idea of what my interests were at the beginning of my Masters Program in Computer Science, I ended up not being wrong which was helpful. Having said that, courses are mostly an introduction to a topic and a foundation for an individual to build upon once they start a career. It is a lot more different at work and personally, to me; it might not have mattered a lot.

 

Kim   Do you feel that you used your university’s career services well?

 

 

 

 

Anuprem   Yes. My university’s career services had valuable information around interview behavior, resume tips and upcoming career fairs, which was quite useful for me. I utilized the career service’s internal website that highlighted available job opportunities from employers that were interested in hiring students from Georgia Tech. I also leveraged this tool to find my opportunity at VMware. The Georgia Tech career services center also worked with a lot of companies that were interested in hiring and connected them with students at on-campus career fairs. Every internship and job offer that I received was because of the assistance that I received through career services at Georgia Tech.

Kim   When did you begin looking for a full-time job?

 

 

 

Anuprem   Prior to obtaining confirmation that I received a full-time offer at VMware, I occasionally browsed through my university’s career center job portals to see if any opportunities looked appealing for me to pursue.

 

 

Kim   What advice would you give a student looking for their first full time role?

 

 

 

Anuprem   Make use of the career services center at your university. I would recommend that you start working with them at least a year before your graduation so that you can have a clear understanding of what you’re interested in pursuing and also have enough time to search for that opportunity. Outside of your university’s career center, you could also leverage your friends who have already graduated and get their insight on the job search process. LinkedIn is also very useful as you can learn about an employer from their company profile and get connected to the recruiters that help hire for their organizations. Lastly, try to figure out what an employer is looking for in a potential candidate. You can do this by reviewing skills and requirements are for a job opportunity that you are interested in pursuing. Take this information and highlight those pieces in your resume.

Kim   Share what you are looking forward to with your new role with Nicira.

 

 

 

Anuprem   Nicira has an outstanding team. I am looking forward to working with them and learning as much as I can.

 

 

 

And Anuprem’s thoughts on this matter are very true. As a University Relations Recruiter, I know that VMware is not the only company that utilizes career services at certain universities to post job openings for new college graduates. We also work with them to schedule on campus events. For example, this year at Georgia Tech, we hosted virtual interviews for selected students where they had the opportunity to code virtually with some of VMware’s top engineers. Ultimately, my team at VMware finds our relationship with university career services to be invaluable, so as a student it will only help you to make friends with the people in that department as you get closer to your graduation date.

Best of luck!

 

Kim Hollenshead, VMware University Relations Recruiter

 

 

 

 

 

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Meagan Shannon,VMware’s New Intern Program Manager Gears Up for the VMware 2013 Intern Season

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The VMware University Relations team fosters relationships with universities, executes on recruiting strategies and develops programs that enable VMware to acquire the best university talent around the globe. We connected with Meagan Shannon, former University Relations Specialist and VMware’s new Intern Program Manager to get her take on her new role and the exciting things in store for VMware’s summer 2013 interns!

 

For the past two years I have been a VMware University Relations Specialist based out of our Cambridge, Massachusetts site. This role allowed me to travel to many of the top universities on the East Coast, learn about their degree programs and connect with talented students. I recently moved across the United States to Palo Alto, California to take on the role of Intern Program Manager for the VMware’s Americas (AMERS) sites. Like many of the 200+ interns that will be joining us at VMware headquarters this summer, I have spent the last few weeks learning to navigate the 100 acre (bigger than Disneyland) Palo Alto campus, testing out the different café daily specials (and gelato flavors) and getting used to the sunny California weather. For the interns that are joining us in Cambridge, Massachusetts you are going to love the city and the open innovative culture that the Cambridge office provides- both locations really do have their perks!

The entire University Relations team is currently preparing for the interns that will be starting this summer at our Americas sites. We have TONS of great social events planned, including a weekly speaker series with senior leaders and intern specific trainings so that interns can dive into our company culture and see how our employee community works together to drive what’s next in IT.

To learn more about our student programs and the internships that we still have available for summer 2013, check out our University Relations Website here. You can also learn about our program and past Intern experiences on our social media channels too!

 

-Meagan Shannon, VMware Intern Program Manager

 

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Fostering Innovation and Discussion at the ACM Richard Tapia Conference

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At VMware, we actively attract, engage and celebrate our people from diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. By doing so, we foster a culture and environment where great people want to work and thrive long term. Today we hear from Alicia on the VMware University Relations Team’s involvement and takeaways from the ACM Richard Tapia Conference.

 

Just as the 2013 U.S. winter storm Nemo approached New England, members of the VMware University Relations Team headed to Washington D.C. for the highly anticipated bi-annual ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference that took place February 7-9. Luckily, those of us that attended Tapia just missed the effects of the winter storm and benefited from being part of a great celebration of diversity in computing.

This year marked VMware’s first year participating in and helping sponsor the Tapia conference. With over 550 people in attendance, Tapia provided VMware representatives with the opportunity to interact with talented students from university campuses that VMware does not actively recruit on. It was an exciting time as our booth was flooded with eager students hoping to learn more about VMware employee life and our full-time and intern opportunities. Many students stopped by to simply tell us how much they enjoy using one of our many products.

Highlights of the Tapia conference included inspiring presentations by leading industry, government and academic experts, including a discussion, “Fueling Innovation in Government,” led by Todd Park, Chief Technology Officer for the United States. VMware also sponsored seven VMware Tapia scholars during the event that hailed from the University of Texas at Austin, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University and University of Washington. On February 8 we had the opportunity to connect with several of the VMware Tapia scholars during a networking lunch. The students discussed their career interests with us and we in turn offered advice and guidance related to their current job or internship search. Personally, I very much enjoyed learning more about the courses that they were currently enrolled in at their universities.

Overall, we had a great experience at the Tapia Conference and met many innovative students along the way. If you’re interested in learning more about the Tapia Conference check out the site here or follow the discussion on Twitter with hashtag #Tapia2013. Tapia 2014 will take place February 5-8, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. By the way, if we met you in D.C. and you have not yet applied for our opportunities; please use the links below to do so.

Tapia Conference Internship Opportunity

Tapia Conference New College Graduate Opportunity

Thanks for reading! We hope to see you at a campus or conference event near you soon!

 

-Alicia Montesa, Sr. University Relations Specialist

 

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Devin Bhushan on Interning at VMware, Giving Back as a VIP and Developing in the Year Ahead

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The VMware Internship Prodigy (VIP) Program promotes and encourages student advocates to share VMware technology, culture and product knowledge with peers on campus. And this is only possible through dedicated, dynamic and inspiring people that make up our Internship Program. Take a look at Devin’s story as a VMware Intern, how he gives back as a VIP and what he’s looking forward to in the year ahead.

 

Devin’s Unique VMware Experience

It was a real pleasure working at VMware during the summer of 2012. A combination of things made my experience so impactful – my intern project, the Management Platform Team that I worked on, the intern events and the overall upbeat environment.

On my first day at VMware, my team presented me with several choices of possible projects. After some discussion with my manager and mentor, we were able to take my skillsets and interests and pick a suitable project for me. My project was to develop an asynchronous AMQP-based transport layer for one of my team’s products.

While the beginning of my internship was definitely intimidating, adjusting to the environment was made easy because of the people around me who were extremely willing to share their expertise and experience when I got stuck on something. Everyone at VMware is really receptive to interns. I always felt included and, as a team, we ate lunch together and got to know each other pretty well over the course of the summer.

The VMware University Relations Team organizes some wonderful events for the interns to relax and socialize. Since I was local, I lived at home (as opposed to intern housing) so these events played a major role in getting to know my fellow interns. As a die-hard Giants fan, the Giants game with all the mentors and interns was definitely my favorite event. All the events encouraged teamwork and made us feel like a big family.

Taking on exciting challenges

Currently I am pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).

In terms of projects, I’ve been working on a few different things. My friends and I are working on a social Tower Defense Android game – I’m hoping to get this out the door by this summer. I’ve also been poking around with some data visualization for a python project to see if I can find any patterns in data about books and their publishing location. My dataset for the analysis is every book contained in the Library of Congress.

One of my older projects is almost ready to publish – as a big baseball fan, I spent some free time last summer (after work) making a website that aggregates baseball metrics and datasets from different resources across the web. This website is aimed to be a one-stop-shop for the average fan to look up stats, rumors, tweets and biographical information on any player who has ever played professional baseball. As you can see, I tend to work on many projects at once during my free time, but I try to get them all done eventually!

Becoming a VIP and Giving Back

I decided to become a VIP because I wanted to impact and help grow the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) representation among VMware Interns. I knew for a fact that there were many talented people at UIUC that would be a great fit for working at VMware. All that was needed was a little more marketing and advertising of VMware.

When VMware was on campus, I helped out at the vFabric Workshop & Hackathon, the Women in Computer Science (WCS) Lunch, Corporate Connections After Hours, and the UIUC Fall & Spring Career Fairs. The Hackathon had a great turn out and was a lot of fun. Students showed up and learned about Groovy and Grails and then were asked to complete a challenge as quickly as possible. I helped advertise the event on Facebook in the CS@UIUC students group page and also helped out on the day of the event with set up and organization.

At the WCS Lunch, we had a round table style discussion with a group of Women in Computer Science members. I was one of three VMware representatives at the event; I helped answer students’ questions about VMware internships. Both career fair events were very entertaining – the VMware booths were pretty busy so I helped out in collecting resumes from students and answering general questions about VMware and my internship experience.

VMware People and Culture

I have many reasons to come back to VMware. Not only is VMware a pioneer and leader in its field, but it is also one of the most innovative companies in the world. I love the environment – I was always challenged intellectually and enjoyed meeting the unique and innovative personalities that make up the culture.

However, one of the main factors for my return is the Management Platform Team that I interned with last summer. I really became attached to these people. They are fun and intelligent people to be around and I felt like my mentor and manager were looking out for me. They have given me great advice; even since my 2012 internship has ended.

The VMware culture is open and free, with people who are passionate about work. On numerous occasions my teammates and I took a break from work to go play Frisbee. These same people were also some of the most intelligent and hard-working people that I’ve ever met. This gives you a good idea of how work and fun factor in together at VMware.

Takeaways for Future Interns

Make sure to take the initiative to do projects on your own! Doing this shows that you’re motivated and interested in what you’re learning at school. You can have a great GPA, but not everyone is passionate enough to apply what he or she has learned at school during free time outside of class. I think companies tend to notice students more when they go above and beyond what is required of them. 

Growth and Development in the Year Ahead

Over the next year, I’m planning on finishing up my degree and pursuing several upper division courses that have interested me. Up until this point, I’ve been taking the required upper division courses and have not been able to explore the vast number of other Computer Science (CS) classes offered at UIUC. I’m very interested in taking more courses that expand the reach of my knowledge in CS. I also plan on spending more time on my outside of class projects and getting more of them out the door – including those I mentioned above!

 

 

 

About Devin:

Devin is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). During the summer of 2012 he interned with the VMware Management Platform Team and worked on developing a asynchronous AMQP-based transport layer for one of his team’s products. He will be returning to VMware to intern with the Management Platform Team in 2013.

 

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An Inside Look at Life as a VMware Business Development Intern

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VMware interns contribute their intellectual curiosity, innovative ideas and refreshing enthusiasm to VMware every day. Do you want to know what it would be like to walk in their shoes? Let’s find out with the help of Frimley-based Business Development intern Doug Neuhofer as he shares his unique VMware experience!

 

An Inside look according to Doug

Currently I am in my third year at Coventry University studying Marketing. In the United Kingdom (UK), it is common practice for university students to take their third year off to obtain an internship, however this can be difficult to secure due to the current economic climate. During my first semester at university I began researching companies and internship opportunities that I could pursue during my third year internship. I’ve always been interested in the IT industry, so I looked into VMware and other companies in this space. A company that offered growth and professional development while allowing me to work on what I’m most passionate about is important to me. I researched VMware to obtain a better understanding of what they do and where they stand in the market place. To see the innovations that VMware has and continues to bring to the IT industry, even while many companies are cutting back because of the tough economy is truly inspiring.

Being a Business Development Intern at VMware

As a Business Development intern, a majority of my time is spent focusing on strategic products within End-User Computing and Enterprise Management. While my work tasks are always developing, from revenue spread sheets, pipelining and accreditations along with enablement classes, I am given a chance to collaborate cross-functionally within the company and apply my findings from school which is very rewarding.

More recently, I have become the administrator of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Management Claims. This role has allowed me to be involved in the development of a new tool that works with partners across EMEA. This feature is now automated within End User Computing and Enterprise Management. Receiving positive feedback from partners about this feature update and knowing that I have made a positive impact on the business with a feature that is now used within the field gives me great job satisfaction.

While interning at VMware I have been able to connect with other interns at the company. This has been rewarding for me as many of us are in  similar positions. We are new to the business and the IT industry in general. Because of this, when one of us encounters a problem, we are able to help each other out since we all bring different skillsets to the table. This has helped us individually develop within our roles and collectively grow as a team.

Takeaways for Future Interns

Although I am still interning at VMware, I have obtained 5 takeaways to date that I believe can assist future interns. Check them out below:

  1. No matter your field and background, a VMware internship offers growth and learning opportunities that will help you prepare for your first job.
  2. Make a note of everything that you don’t understand. There is a lot of new information coming at you all at once, so write key points and note to refer back to as needed.
  3. You will not understand everything right way and this is ok. It is all a part of growing and developing yourself.
  4. Everyone understands that you are here to learn and contribute. If you have a general question or something specific to a project you’re working on, don’t hesitate to ask. Remember your coworkers are happy to help you.
  5. Create a LinkedIn account, as this is a great social media tool to develop your professional brand and a way to network. You can use LinkedIn to connect with all of your coworkers at VMware too!

-Doug Neuhofer

 

About Doug:

Doug studies marketing at Coventry University and is currently on a 12-month placement in VMware’s Frimley office in the UK, working as a Business Development Intern. Outside of work he enjoys sports both watching and playing football (U.S. Soccer) with friends on the weekends. When he is not playing, he referees as well as trying to keep fit after work in the evenings. He also enjoys going to festivals in the summer such as Reading Festival, and he hopes to attend a few more around the world following his internship.

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Connect with VMware on a University Campus Near You This Spring!

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The VMware University Relations team fosters relationships with universities, executes on recruiting strategies and develops programs that enable VMware to acquire the best university talent around the globe. We connected with Meagan Shannon, University Relations Specialist to get her insider knowledge of what’s in store for students like you this semester. 

 

We’re back on campus for the spring semester!

Through our strong ties to the academic community, the VMware University Relations Program strives to connect with top university students to infuse new ideas into the innovation culture at VMware. As a student, the contributions that you make are both real and amplified, impacting the company, our customers and the larger community.

This semester, our team will be participating in Career Fairs, Networking Events, Professional Development Workshops and On Campus Interviews at universities across the United States (U.S.). We’ll also be in attendance at multiple Academic and Diversity conferences such as FAST, TAPIA and OUTC.

Want to get an edge on your competition? Take the time to meet with our engineers face-to-face while they’re on campus this spring. Not only will you be able to speak with VMware engineers about their own interests and qualifications, you will also be able to get an inside look at employee life at VMware through their own unique perspectives. Students are given inside information on the benefits of working at VMware such as challenging projects that are shaping the IT industry, VMware’s innovation culture, employee development programs and other benefits and perks that are unique to each office around the U.S.

VMware’s University Relations Team will be meeting talented students at over 30 universities across the U.S. – will you be one of them?

Check out our campus event calendar here!

 

Meagan Shannon, VMware University Relations Specialist

 

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Foster. Connect. Support. – Diverse and Dynamic People at VMware

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At VMware, we actively attract, engage and celebrate our people from diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives. By doing so, we foster a culture and environment where great people want to work and thrive long term. In the past year, the VMware University Relations Program has connected with many intelligent people. Learn how this has added to the employee experience and what the team has in store for 2013.

 

It’s hard to believe that the fall university recruitment season will close in just a few short weeks and that the spring season is right around the corner after the new year. Many of the VMware University Relations Team members have just returned back to our offices after traveling from campus to campus and are now hard at work planning unique and creative events and activities on campuses for the spring.

In 2013, we will continue to increase our efforts and bring VMware brand awareness to higher levels at targeted universities. We’ll connect with students through career fairs, Tech Talk sessions and sponsorship opportunities on the university campuses of the top Computer Science programs.

If you’ve been following us the past few months, you’ve noticed that we’ve been dedicated to partnering with numerous female and diversity-related student organizations through our outreach efforts. And now, the progress continues. Recently, on November 28, VMware proudly sponsored our first Bay Area Girl Geek Dinner at our Palo Alto, California headquarters. The unique event brought together 80 “girl geeks” for networking, an incredible dinner and short technical talks giving by a few of our innovative and inspiring women employees.

We also had an amazing experience participating in the Grace Hopper Conference (GHC) in Baltimore as a corporate sponsor in October and have since, made the decision to also become a sponsor of the GHC in Bangalore, India. Our Bangalore team is very excited to be a part of this inspiring event, joining the momentum already set in the states. And we’re taking our efforts across the pond by sponsoring the BCS Lovelace Colloquium this coming April in the United Kingdom.

Last week I had the opportunity to facilitate a panel discussion entitled, “Building Bridges to Women.” at the MPACE Conference in Salt Lake City. The goal of this session was to share best practices regarding effective ways to establish and maintain relations with women and female-focused student organizations on campus. We’re dedicated to taking an active stand on the topic of equal opportunity and making genuine efforts to increase women representation in the Tech world.

Now on to a few updates related to our upcoming spring events calendar and I’ll warn you…it’s jam-packed with unique events. Throughout January and February, we’ll be organizing events with student organizations such as Women in CS (WiCS), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), Association of Computing Machinery –Women (ACM–W) and Women in Software & Hardware (WISH) to host dynamic activities while we’re visiting campuses. These may include networking discussions with female change-makers at VMware during “tea times” or “dessert breaks”, offering resume review sessions, participating in “Evening with Industry” events or sponsoring group monthly meetings and contests/hackathons.

Our team is also psyched to once again sponsor the Out for Undergrad Tech Conference (OUTC) in Silicon Valley in February. We’ll follow this event up with a new conference, the Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference in Washington D.C. As you can see, once again, if we’re not headed to your individual campus this spring, there are a number of other events you may be able to catch us at. And if not, you can always connect with our team via our social media channels!

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Alicia Montesa, Senior University Relations Specialist

 

 

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