Author: charlotte shen

Although it’s only half way through the day but so far I will say it’s one of those days when they run out of things for me to do. The more serious ones, not the errands kind. In the morning we started cleaning out the room for microwave and coffee because one of the bosses decided to move his office. So I helped moving stuff out and rearranging.

I usually take a lunch break between 45 mins to 1 hour. Everyday I find something new to try and that’s like my favorite thing to do anyway. I’m glad I can actually use my skill of finding good spot to grab bites for necessary reason.

Today I went to an Indian buffet. Their goat bhuna was my favorite. One of the desserts tasted like play dough. (Darbar Fine Indian Cuisine)

Today is the last day of work for this week. I only had three days of work this week actually. Monday I took my mom to the Newark airport for her flight back to China. She came with me because she was a little worried about me going to NYC all along. Anyway she stayed with me for 10 days. Friday is the good Friday, so everyone’s off work.

Everyday, I walk 4 minutes from my downtown apartment to Cortland/Fulton St station and take either 4/5 uptown to 42nd st & Lexington ave, or, the Grand Central Station to be more straightforward. At the beginning I usually got out from the nearest exit and then use google map to navigate the office. But after the first week, I discovered a secret exit(42 Street, Lexington Av, SW corner). It goes straight to the inside of the building I work in(Chanin). I literally don’t even have to step one step outside and be on the metro going home.

To Be Continued…

Global Sage:

http://www.globalsage.com/

Project Description:

As an intern, the student[I] will support all of the firm’s activities in the New York office Global Sage, Hong Kong headquartered executive search firm focused on Financial Services. She[I] will support the consultants in the New York office.

Responsibilities include and not be limited to the following:

• Performing research on hedge funds (both US-based and international)
• Identifying high-potential target clients
• Administrative tasks such as formatting resumes
• Performing research on potential candidates (Linkedln, industry associations, bloomberg, company websites) employed at hedge funds
• Preparing marketing materials for clients
• Entering client and candidate data into the firm’s proprietary database

Goals of project:

The student[I] will gain familiarity and fluency in the workings of hedge funds and basic finance, including investment strategies, top hedge fund leadership and an overview of the skills employed by personnel in the hedge fund space. In addition to gaining familiarity with a sophisticated database, she[I] will hone essential Microsoft office skills including Word, Powerpoint and Excel. By the end of the project, she[I] will grasp the hiring practices of hedge funds.  She[I] will gain an ability to work independently and without supervision.

Today’s my second day of intern at Global Sage. Every week I work from Monday to Friday, from 9am to 6pm. Nico Ortiz is the director. She’s also in charge of me.