Duration

4 – 6 months

 

Description

Interns are split into three different teams; Team 1, Team 2, Team 3, Team 4, Team 5 and Team 6. Each team has a set of specific tasks. New interns will be assigned to a team depending on capacity. Interns will rotate between each team according to rotation periods.  

The following details are for each, individual intern and not the entire department.

 

Rotation Period

3 weeks

 

Time Allotment

All teams work for 10 hours per week.

 

Team 1

• 1.5 hours – webinar training
• 1 hour – weekly department meeting
• 1 hour – weekly department project
• 30 minutes – reading company charter and understanding the culture
• 2 hours – create letters for prospects
• 3 hours – print and mail letters to prospects
• 30 minutes – review and update prospect status in R&D prospect tracker
• 30 minutes per week – miscellaneous tasks

 

Team 2

• 1.5 hours – webinar training
• 1 hour – weekly department meeting
• 1 hour – weekly department project
• 30 minutes – reading company charter and understanding the culture
• 5 hours – follow up with prospects and offer surveys
• 30 minutes – schedule survey with prospects
• 30 minutes per week – miscellaneous tasks

 

Team 3

• 1.5 hours – webinar training
• 1 hour – weekly department meeting
• 1 hour – weekly department project
• 30 minutes – reading company charter and understanding the culture
• 3 hours – conduct survey with prospects
• 2.5 hours – document survey notes
• 30 minutes per week – miscellaneous tasks

 

Team 4

• 1.5 hours – webinar training
• 1 hour – weekly department meeting
• 1 hour – weekly department project
• 30 minutes – reading company charter and understanding the culture
• 5.5 hours – analyze survey notes from Team 3
• 30 minutes per week – miscellaneous tasks

 

Team 5

• 1.5 hours – webinar training
• 1 hour – weekly department meeting
• 1 hour – weekly department project
• 30 minutes – reading company charter and understanding the culture
• 1 hour – review documented survey notes from Team 3
• 1 hour – review the analysis from Team 4
• 3 hours – write and review survey report
• 30 minutes – send survey report to Team 6
• 30 minutes per week – miscellaneous tasks

 

Team 6

• 1.5 hours – webinar training
• 1 hour – weekly department meeting
• 1 hour – weekly department project
• 30 minutes – reading company charter and understanding the culture
• 30 minutes – schedule call or to review report with prospects
• 1.5 hour – review survey report from Team 5
• 2.5 hours – conduct call or meeting to review report with prospects
• 30 minutes – email copy of report to prospects
• 30 minutes – send prospect’s information to the Sales Department
• 30 minutes per week – miscellaneous tasks

 

Expected Outcomes

Team 1

• A vast amount of prospects are reached
• Prospects receives the letter in a reasonable time period
• Prospects obtain a better understand of our company and our works

 

Team 2

• Relationship between the company and the prospect begin to develop

Team 3

• Prospect’s needs and wants are heard and understood

 

Team 4

• Raw data are converted into meaningful indicators
• Prospects needs, obstacles and wants are identified
• Recommendations or solutions are found

 

Team 5

• Survey report summaries the problem
• Team 6 receives the survey report in a timely manner

 

Team 6

• Prospects understood the terms and conditions to his/her needs and wants.

 

Expected Results

Team 1

• 15 letters are created and mailed every week

 

Team 2

• Follow up with 15 prospects every week
• Schedule 3 survey with prospect every week

 

Team 3

• Conduct 3 survey with prospect

 

Team 4

• Analyze 3 survey notes every week

 

Team 5

• Create 1 survey report every week

 

Team 6

• Schedule and conduct 1 call or meeting to review report with prospect every week

 

Responsibilities

Team 1

• Learn and be familiar with the company’s intellectual property
• Ensure prospects receives letter in a reasonable time
• Proof read letter prior to mailing
• Maintain prospect status in R&D prospect tracker
• Learn how to write letters for prospects

 

Team 2

• Follow up with prospects in a timely manner
• Ensure that the survey time schedule is convenient for prospect
• Learn how to follow up and offer surveys to prospects

 

Team 3

• Find ways to bring needs and wants of the prospect to surface
• Ensure the notes are documented are concise
• Learn how to survey and clear minds

 

Team 4

• Analyze the data from Team 3 and explore to find solution
• Learn how to Analyze a set of raw data

 

Team 5

• Create, review and modify survey reports for prospects
• Ensure that survey reports contains all necessary information required for prospect
• Proof-read survey report prior to sending it to Team 6
• Learn how to write survey reports for prospects

 

Team 6

• Review survey report prior to actual call or meeting with prospect
• Maintain professionalism throughout the entire call or meeting with the prospect
• Obtain critical feedback from prospects
• Document any information necessary to improve products and services
• Learn how to facilitate a call or meeting

 

Expected Skills

Research skills

• Knowledge of how to understand the current market
• Knowledge of how to identify a new or emerging market
• Be able to learn and consume content quickly.
• High attention to detail
• Ability to analyze information to draw conclusions and identify patterns
• Highly creative and able to think outside the box
• Ability to develop solutions to problems and challenges based on research

Oral communication skills

• Ability to communicate professionally within a diverse environment
• Listen attentively to what people say and understand their point of view

Written communication skills

• Proper spelling and grammar
• Comprehension of material

Organizational skills

• Keeping track of your work to do
• Able to manage your tasks and priorities so that you get work done on time

Interpersonal skills

• Work inside a team towards a common goal
• Keep team members updated on progress
• Establish and build relationships with other coworkers, strangers, and prospects
• Ability to understand the needs of people

 

Compensation

This position is unpaid. It is possible to earn a commission when any product or service is sold that either you or a member of a team you manage helped to develop or sell. If you worked with other people to develop the product or sell it, the commission is split with those people. Earning a commission is not easy and should not be expected.

 

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