Meghna - Brandeis Field Projects

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[music]Hey, guys,it's Megnha again!In this video, I'm going to betalking about field projects,which is a cool thing thatBrandeis International BusinessSchools offers to its students.A field project is when you'repaired with a company,usually one in the area,and also paired with a faculty member.You work with about three to fiveother Brandeis studentsand help this company solvea real-life problem.10I actually just did a field projectthis past summer11where I was working with Pakira,which is a startup fintech company.12I had never workedwith a startup before,13so that was a really cool experience.14One of the great things aboutfield projects is it provides you15an opportunity to workwith a real-life company16when it might be difficultto land that internship.17Another great aspect of it isthat you're paired18with a faculty member,so they're able to advise you.19Some things that I really learnedfrom working in this field project is,20one, communication skills.21Because we did this remotelybecause of COVID,22it was a lot of Zoom calls,Google Meets,23so we really had to beon top of our communication.24Another thing that I learned fromthis field project is collaboration.25I work in a team, and sometimesthat takes off the pressure26of having to do everything yourself,27but it also teaches yougreat teamwork skills.28I happened to do a field projectin data analytics29because that's what I'mconcentrating in,30but Brandeis offers a whole bunch31of different typesof field project topics.32You could do one in marketing,in real estate,33all depending on your interests.34It's definitely somethingthat I recommend,35and it's a great opportunity.