University of Alabama graduate students and staff visited the world headquarters of Mattel, Inc. while in Los Angeles for the 2009 National Association of Women MBAs conference. Mattel executives and UA representatives discussed MBA and undergraduate internship opportunities, as well as what it’s like working at Mattel, the
producer of toys and brands such as Barbie, Hot Wheels and
Fisher-Price, and one of Fortune’s “100 Best Companies to Work For.”
Trevor
Spring, Opal Hammer, Hilary Phillips and Oanh Hoang, all first-year MBA
students, attended the national conference and career fair Oct. 29 to
31. UA staff accompanying the students included Dr. Denise McManus, associate professor of management information systems and NAWMBA advisor,
Connie Chambers, coordinator of alumni and corporate relations for the
MBA program, and Linda Johnson, director of employer development and
relations for the C&BA satellite office of the Career Center.
“It
was a fun environment, just as you would expect from a toy company,”
said Linda Johnson, “toys lined the employees’ desks and work stations.”
Mattel welcomed the group on Oct. 30, when employees and their children were given the opportunity to dress up for Halloween.
The trip was scheduled exclusively for UA students thanks to Mattel’s
network of University alumni. Huey Wilson, vice president of human
resources, is a UA graduate from the College of Commerce and Business
Administration. He visited the Capstone this past September. Lauren Ambershadian, pictured with the visitors, is an alumnus from the College of Human and Environmental Sciences and works for Mattel as a recruiter and MBA internship coordinator. Other Mattel executives they met with include
Patrick Dey, vice president of IT operations, Philip Hodges, director
of corporate staffing, and Danielle Walker, senior recruitment
associate.
For more information about the Alabama chapter of NAWMBA or the Manderson Graduate School of Business, visit http://manderson.cba.ua.edu. For more information about career opportunities with companies like Mattel, visit the Career Center online at http://career.ua.edu or http://cba.ua.edu/career.
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