My Summer Internship at LFS
Hello there! There’s a new face around the LFS offices, and it’s the person writing this blog post! My name is Avra, and I’m a summer intern for Linder Financial Services. The past few weeks, I’ve been doing some behind-the-scenes work at LFS, including learning the ropes, assisting with clerical work, and doing some research of my own.
When I was offered the intern position at LFS, I’ll admit, I was a bit nervous. I was alright in the math department, but finance was completely new to me— they don’t offer Economics classes to high school sophomores! I’d heard snatches of conversation between my parents about a “Roth” and a “401(k)”, but apart from that, everything flew right over my head.
Enter LFS. On my first day, I found a schedule on my desk, with five full weeks of learning and research ahead of me. And research I did—among conducting interviews, investigating companies to invest in for my own Roth IRA, practicing my elevator pitch, and designing projects, I took several pages of notes, referenced and cross-referenced sources, and accumulated quite a large bibliography. Turns out that the world of finance is a little more complicated than I thought! I did get to mix a bit of fun in with my work via designing and painting the LFS holiday card (look out for something new in December!), and creating an auction board for the Country Club of Roswell’s charity fundraiser. Overall, speaking from week five, I can gladly look back and say that the experience was worth it. It’s always nice to have useful information under your belt, and I’m excited to share with you all what I’m going to use it for!
My main project while interning has been to design an informative guide focused on teen investment, so that I can pass along the information I’ve learned during my time at LFS. Over the summer, I noticed that many of my friends got hired for jobs, and regardless of if they were employed at small businesses or doing volunteer work, the end result was often money. And what do you do with that? To make a long story short— they wanted to know. When I broached the idea of a guide to them, I was excited to see that many of them had lots of questions, so I was even more eager to dig deeper in my research. My efforts resulted in the creation of a Carrd— a website platform that allows you to create easy-to-use interactive infographics. Over the past year, Carrd has gained a notable amount of popularity in terms of usage for its accessible design and layout, so I thought it fitting to use for my fellow tech-savvy peers. (Don’t worry, Carrd can still be accessible to you if you aren’t well-versed with technology!) It’s packed with the basic need-to-knows about investment, and I can’t wait to share it with you all (if you’re interested, of course). And while I’ll be leaving soon to head back to school, it’ll coming to a blog near you…