Megan Osorio was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guyana, South America, for two years prior to business school
What I Did Before This (Including Pre-MBA and Post-MBA Jobs)
I started my international exposure with an undergraduate internship in the U.S. Department of Commerce in Atlanta, Georgia. In this regional office, I helped plan international trade missions to increase U.S. exports.
After graduation from my undergraduate program, I spent a year teaching English as a second language in preparation for my position in the Peace Corps. I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Guyana, South America, for two years prior to business school.
An MBA internship with UPS in their international marketing group in Atlanta helped me build my financial and analytical skills. Marketing ideas are great only if you can back them up with numbers to show expected results of marketing options. I worked throughout the MBA program as a graduate associate in Thunderbird's Career Management Center, doing résumé reviews, workshops, etc. This helped me personally because I got very picky about making my messages and my goals clear. I also learned the importance of researching not only functions and companies but also identifying my own experiential gaps and where I could use further development.
Out of business school, I was placed in my current company in a developmental position to have time in an international market. I went to Chile and served as a sales representative for nine months, and I helped launch the business in that market where we were a new presence. Then I came back to the United States and, through a corporate restructuring, I now focus on Asia-Pacific, Australia, and Canada.
