EarlyCareers/JBProfile - Revision history

EarlyCareers/JBProfile - Revision history http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs?title=EarlyCareers/JBProfile&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.10.0 Sat, 25 May 2013 13:29:23 GMT Wiebe at 21:47, 29 February 2008 http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs?title=EarlyCareers/JBProfile&diff=3379&oldid=prev <p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 21:47, 29 February 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 3:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 3:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <tr></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <tr></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <td width="180" align="left" valign="bottom"><a </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <td width="180" align="left" valign="bottom"><a </td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"> href="<del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stolafearlycareers</del>.<del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">html</del>"><img style="width:180px;height:118px" src="http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/projects/mscs-web/wiki/images/e/e6/StolafBuilding1.jpg" alt="Early Career Profile Network "/></a></td></td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"> href="<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://www</ins>.<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">stolaf.edu/depts/mscs/EarlyCareers</ins>"><img style="width:180px;height:118px" src="http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/projects/mscs-web/wiki/images/e/e6/StolafBuilding1.jpg" alt="Early Career Profile Network "/></a></td></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <td align="left" valign="middle"><h1>Early Career Profiles:<br /></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <td align="left" valign="middle"><h1>Early Career Profiles:<br /></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> </table> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:47:13 GMT Wiebe http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs/Talk:EarlyCareers/JBProfile Wiebe at 21:17, 29 February 2008 http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs?title=EarlyCareers/JBProfile&diff=3351&oldid=prev <p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 21:17, 29 February 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 14:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 14:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <table border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0"></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <tr align="left" valign="top"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <tr align="left" valign="top"></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"> <td width="1" valign="middle"><img src="JBphoto.jpg" alt="Jennifer </td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"> <td width="1" valign="middle"><img src="<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/projects/mscs-web/wiki/images/1/1d/</ins>JBphoto.jpg" alt="Jennifer </td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> Beilfuss" width="180" height="118" /></td></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> Beilfuss" width="180" height="118" /></td></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> </table> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:17:52 GMT Wiebe http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs/Talk:EarlyCareers/JBProfile Wiebe at 21:16, 29 February 2008 http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs?title=EarlyCareers/JBProfile&diff=3349&oldid=prev <p></p> <table border='0' width='98%' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='4' style="background-color: white;"> <tr> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">←Older revision</td> <td colspan='2' width='50%' align='center' style="background-color: white;">Revision as of 21:16, 29 February 2008</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 3:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 3:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <tr></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <tr></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <td width="180" align="left" valign="bottom"><a </td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <td width="180" align="left" valign="bottom"><a </td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"> href="stolafearlycareers.html"><img src="images/<del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">building</del>.jpg" alt="Early Career Profile Network <del style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">" width="180" height="116" border="0</del>" /></a></td></td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"> href="stolafearlycareers.html"><img <ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">style="width:180px;height:118px" </ins>src="<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/projects/mscs-web/wiki/</ins>images/<ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">e/e6/StolafBuilding1</ins>.jpg" alt="Early Career Profile Network "/></a></td></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <td align="left" valign="middle"><h1>Early Career Profiles:<br /></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <td align="left" valign="middle"><h1>Early Career Profiles:<br /></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 49:</strong></td> <td colspan="2" align="left"><strong>Line 49:</strong></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <li>Gaining leadership abilities is a very important skill that undergraduate students may apply in any area of employment. As Jennifer says, "My advice to math majors who are thinking of working in the business field is to try the Math Practicum [a St Olaf program in which senior math majors work on problems for companies in a business setting] , or work as an intern to get a better feel for the practical methods that businesses use. I would also suggest gaining leadership experience to better prepare you for managing analysis/projects as it will be valuable experience that you can take with you in any field."</li></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> <li>Gaining leadership abilities is a very important skill that undergraduate students may apply in any area of employment. As Jennifer says, "My advice to math majors who are thinking of working in the business field is to try the Math Practicum [a St Olaf program in which senior math majors work on problems for companies in a business setting] , or work as an intern to get a better feel for the practical methods that businesses use. I would also suggest gaining leadership experience to better prepare you for managing analysis/projects as it will be valuable experience that you can take with you in any field."</li></td></tr> <tr><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> </ul></td><td> </td><td style="background: #eee; font-size: smaller;"> </ul></td></tr> <tr><td>-</td><td style="background: #ffa; font-size: smaller;"></div></div></td><td>+</td><td style="background: #cfc; font-size: smaller;"><ins style="color: red; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">{{Footer}}</ins></div></div></td></tr> </table> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:16:09 GMT Wiebe http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs/Talk:EarlyCareers/JBProfile Wiebe: New page: <div class="earlyCareers"> <table width="100%" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="header"> <tr> <td width="180" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="s... http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs?title=EarlyCareers/JBProfile&diff=3348&oldid=prev <p>New page: <div class="earlyCareers"> <table width="100%" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="header"> <tr> <td width="180" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="s...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="earlyCareers"><br /> <table width="100%" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="header"><br /> <tr><br /> <td width="180" align="left" valign="bottom"><a <br /> href="stolafearlycareers.html"><img src="images/building.jpg" alt="Early Career Profile Network " width="180" height="116" border="0" /></a></td><br /> <td align="left" valign="middle"><h1>Early Career Profiles:<br /><br /> <br /> Recent bachelors-level graduates in the mathematical sciences</h1></td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <br clear="all" /><br /> <div id="content"><br /> <h2>St. Olaf Alumna - Jennifer Beilfuss</h2><br /> <table border="0" cellspacing="4" cellpadding="0"><br /> <tr align="left" valign="top"><br /> <td width="1" valign="middle"><img src="JBphoto.jpg" alt="Jennifer <br /> Beilfuss" width="180" height="118" /></td><br /> <br /> <td valign="middle" nowrap="nowrap"><ul><br /> <li>Student's name: Jennifer Beilfuss</li><br /> <li>Undergraduate institution: St Olaf College</li><br /> <li>Position: Sr Tech Analyst</li><br /> <li>Company name: Target Corporation</li><br /> <li>Industry sector: Information Services and Systems</li><br /> <br /> </ul></td><br /> </tr><br /> </table><br /> <p><strong>What she does: </strong></p><br /> <ul><br /> <li>Jennifer received a BA in mathematics from St Olaf in 2001 where she worked on a project for Target Technology Services during her senior year. Upon graduation she was offered a position as an Associate Systems Engineer and since has held various analytical and leadership positions at Target. Most recently, she transitioned to the Target Marketing pyramid and now conducts qualitative and quantitative research to better understand purchase behavior and motivations.</li><br /> </ul><br /> <p><strong>Math on the Job: </strong></p><br /> <br /> <ul><br /> <li>Working as a manager for one of the largest companies in Minnesota, Jennifer uses a wide variety of math skills to analyze quantitative data or lend qualitative research legitimacy. The problem solving skills she obtained from math courses in college were necessary for daily work at Target. As Jennifer said, "Knowledge of statistical methods, analysis, and good practices with data mining is incredibly useful in my day-to-day job."<br /> <br /> </li><br /> </ul><br /> <p><strong>Jennifer's background: </strong></p><br /> <ul><br /> <li>Jennifer graduated from St Olaf College in Northfield, MN with a major in mathematics. The extensive knowledge of math skills she gained from St Olaf and uses on a day-to-day basis at Target are critical for success in her position. Jennifer continued her education and also obtained a BA in studio art from the University of Minnesota.<br /> <br /> </li><br /> </ul><br /> <br /> <p><strong>Advice for students: </strong></p><br /> <ul><br /> <li>Gaining leadership abilities is a very important skill that undergraduate students may apply in any area of employment. As Jennifer says, "My advice to math majors who are thinking of working in the business field is to try the Math Practicum [a St Olaf program in which senior math majors work on problems for companies in a business setting] , or work as an intern to get a better feel for the practical methods that businesses use. I would also suggest gaining leadership experience to better prepare you for managing analysis/projects as it will be valuable experience that you can take with you in any field."</li><br /> </ul><br /> </div></div></div> Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:14:52 GMT Wiebe http://devel.cs.stolaf.edu/depts/mscs/Talk:EarlyCareers/JBProfile