Attention College Seniors: You'd be crazy not to look at the Orr Fellowship

Thursday, August 25, 2011 by Alec Synnestvedt
Today marks my two month anniversary at T2 Systems. What's it like so far?

Awesome. I love my team, my executive mentors, and the work I get to do daily. I'm already contributing meaningfully. Nothing feels better than that. Of course, a grown-up salary and this great city make me feel pretty good, too. Yep, T2 Systems was voted one of the best places to work in Indiana and one of the INC 5000 for the sixth year.

Plenty of classmates that graduated with me in May are still in training at their respective jobs. And, unfortunately, plenty more are still on the job hunt. But you already know that the Orr Fellowship involves an exciting job opportunity at a fascinating company. My job is to tell you what you can't learn on our website.

As promised, here's a bit of what I've been up to in the past few weeks:
  • Elevated my host company's social media presence across all channels
  • Helped revamp my host company's blog plan & wrote a few posts
  • Attended a concert at the Vogue
  • Rode my new bike from my Woodruff Place apartment to Mass Ave downtown countless times
  • Spent the weekend with the rest of the awesome Orr Fellows on our retreat at Bradford Woods--you guys rock!
  • Written a few email marketing campaigns, one of which almost had a 40% open rate
Interested? Cool. Are you qualified? I hope so! Here are the requirements:
  • Cumulative 3.5 GPA or higher (students with as low as a 3.2 GPA will be considered if they have extensive leadership experience)
  • Demonstrated leadership potential (leaders in on- and off-campus clubs/organizations/athletics)
  • Strong interest in entrepreneurial business or organizational leadership
  • An expected graduation date in 2012 with one or more undergraduate major
  • Graduate of an Indiana college or university (or a native Hoosier graduating from any school around the country)
The application deadline is quickly approaching! All you have to do to get started is submit your resume.
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Like a good whiskey

Sunday, August 7, 2011 by Alec Synnestvedt
The Orr Fellowship just keeps getting sweeter as time passes.

When I was going through the recruitment process almost a year ago, I was all kinds of fired up about the chance to be mainlined into a high growth Indiana company. The prospect of learning from host company executives and Indianapolis business leaders in my first job out of DePauw University had my mouth watering. The idea of gaining more experience in two years than most college grads get in five thrilled me. And in December, after I earned a position in the Orr Fellowship and my host company, T2 Systems, I could hardly wait to get started in June.

But I also had a lot of unanswered questions. I had no idea what life as an Orr Fellow was like. As a creative writing major, I didn't know what to expect from the tech industry. And, being from Detroit, I wondered about what life in Indianapolis had in store for me.

Maybe you, like me, are excited by the Orr Entrepreneurial Fellowship. (You would be silly to regard it as anything other than a wonderful opportunity). And maybe you also want to know more about what it comes with. So my next few posts will constitute a snapshot of my experience so far, a month and a half in.

Here are some of the things I did today:
  • Attended a Venture Club of Indianapolis meeting with Chris Palmer and an executive at my company. Our CEO spoke on the guest pannel.
  • Helped develop my company's social media presence
  • Worked on my salesforce database skills while sending messages out to customers
  • Had a bbq pork sandwich and a beer in the office as part of our thirsty Thursday tradition.
  • Wrote this post.

Questions? Email me at alec.synnestvedt@orrfellowship.org

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