Product Development Assistant: Executive Coaching

Executive Talent Services - West Hartford, CT Posted: 7/28/2009 - Part-time - Apply Before: 9/21/2009
This internship is closed.

Description:

Take the lead on the development of specific products used to support ETS talent management services. For this particular assignment, the project would be to create a professional manual/book for use in executive coaching, specifically for the on-boarding of new executives. Major Activities: 1. Review current materials for consolidation and integration. 2. Conduct a variety of research including on-line, telephone and networking to identify best practices and additional content to be added/upgraded. 3. Manage the end-to-end process of producing and reproducing the material including creating initial documents, designing and creating samples and worksheets, assembling notebooks, and designing and drafting new materials. 4. Complete a finished, reproducible workbook for use with corporate clients. Work with and/or manage the use of any outside vendors who might be used.

Minimum Requirements:

Capabilities and Qualifications:  Strong research skills and the ability to identify critical information from the large volume available.  Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including business writing skills, a professional telephone manner and active listening skills.  Basic knowledge of HR practices  Interest in executive coaching, talent management and/or career management  Facility with Word, PowerPoint, and to a lesser extent Excel, and other office software including good keyboard skills.  Business savvy Previous business experience demonstrating knowledge of what's practical based on the theoretical.