Happy Cinco de Mayo! Now I’ve never celebrated before, but I’m pretty excited to give it a go. I did a little research (yes, those skills that we’re teaching you also help when you need to find semi-useful facts) and found that Cinco de Mayo is, in fact, a minor holiday in Mexico, but has become much celebrated in many areas north of the border. This article from the Albuquerque Tribune does a nice job of telling the history, and includes this quote from Jeffrey Candelaria, vice president of membership and marketing at the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce: “From my perspective as a marketing professional, Cinco de Mayo has morphed into a national holiday designed by Fifth Avenue to sell alcohol and excite consumership around a party-type theme.” Well, party-type themes are fun, especially if classes are over for you, so we’re going to run with it and talk about internships at Party City today.
Party City is a party retailer that offers all the necessary accoutrements for a themed occasion. These are important because in college (and probably always after) themed parties are essential to justifying questionable behavior. Partying during the daytime is frowned upon even by some of the most hardcore partiers, but it suddenly becomes ok when you’ve purchased some of these Cinco de Mayo party favors. And don’t forget about how people dress on Halloween! A few touches from a Party City purchase can justify almost any costume idea. Yes, parties are fun, but themed parties are almost always more fun. Just remember, keep the pictures private if you put them on Facebook.
Party City has realized that college students have this partying thing figured out, so they’ve put together a college recruiting program to attract those kids with 4 years of college partying experience. They don’t list information about an internship program on their website, but we’ve found some evidence of their hiring interns in the past. We came across a posting from a Syracuse Career Services site from 2006, that said Party City was hiring 6 interns at their headquarters in Rockaway, New Jersey. The focus of the internships would be in Marketing, Logistics, Human Resources, Merchandising and Finance. We haven’t found any more recent postings, but that doesn’t mean that they won’t hire interns.
It’s May 5th, and the internships aren’t going to come to you any more. You need to seek them out. If you really love the art of throwing a great party, send your cover letter and resume to Party City at jobs@partycity.com. Tell them why they need you as an intern, and why you would love to spend a summer working for them. We can’t promise that you’ll have success, but it’s worth a try.
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