Dan Walsh is interning at Kellogg's.

CAMDEN — Not everyone gets to call Tony the Tiger a colleague. Dan
Walsh, a marketing major at Rutgers–Camden graduating May 17, makes sure
Frosted Flakes and other Kellogg’s products are fully stocked and looking “Grreat”
in area grocery stores.

If you’ve recently walked into an area grocery store and noticed
shelves fully stocked with Kellogg’s products, chances are Walsh had already come
through to make sure every box was properly placed and ready to be purchased by
customers.  He has turned a successful
internship at the Kellogg’s Company into a career.

The Bellmawr resident is now a retail sales representative for
Kellogg’s eastern regional office in Horsham, Pa. It’s a job that grew out of a
summer internship he had last year.

During his internship, Walsh’s job was to make sure the company was
represented with well-stocked products in all of the stores that carry the food
giant’s cereals, crackers, waffles, and other products. As a full-time
employee, he concentrates on upselling products like pop tarts and cereal.

“Interning was very beneficial to me in that it gave me a lot of
experience outside the classroom,” Walsh says.

Walsh, a 2008 Gloucester Catholic High School graduate, was one of
about 30 interns chosen from a nationwide pool of candidates who completed an online
application. Those interns worked at Kellogg’s locations across the country and
Walsh was the only one charged with handling sales and marketing efforts in New
Jersey and parts of Philadelphia.  

Internships
are an essential part of students’ educational experience at Rutgers–Camden.
They give students the opportunity to apply classroom learning to the
workplace, expand professional skills, and even earn academic credit. As in
Walsh’s case, they can also lead to a full-time job.

“I’ve learned
that the food industry is challenging,” Walsh says. “You’re competing with so
many other food companies. It’s all about placement and getting as much
exposure in the store as you can get. You have to keep a good relationship with
the stores.”

Walsh says his experience at the Rutgers School of Business–Camden
has provided him with the skills necessary to succeed at his internship.

“Rutgers–Camden really provided me with the backbone of what I do
and gave me a lot of marketing experience before getting into the industry,” he
says. “It’s taught me how to think critically about marketing issues.”

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