January 11, 2010
After graduation from The Tobin College of Business, Jency Jones
joined ADP, a company that has participated in the College’s
Executive-in-Residence Program for many years. The company focused
on learning and continuous impr
ovement
and when executives from ADP met Jency they immediately selected
her to be a part of their Management Training Program. Jency is now
working in ADP’s spin-off company, Broadridge Financial Solutions,
where she is managing a team of her own.
“Being selected into business honors programs such as
Executive-in-Residence and Asset Management brought real life
business into the classroom and really helped to sharpen my
analytical thinking and strategic planning skills,” says
Jency.
Although Jency believes her bachelor’s degree helped her to gain
the foundation for her business knowledge, earning an MBA degree
was a great connection to the real-world working environment. “In
my role as a Manager, I work with various groups within the
organization, oversee projects, set department procedures, and give
presentations for different initiatives. My degree exposed me to
learning lessons applicable to my current position,” she
says.
In addition to the honors programs, Jency also swears by
Entrepreneurship and the Student Managed Investment Fund as classes
that really helped launch the early success of her career. In the
Entrepreneurship class Jency was able to write a business plan for
a new venture, where she set up financials, organizational charts,
and marketing plans. In the Student Managed Investment Fund, Jency
and her fellow students were able to conduct research on
prospective stocks, and present which stocks would be the right fit
to buy and add to the St. John’s portfolio—a true stock portfolio.
“Knowing that we were investing real money added a special
dynamic,” she states.
“Overall the classes at The Tobin College of Business are great!
The professors are knowledgeable, and the learning experiences
turned out to be very positive. The skills I gained during those
years have transferred over to my workplace and I’m a better
employee for it.”