ch undergraduate students may work full time and receive financial compensation and academic credit. In addition, Lucent participates in INROADS, a national career development organization for minority students that places talented students in business and industry internships and summer employment. The Financial Development Leadership Program is a demanding 38-month program in finance for college graduates combining on-the-job training with graduate-level education. The LDP- SCN Leadership Program, a fusion of Leadership Development and Supply Chain Networks, is a rigorous 36-month program during which participants spent approximately 12 months in a variety of rotations that offer a range of responsibilities and business opportunities. Internships and co-ops may be based at various locations throughout the United States. OUR SURVEY SAYS Diversity: The global village One longtime Lucent employee reports that "staff comes from all over the world. There is a particularly large segment of our staff with an Asian background, led by China, India, Bangladesh and Korea. Europeans, Canadians, African-Americans, Middle Easterners and Hispanics are also heavily represented." Lucent employees also teach at African-American engineering schools. Visit Vault at www.vault.com for insider company profiles, expert advice, VAULT CAREER career message boards, expert resume reviews, the Vault Job Board and more. LIBRARY Vault Guide to the Top Telecom Employers Lucent Technologies Inc. The sartorial split: techies V. marketing "Lucent is a very large company," SO the culture varies quite a bit. "Research is the most relaxed area, very much like a university environment. There are lots of jeans, T-shirts and sandals in the summer, without a necktie or pantsuit in sight. But there are other areas of the company, especially sales, marketing and business areas, with direct contact with customers, where suit and tie for men and dresses for women are expected." The physical ambience "ranges from fair to pretty darn good, depending on wheth