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Take Note: How to Turn Your Internship into Your Next Career
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Welcome to the beginning of the peak intern season, where hopeful college students and graduates suck up their pride and take on for-credit, paid and sometimes unpaid internships to get a foot in the door of their desired industry. Don’t be fooled by how easy an internship might look or sound. Taking on an internship is like running a marathon; there are no shortcuts, it should not be taken lightly and it will not last forever.
There’s really no way to prep for an internship except to be open-minded and ready for any type of task that might come your way. Interns are not just coffee pushers or copy makers, but they help fill a temporary void in the office that might eventually make way for a permanent position. So, don’t take your internship lightly; this might very well be your next job!
While you have that significant time as an intern with a company, make the best of it and turn it into a career by keeping these simple steps in mind:
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Blair Bedford, Career, college, dedication, graduates, intern, interns, internship, networking, summer5 Reasons to Hire an Intern
(Forbes) — They’ve got the same big smiles, shining eyes, and passion to work and represent your service just as much as you do. Think of the intern as mini-me. Whether you’re an established start-up or a fledging small business on the rise, you will eventually begin to think about creating a team of professionals to work alongside you. While you will want to work with individuals that boast a healthy resume of experience, don’t discredit the intern. Today, they’re pulling their weight in unimaginable ways for small businesses and companies. Interns, for those unfamiliar with what the term means, are generally college-age students who work an entry-level position within a company referred to as an internship for a specified amount of time. Internships range from a wide variety of duties and responsibilities and are generally unpaid, part-time positions. For many students in college, internships are required for a specific major in order to graduate. Getting an internship within their area of study is also competitive, with several factors coming into play including balancing a work and study schedule, whether or not the internship offers a stipend, and the commute to and from the company office. Don’t confuse internships with all work and no play though. These programs promise young adults the exposure to the real world that they crave. Interns work in an environment surrounded by like-minded individuals who remember when they were young and hungry for a chance to prove themselves.
The Unemployed Become The New Demographic of Unpaid Interns
(LA Times)–Malibu resident Ashley St. Johns-Jacobs, 40, typically rises before 5 a.m. to get to her job at the Los Angeles city attorney’s office by 8 a.m. After a full day prosecuting misdemeanors, she often brings work home. What she doesn’t bring home is a paycheck. With no position open, she has been working as an unpaid intern for nearly a year in hopes of eventually getting hired when a job opens up. “We live on a tight budget,” said St. Johns-Jacobs, whose husband works as a microphone boom operator for Hollywood studios. “But someday they will be hiring.” Meet the new interns. With the unemployment rate still high and the economy not creating nearly enough jobs to put the nation’s 13.7 million unemployed back to work, seasoned workers like St. Johns-Jacobs are doing what was once unthinkable: working for free.
The Full Time Non-Employee
(ENTREPRENEUR.com) Free labor? In Manhattan, the most expensive city in the United States? Well, yes. Goldberg had no trouble finding young women from excellent universities to report, write and program content for the startup. One was Michelle Halpern. After graduating last spring from Syracuse University, she discovered that her employment options were to waitress for a paycheck or work for free in fashion journalism, a field with dwindling entry-level positions.
The Full Time Non-Employee
(ENTREPRENEUR.com) Free labor? In Manhattan, the most expensive city in the United States? Well, yes. Goldberg had no trouble finding young women from excellent universities to report, write and program content for the startup. One was Michelle Halpern. After graduating last spring from Syracuse University, she discovered that her employment options were to waitress for a paycheck or work for free in fashion journalism, a field with dwindling entry-level positions.
