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Hacking Intern Life: The One Question to Ask for a Well-Rounded Intern Experience
There’s no such thing as a bad question.
Especially if you’re asking your internship supervisor if there is anything else that can be done. Without question, no matter what type of internship you have, this is the most valuable question that you can ask. It is the most valuable question for the sole reason that it will ultimately lead you to a more well-rounded experience.
I come from the marketing [...]
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Hacking Intern Life: Becoming the Star Intern
What if you find yourself interning at a company that you could see yourself working for one day – and beyond that, you know that the company happens to hire interns regularly? First of all, give yourself a pat on the back – you’ve completed step one simply by getting your foot in the door. Now take a step back and realize that you are likely one of a number of interns vying for the same position, [...]
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Hacking Intern Life: How to Design Your Own Portfolio Projects
So you’re halfway through your internship and you don’t have anything to put in your portfolio yet? That’s a red flag. Now, this doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a bad internship. Many internships recruit brilliant students who do fantastic work, however the nature of the internship might be that it just doesn’t produce much work for a portfolio. It simply means you need to find a creative [...]
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Hacking Intern Life: Tapping Into the Hidden Perks of Your Internship
Let’s face it – the life of an intern is not always glamorous. The lucky ones receive useful internships that allow them to further their skill set with applicable, real-world work, yet these interns are often stuck balancing the internship hours with a grueling schoolwork load, extracurricular activities and a passable social life. Other interns are cast into administrative roles, which is fairly [...]
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Hacking Intern Life: Downloading Better Time Management
Imagine this scenario: it’s your first week of work at your brand new internship. You’re floating on cloud nine, and then it hits you. Four client coverage reports are due at the end of the week. You still have to get briefed on the clients and what exactly they are expecting in the reports. You have to learn how to properly format the reports. Oh, and just as a fun topping, you get to do some [...]
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