Takeaway

This is a repost from The Good Intern’s blog. Read more posts here. I seem to be cursed… …but this curse is actually a good thing. In two of the internships I’ve done I’ve unexpectedly been promoted to from intern to a higher position because of some unforeseen circumstance. Not long ago my boss called me during the workday and informed me that because a staff member had quit [...]

My greatest takeaway from various internships I had this year,  is that I now know my worth as an intern and as a person much better than before. Several times along the way with virtual and remote internships I have asked myself, am I learning something from this internship?  Is my time and opinion respected in my internship? If my internship is unpaid and I am offering ‘free help’, [...]

My most recent internship placed me in a pretty intense IT position working with Doctors, 4-star generals, and high-ranking managers from corporations around the world. Some days my coworkers and I would pull anywhere from 12 to 17 hour days, all while moving around the city like mad men. The most useful thing I learned throughout my experience is to network, network, network. A little background: [...]

Some of my internships have been highly structured, but most have given me an unbelievable amount of creative control. I was typically given an assignment and able to use whatever means I thought were necessary to complete it. While this may sound fabulous, it can be an quite intimidating to live in a world without boundaries! Fortunately, the trust my supervisors placed in me prepared me for life [...]