Intern Life and Internship Success From: The InternView

Intern [College] Life: Working on a Deadline

Not many people like working on deadlines. Most people like to work at their own pace and get things done when it is most convenient for them. For procrastinators, deadlines are the worst enemy. They are the impending due dates that creep up and remind the procrastinators that they are running out of time to “do it later.” However, most people would also agree that they feel a great sense of relief [...]

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Intern Life Takeaway: Moving from Intern to Full-Time Employee

Posted by Michelle Pence · 0 Comment

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 [...]

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Intern Life Takeaway: Taking time for Self-Evaluation

Posted by CaCera Richmond · 0 Comment

In the dictionary, next to the word “intern” should be the word “learn.” Internships teach us how to dress, adapt to office culture, expand our networks, and to become more well-rounded and efficient workers. However, there is one lesson I picked up from my last internship that I will always remember. The best person to evaluate you is yourself. Have you ever taken the time to stop and [...]

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Intern Life Takeaway: How Internships Lead to both Personal and Professional Growth

Posted by Lauren Gillaspey · 0 Comment

After graduating in three years and holding several different internships, it is hard to say what my greatest takeaway has been. For some, it was the amount of hands-on, public relations-related work I was able to do; for others, it was working in a place where everyone wanted to be there and truly enjoyed what they did. Most recently, I interned virtually for a small public relations firm. While this [...]

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Intern Life Takeaway: Measurement and Teamwork as the Keys to Internship Success

Posted by Lauren K. Gray · 0 Comment

My latest internship was with Social Fresh as an Editorial Assistant Intern. This was a social media internship with Social Fresh, a social media education company. Throughout this internship I learned two very important things: social media is about measurement, and thorough communication amongst team members is essential. Through our social media postings, we measured what time of the day works best, [...]

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Intern Life Takeaway: Using Networking to Make Your Dream Career

Posted by Stephen Alred · 0 Comment

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: [...]