by Amy Zahn
Congratulations! You’ve landed a great internship opportunity. Now what? The “Intern Life Lessons” series helps students properly prepare for internships so they can gain much more than just “experience”; it helps set readers up for success post-internship. Just completing the internship is not enough. Intern Life Lessons helps students maximize time spent interning and teaches [...]
My May graduation date is rapidly approaching and frankly, my type-A induced need to find the perfectly-located, high-paying, entry-level job that will define the rest of my career path— is starting to stress me out. Therefore, I was relieved to come across Daniel Chizzoniti’s Intern Life After College Series to learn that it’s not a bad idea to consider accepting an internship after graduation.
In [...]
by Kristen D’Angelo
Whether you’re a seasoned vet or a complete newbie, there are always ways to improve as an intern. In the series Hacking Intern Life, Zach Cole – Emerson senior, rockstar intern, and associate editor of Potholes In My Blog – shares a wealth of tips, tricks, and tools for making the best of your professional experience.
Zach’s posts range from teaching how to best manage [...]
As the semester begins to come to an end and internships wrap-up for the semester, it’s important to continue the relationships you’ve created with your manager, other employees and fellow interns after the internship ends. If you fail to nurture those newly added to your network, you won’t be able to reconnect with them when it counts: during the job search. Here’s a few ways to keep your [...]
It’s almost December and most interns will be wrapping up their stints at corporations, non-profits and agencies across the nation. Some of these interns will return to school in January, others are already searching for their next internships, while others are graduating and looking for full-time jobs.
This is a good time for a little introspection. Did you enjoy your internship? Has it affirmed [...]
First impressions are important and in some cases can be what will make or break an internship experience. If you walk into your internship with jeans and a cutoff shirt and are swearing all the time, you are not going to give off a professional image. That first impression you make will stick to you throughout your experience and beyond, especially when hiring for future positions.
So, let’s paint [...]