Intern Life and Internship Success From: The InternView

Intern Life Rollercoaster: The Last Month and The Log Ride

A good manager wants you to grow professionally; he or she will challenge you intentionally and unintentionally. How a professional deals with challenges is often how a boss or co-worker will later reflect on your professional style – it’s what can set you apart from just the next intern and get you hired. Challenges can pop up at any point in time – they aren’t predictable [...]

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Intern Life 110(%): Seeing the Light at the End

Posted by Sara Steffan · 0 Comment

This semester, you’ve worked your butt off in your internship. You (hopefully) used some of my tips to not burn out, you’ve made good with your bosses in any situation, tried to keep the right attitude even when things were working against you and for some of you, you did it all without getting paid. What for? Was it all worth it now that it’s over? There are many different components to an internship, [...]

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Intern Life Caffeination: How to Prepare for Summer Internships this Fall and Winter

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This is a repost from The Good Intern’s blog. Read more posts here. As the weather turns cold, students across the country are either nicely settled into their fall internships or trying to make it through the last few weeks of school before the holiday season begins. One of the last things on many people’s minds may be thinking about a summer internship. While it may only be December, [...]

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Intern Life Transition: Creating Opportunity as Your Internship Ends

Posted by Sarah Walraven · 0 Comment

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 [...]

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Intern Life Caffeination: Caffeinated Networking

Posted by Serena Lee · 0 Comment

When looking back at all the places I’ve worked, volunteered or interned at, I can always think of at least a few people I wish I had known a little better. Though I may have had their phone number of business card, I always regret that I didn’t ask someone for a meet-up over coffee in exchange for some career advice, personal advice, or just to make another friend who is pursuing a [...]

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Intern Life After College: How to Create Your Network

Posted by Daniel Chizzoniti · 0 Comment

Eighty percent of people obtain jobs because they have a connection. Having a connection gets you in the door to your first job. Therefore, you need to network like crazy. The best way to start is at your internship. First, you need to create a business card. However, the business card should not be promoting the fact that you are an intern. You do not need to put a position on it. Basically, it’s [...]

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