getting your internship right the first time

Get your internship right

the first time.

You are

starting your

first internship soon.

Everyone tells you this is an

important experience

if you want a job.

Your Parents.

Your Career Center.

The Media.

They all say…

Internship = Job

So every intern ends up getting a job,

right?

Wrong.

Because you are one

of many interns…

…and you need to stand out.

Internship = Job

Internship = Job

The real formula is…

Internship

+ Be Present

+ Be (Im)perfect

+ Be Proactive

= Opportunity

Internship

+ Be Present

+ Be (Im)perfect

+ Be Proactive

= Opportunity

Internship

+ Be Present

+ Be (Im)perfect

+ Be Proactive

= Opportunity

Internship

+ Be Present

+ Be (Im)perfect

+ Be Proactive

= Opportunity

Internship

+ Be Present

+ Be (Im)perfect

+ Be Proactive

= Opportunity

+ Be Present

Meet one new person

every day.

Listen to them.

It shows you care.

+ Be (Im)perfect

You might not

understand everything.

Ask questions.

It shows you care.

+ Be Proactive

(do more)

(do more) than you are asked

(do more) ask to

It shows you care.

Internship

+ Be Present

+ Be (Im)perfect

+ Be Proactive

= Opportunity

Show that you care.

Because you are one

of many interns…

…and you need to stand out.

Get your internship right

the first time.

Mashaal Ahmed, CPRW

career@twc.edu