getting your internship right the first time
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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