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Making Your Internship Work for You
Entry by Jennifer Weinmann – Student Employment Consultant for the IUPUI Office of Student Employment
Many times, students are focused on finding a part-time job or internship to “get experience”. However, once they’ve landed that position, they are not sure what to do to start gaining the skills they will need for their future career. Sure, the job itself will help them gain skills, but an active approach to learning transferable skills will add an even greater benefit in the long run. Here are my tips to gaining skills in an internship that will transfer to the professional work environment:
1. Learn what skills are needed for your future career field
Knowing the skills that will be valued in your career field will help you focus your energy on gaining the most valuable transferrable skills. I highly recommend visiting O*Net: http://online.onetcenter.org/. Simply enter an occupation in the search box, select …
It Pays to Intern
Although wage should not be as important as experience when determining which internships to pursue, the idea of making a good chunk of change is always appealing.
When I was still an undergraduate student, I would ask my fraternity brothers if anyone else planned on interning in the summer. I remember asking a younger guy in the house if he planned on applying for any internships. He replied, “No, I plan on working at a factory like I do every summer where I can make $15/hr, so that’s way better.”
He, like many other students today, didn’t realize that internships pay fairly well:
On average, bachelor’s degree students taking part in internships in 2011 will earn an average of $16.68 an hour, according to results of NACE’s 2011 Internship & Co-op Survey.
At the master’s degree level, the average hourly rate is $24.21.
Aside from the possibility of making a …
“Winners don’t have to explain themselves. Only losers do.”
As many of you may already be aware, actor Charlie Sheen has been working with internships.com to hire a “winning” summer 2011 social media intern to monitor and manage his social media marketing campaigns – imagine having that experience listed on your resume…
If this is your first time learning about the internship, don’t get too excited; the competition/interview process is already in its third round, narrowing the some 82,000 applicants down to 250 individuals who have proven to have #tigerblood thus far.
21-year-old Julia Hatmaker is one of the 250 left. She has made comments to The Patriot-News about her experience:
In the first round, she was asked to tell why she thought she should get the job. Her response was a twist on Sheen’s own words: “Winners don’t have to explain themselves. Only losers do.”
“I guess they liked that,” she said.
Although this answer is …
Internships Prove More Valuable Than Ever for Companies and Students
From Inside INdiana Business
It’s easy to list specific reasons why an organization should start an internship program: increased productivity, enhanced creativity, effective recruitment – to name a few. But it’s the coveted notion of saving time and money while getting quality results that’s music to the ears of any employer.
In fact, these days when hiring for a full-time position, some organizations may not have the time or financial resources to recruit a seasoned individual. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers’ (NACE) 2010 Internship and Co-op Survey (based on 235 employer responses), 83% of employers said that they use internship programs as a tool for recruiting entry-level talent, an increase of approximately 5% from 2009.
NACE’s survey also indicated that 44.6% of respondents’ full-time entry level hires from the class of ’08-’09 were from their internship programs, an increase of approximately 10% from the prior year.
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