Why
intern?
As a
recent graduate the moment you hand over your resume, recruiters are scanning
it for one specific quality. Aside from all of the amazing volunteer and
student activities you have been involved with, experience is what catches
their attention. What is the one way you get experience without actually having
a real job? An internship.
An internship consists of doing small tasks at a company for zero pay. Interns are not trusted with big projects and
are not hired so they can do the work of a full-time employee. Recruiters were
once in our shoes, interning for a big agency that hardly realized they were
even there. So why is internship experience so important to recruiters?
As an
intern I have learned that immersing yourself in the culture of the field is
what’s important. The main goal is letting the professionals around you
influence you with their stories and their mentorship.
Every
internship is different. You have to make it a point to get what you want out
of it. If all else fails here are the top four things you will gain from every
internship.
1.
You learn what you absolutely hate and do not
want to do.
2.
You learn what kind of people are hard to work
with.
3.
You become a morning person.
4.
You will learn from the small tasks you are
given.
