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Working on an article for WayUp in celebration of #nationalinternday all about being a top intern and I'd love to hear from all of you! 👀 Recruiters, Former Interns, Campus Advisors: What is your advice for interns about how to make the best out of their Summer internship to be a top intern at their company? Share your thoughts below to be featured in the article :) ⤵ #internships #genz #intern #summerintern #articlefeature
I love this and am happy to share: 1. Get to know people: find out when the mixers, socials, and other events are happening. It’s good to find organic ways to meet people at your internships and also have some fun with other interns in the cohort/group at your company or org. 2. Track, track, track: keep track of your tasks, your projects, and any results they achieve. I personally use a spreadsheet or a project tracker for this part. When you finish your internship, send the finished tracker to your personal email and use it to structure your resume lines and how you’ll talk about the internship when you network or have interviews. this part is always tricky to remember after the internship so track everything in the moment. you can take it a step farther by writing the background or “story” of a big project to turn it into a case study or portfolio entry or even write a short article about it on LinkedIn. 3. Learn: become really invested in the org or company and its products or services. This is especially useful in a field like mine (PR/comms) where you often have to break down the work into engaging or accessible terms.
Connect with as many people across the company as you can! Ask to have lunch with them, and during said lunch: Ask what they love/hate about their roles. Ask what steps they took to get to land their current position. Ask what their favorite interview question is and write it down. 😊
Love this, Jade 💗💗!! The biggest thing I can think of is using your access as a employee for the company to the fullest! What that looks like: 1) Going outside of your role in any capacity. You can contribute more of your thoughts and perspectives outside of your department for sure. In community spaces, company get-togethers, cross-departmental projects, intern group chats, all the things! 2) Connecting holistically. Create concious connections outside of your work, because you never know how you can make contributions right back into it that way. Investing in yourself is investing in everything (and everyone around you). I’m exciting to see what others say, because I’m definitely taking notes and learning myself!!!
Colin Rocker
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Thank you for thinking of me, Jade Walters ! Here are my top tips for interns: 1. As an intern, you have all of the access and perks of a full-time employee, with little of the accountability or pressure of a full-time role. Use that to your advantage! During the very first week of your internship, download the company directory and identify the people within the company who are doing interesting work. And then set up informal coffee chats with those people to start building your network outside of your specific function. 2. How you end an internship is at times more important than how you start it. As your internship wraps up, make sure you’re sending messages to your managers and colleagues expressing gratitude for the summer (copy your personal email!). This increases your visibility at the time they’re deciding who to give full-time offers to, and it can act as a natural extension of the relationship into the school year.
This is great! When talking with students to prepare for their experience, I suggest the following: 1. Use LinkedIn, Handshake, and the company website to properly research the employer and the executive team. Use Forbes and Google to prepare for supervision meetings and learn what questions to ask. Use BigInterview to practice interview questions to strengthen networking skills. Purchase personalized notecards and envelopes to give thank you notes. Purchase business cards and create a digital business card such as Blinq.
Super cool opportunity, Jade Walters! Here are my tips as a current intern + full-time employee: 1️⃣ Make bold suggestions, and don’t be afraid to workshop them with people other than your manager! 2️⃣ Brand yourself in tandem WITH your role. People want to see that you’re leaning into/owning your responsibilities as an intern, so do this with confidence. 3️⃣ Connect with everybody you can on LinkedIn, and don’t be afraid to create content around your experience to attract visibility from within the company! 4️⃣ Get comfortable with autonomy. Send project updates, offer to lead meetings / check-ins, ask to support in areas you haven’t been explicitly asked to be in!
Thanks for sharing Jade! Here are some of my tips: ~ Make the most of your internship and curate the kind of experience you want. ~If there's a skill you want to learn or specialize in, connect with those individuals at your organization that can give you tips and guidance. ~Try not to miss opportunities to connect with colleagues at company events! ~Finally, don't be afraid to mess up. Remember this is a learning experience. 😊
Don't be afraid to ask to be put on projects you see others (intern or otherwise) working on! Even if it's just observational, you never know who you might meet, what you might learn, and ultimately, what you might discover you love to do.
I help Gen Z find and land paid early career opportunities 👩🏾💻 | Employer Branding Specialist @ WayUp + Gen Z Early Career Content Creator @theninthsemester on TikTok - 120K Gen Z followers across socials!
2wTagging some folks who I'd love to hear from 🤗 : Manny Duenas 😛, Heather Mikelberg, Ellyse W., Russell C. Aivazian, M.Ed., Rachel Graham Damaryan Benton Taylor Falls Rahmel Bailey Colin Rocker Mia Williams Beth Hendler-Grunt ● Getting College Grads Hired Joanna Walker Lasse Palomaki Tara Routie Hadiya Louis