In this workshop, we were informed about internships and where we can find out about them. The speaker was very clear on the information she provided and let us know that she will help us if we go to a workshop about internships. She also told us that before we can receive help on our resumes, we have to attend a resume workshop. An internship is a temporary pre-professional work experience in which we learn, obtain experience and can help us chose a career. There are different types of internships. There are paid internships, unpaid, school credit earning internships, and special leadership programs. For students that do unpaid internships, they have to remember that there are labor laws that protect them. Profit making companies can not have volunteers, so they have to prove that they are making a learning experience for students. They do this by partnering up with colleges to make students earn school credit for their labor.
There are a few amount of opportunities and many people applying for internships so we as students have to do a very good job in school to get one. We have to be able to put in a lot of time to studying and make school our priority. Companies that offer internships know that we need a lot of time to study so some of them offer opportunities during the breaks or in the summer. If they like how you work they may ask you to stay and it is up to you if you want to. The process you have to go through to get an internship is: look for an internship, then apply and send your resume and then prepare for the interview if you get called back and send a thank you letter. After that you notify the starr career development center you have accepted an internship. Freshmen do not usually get internships because they have to do well to maintain a high GPA that employers want to see.
I personally found this workshop to be very helpful and I’m glad I attended it. It was long but only because there is a lot we need to know. It reminded me about one of the reasons why I need to work hard to maintain a high GPA. The workshop was located in the vc at 1-107 and was on October 22, 2009 at 12:30 to 2:30. It was called internship and goal setting. A lot of the workshops I go to and the staff I speak to make me feel as though Baruch actually wants to help students progress. The staff is very helpful and always lets us know what we need to know in order to do well and to graduate.