On October 30th, 2017, I went to the Internship Seminar held by Michael Kalish, which is a career development workshop. I participated this workshop to help advance my goals in my career because internships look well on resumes and allows me to gain experience.
I learned that there are unpaid, paid, credit, and zero-credit internships. Paid internships usually involve businesses and profit companies are required to pay or give credit. Credits must be approved by professors and related to your major. Unpaid internships are generally volunteer work for nonprofit organizations, while paid internships are to be paid minimum wage. Zero-credit internships are on the transcript and you need at least twenty-eight credits, 3.0 GPA, and must be accepted to one of the three schools. Also, they are treated like a class since they have a syllabus, orientation, final, etc. To apply for internships, you can go to STARR search, the SCDC bulletin boards, fairs, and through networking.
I learned that once you get an internship ask questions, be dependable, have enthusiasm, follow regulations, take initiative to learn by asking people, make a journal, and network/keep in touch. Keeping in touch would people would allow them to remember you and they can give a good review or recommendation on future jobs/another internship. Furthermore, a journal will help you remember and add what projects you completed onto your resume. Taking initiative is actively asking questions and reporting whenever you finish a task and awaiting another one. This will show that you really want to learn and is enthusiastic about your internships, but also asking questions is important.
Additional resources that were suggested were the Mock Interview Module – to test and record your interview skills, Vault – to research companies, Focus-2 test– for personality and job assessment, and STARR search – for postings for internships and workshops.
