// Regardless of whether you are a student looking for an internship or a first job after college, or a seasoned professional, it helps to make yourself more attractive to prospective employers. How do you do this? The idea is to make yourself more credible to employers, add to your overall marketability, and increase...
// Congratulations to those of you who will be ending the spring term and going on to summer internships. This is an exciting time as this may be your first experience working in your desired field. While gaining an internship is a great start to your career, there is still much ahead of you....
// Have you ever thought about working from home? How about interning from home? More and more organizations are looking at virtual ways to provide internships to a larger candidate pool and to save some costs. In fact, the Wall Street Journal recently posted an article on virtual internships. It may be a great...
// References are a great way to highlight your skills and abilities to a potential employer. Typically, the information that is gleaned from a reference might not get you a job by itself, but it may be the difference maker between yourself and another candidate. From my experience, some students may not always understand...
// You may have started an internship search sometime during the spring semester or before. Some of you may have been surprised by how competitive it can be to secure a summer internship. For those of you who have landed an internship–congrats! But if you haven’t found the right internship yet, I want to encourage...
// Internships are essential. I am sure that you have heard that before. But how far should you go to get one? Would you pay for the opportunity to work an internship? Even if it meant you didn’t get paid? Recently one of the LinkedIn groups I belong to passed around some articles and debated...
// In my role, I counsel students who may be looking for their first professional experience. Typically, students will be looking at internship opportunities to assist them with clarifying career goals, getting insight on working for a particular organization, or to gain experience. Students sometimes worry about how to get experience if they don’t necessarily...
// Perhaps by now you have read about what internships are and you have a sense that you need to do one. But do you really know why? What are you looking to get out of that internship that you seek? It may depend on the skill set that you already possess, or it...
// Internships are at the forefront of many career development plans. Employers want to hire interns and students want to do them. Therefore, over the next few weeks, I will be writing a series of posts related towards internships and how to get them. First off, I would like to start off with the...
