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The value of proactivity prior to graduation
One quality youâll see employers calling for in many job descriptions is âself-starter.â If youâve completed a couple internships, youâre likely qualified in that regard.
But what if you went a step further and started your own internship of sorts, where you are both the supervisor and the intern?
If youâre looking to add more âmeatâ to your portfolio, speculative work (or âspec workâ) is a great way to learn-while-doing, and youâre completely in control. Iâm not referring to the controversial spec work in the graphic design field. The spec work Iâm advocating is where you come up with an idea from scratch, plan the project, complete the tasks and evaluate the work all on your own time. You arenât working within the limits of company protocol or a class rubric and you arenât answering to a supervisor or professor. You can tailor the project to fill any holes you …
Internship tips from a Journalism-major-turned-English-major
This is a blog post from Kelli Vorndran, the Communications and Media Intern for EmployIndy. Kelli will graduate from IUPUI in the spring with a bachelorâs degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing.
Most of todayâs college students understand the value of an internship. Interning has become so commonplace that many employers actually expect to see this kind of experience on a college gradâs resume. In addition to this newer idea of a ârequiredâ internship, I was eager to enter the professional world as an intern just to gain experience.
One thing that may turn students away from an internship is the idea that it is all workÂâwith no pay. This is never the case! As clichĂ© as it sounds, an internship pays you in experience, if not only as a rĂ©sumĂ© booster. If you are lucky enough to land a paid internship, hooray! Bask in it for a …
National Group Names IUPUI Senior ‘Intern of The Year’
This story was posted on Inside INdiana Business.
The largest group of engineering educators in the world has selected Kirk Barber, a School of Engineering and Technology student at IUPUI, as its intern of the year. Barber received a $500 cash award and a recognition plaque, and he attended the American Society for Engineering Education‘s Conference for Industry and Education Collaboration in Mesa, Ariz.
Barber, who is expected to graduate in May with degrees in mechanical engineering and motorsports engineering, has completed three internships, including two consecutive summer internships at Allison Transmission Inc. in Indianapolis.
“Kirk is very capable and can achieve anything he sets out to do,” Bill Klenk, executive director of off highway and hybrid operations at Allison Transmission, wrote in a letter nominating Barber for the American Society for Engineering Education’s Intern of the Year Award. “He has an extremely high level of self-motivation and a strong …
Behind the Scenes of the IMPACT Awards
The IMPACT Awards Luncheon was a great way to see some of Indianaâs brightest interns, professionals and companies. I had the opportunity to learn why Indiana is such a great place to work and intern.
Caroline Dowd-Higginsâ speech was very moving and inspired me to create my own career plan path. She stated that 70% of employees are disengaged and unhappy. This really spoke to me because Iâve always believed in finding a career I will love going to each day and where I can make a difference.  Her speech was relatable–stating that itâs okay to change your mind and that we are each a âwork in progress.â
As an intern myself, it was great to listen to three different rock star internsâ (high school, college and nontraditional) success stories. It demonstrates the work you put forth in internships directly affects your career path, making it that much easier to land …
Marketing internship provides applicable work experience
Megan Nelson is a student at St. Mary-of-the-Woods College in Terre Haute, Indiana. She is an employee at Lake Land College (LLC) in Mattoon, Illinois.
The goal of my internship was to use online marketing to increase the collegeâs non-traditional audience, expand its brand, and get noticed on the Internet. Part of my assignments involved using avenues like Google AdWords to reach this goal. I spent the majority of my first two weeks researching Google AdWords and how it worked before I determined the best way to learn was to “dive in head first” and create one. I generated three text ads on AdWords and conceptualized a single video ad to reach adult students from start to finish. I also explored the possibility of advertising on Pandora Radio by gathering demographic information and creating a survey via SurveyMonkey.com to help determine if that opportunity would be worth the investment.
During …
Employers: A New Age of Internship Possibilities
I invite you to clear your mind of any pre-conceived notions about internships. Now, more than ever, employers have options when selecting an intern to fit your company’s particular needs. The word “internship” is expanding to include all types of structured and supervised experiential learning beyond the traditional 12-week college internship. Each type offers a distinct approach that can produce innumerable benefits for your organization, the student and our state.
Maybe youâve dismissed the idea of hosting an intern because you donât have the resources to manage a semester-long office internship. Or maybe your companyâs work lends itself to a different internship approach. There are several new internship trends that can address specific goals you have, help you tap into fresh talent and even recruit full-time employees. There are also different demographics you can consider for internships beyond the 20-year-old college student.
New Types
âą Virtual internships: Low on office …
Discovering your career path, Part II
This is Part II of a four-part series discussing methods to narrow down what jobs youâd like to pursue post-graduation.
One of the great things about college (that you often donât appreciate until after you graduate) is the unbridled access you have to an immense amount of diverse knowledge. Iâm not just talking about the library or free Internet access. Each college and university offers hundreds of courses with fascinating subject matter, and you never know what lessons, skills or new interests you could take away from a class off your beaten path.
Iâve talked to many people about their careers who have said something like, âI majored in XYZ in college⊠but I donât do anything related to that now.â I found that unbelievable until I entered the job market and began to understand the concept of transferable skills. You can find a piece of knowledge in each class …
Avoid âscaryâ intern personas
Happy Halloween! Though your internship supervisor is likely expecting (and maybe even looking forward to) frights and scary surprises tomorrow, you donât want to be one of them in the workplace.
Make sure your Halloween costume doesnât symbolize your internship persona! Here are some scary internship characteristics to avoid:
The Werewolf Intern: An employerâs nightmare! This intern looks fantastic on paper and interviews extremely well. He or she promises a great work ethic and the ability to help implement improvements within the organization. But when the full moon rises⊠or rather, when the intern is hired, he or she morphs into something unexpected and undesirable. Make sure you live up to what you advertise on your rĂ©sumĂ© and in your interview.
The Frankenstein Intern:Â An intern who may act like they were born yesterday (eek!). You are smart, creative and accomplished for someone your age; thatâs why an employer tapped …
Tips for balancing your internship and classes
One of the first skills college students learn is how to juggle. Classes, homework, social engagements… somethingâs got to give, right, if you add an internship to the mix? Not at all! Time management and organization are the solutions, and here are some tips to help you succeed.
4. Â Â Be more organized than youâve ever been with your coursework. You donât want to be cramming for exams and trying to work a job at the same time. That school stress will follow you to work and chip away at your productivity and performance. For your classes, build your study materials as you go rather than frantically compiling them right before an exam. Refresh yourself on course material at the end of every week. A great online tool for this is called Quizlet, where you can make virtual study guides, flashcards and study games. You can share information with classmates, you …
Search Scholars: A new kind of internship program
(Click above to view our video featuring Slingshot SEO)
Although Slingshot SEO is just six years old, its prominence in Indianapolis and the âsearch industryâ is unparalleled. Slingshot provides search engine services for nearly 150 clients. With the evolution of search and the nature of constant change in the search industry, Slingshot relies on young professionals to fulfill their clientsâ needs.
Slingshot SEO has launched a new-and-improved internship program called the âSearch Scholars.â The company hosts interns in every department, including sales, marketing, client success, SEO consulting, search media, IT and human resources.
The program now includes:
1-2 résumé-worthy projects Mentor program Networking development A unique intern group project Variety of trainings for professional and personal growth Weekly structured meetings Final presentations at the conclusion of their internship
You may apply for Slingshot internships using Indiana INTERNnet, but weâd encourage you to check out Slingshotâs website, too. Best of …
First-time intern gets top-notch experience at Juvenile Detention Center
This guest post is from Krista Rangel, a St. Mary-of-the-Woods student majoring in Criminal Justice and minoring in Sociology and Psychology. Krista will graduate in 2013.
My internship at Chicago Juvenile Detention Center was not only my first internship, but I was also the first intern to my site supervisor. I can honestly say this was one of the best experiences I have ever had. I learned about so many facets of the system — from the judges to simply being in the building; I would not have been able to gain these hands-on experiences in a classroom.
My internship at the detention center allowed me to see the system’s process first-hand. Working in a big building with a bunch of lawyers and judges was initially intimidating because I had never been in a corporate environment. After a few weeks, I got to know some of my co-workers and realized that although they have “big …
Unexpected “Internduction”
This is a guest post written by Collin LaMothe. Currently, he interns for the Wellness Council of Indiana. He recently graduated from Ball State University with a degree in Creative and Professional Writing. He hopes to find a job where he can expand creativelyâtraveling, meeting new people, and writing about his own experiences.
My name is Collin LaMothe, and I am a cubicle intern.
This wasnât my first intern gig. When I was accepted at the Wellness Council of Indiana, I couldnât help but wonder what an out-of-shape guy like me was doing in an organization promoting health. I suppose it felt a little ironic, but my background in creative writing and design qualified me to lend some help with the main website redesign. So I signed-on for the summer, with the terms laid out plainly from day one. I was here to assist and, most importantly, renovate http://www.wellnessindiana.com before August …
Ben Davis University student applies classroom skills to real world internship
Tyler is a guest blogger who wanted to share the lessons learned as a high school intern. Indiana INTERNnet supports experiental learning for all individuals, including high school students, traditional college students, and career changers.
Hi, my name is Tyler. Iâm a senior at Ben Davis University High School, a school where students take high school and college courses–not just a course or two–but two years of college courses. With the help of MSD of Wayne Township and Vincennes University, in just a few days, I will be graduating with my Core 40, a Technical Honors diploma, and my Associateâs Degree in Information Technology. Just about all my classmates will receive their college degrees in one of four majors: including Health Careers, Business, Liberal Arts, and Information Technology. There are 75 of us who will earn this honor.
I’ve been applying my classroom skills to real-life projects in an internship …
Considering an intern as a full-time employee
This is a guest post from Megan Crowley, an associate consultant at FlashPoint. With a background in industrial/organizational psychology, Megan contributes a unique perspective based on some of the newest research and techniques in her field. Megan also interned with FlashPoint.
I’m a little biased because I enjoyed my intern experience with FlashPoint, but the savviest recruiters know the benefits interns bring to your company. In case you’re not familiar with FlashPoint, we provide customized talent management consulting in three practice areas: organizational performance, talent development, and compensation. Bottom line: we help you leverage your talent. FlashPoint partners with mid-size to large organizations to help leverage talent and develop leaders in order to accomplish strategic business objectives. We consider interns a vital part of the talent management strategy!
So, if you don’t have interns, here are some benefits:
Complete project work that may be on the backburner Increase productivity Reduce …
High school intern makes big impact on community
Jose Fregozo is not your typical high school student. A senior at Evansville North High School, he balances a full class schedule, works 30 to 35 hours weekly as a Papa Johnâs assistant manager, interns at architecture and engineering firm Three I Design, competes on cross country and track teams, and takes part in a variety of philanthropy events. In a nutshell, Fregozo is one of North High Schoolâs shining stars, and he has a humble spirit, too.
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Many employers may not traditionally consider a high school student for their internship program, but Three I Design was open to the concept after communicating with Andy Beadles, Fregozoâs teacher at the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center (SICTC). The facility provides high school students with classroom and hands-on training in 18 diverse areas of study using the latest emerging technologies and equipment.
The management team at Three I …