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From Intern to Founder: Wyatt Wells
Wyatt Wells is co-founder and chief marketing officer at The Bee Corp, an AgTech startup in Bloomington. Wyatt graduated from Indiana University in 2016.
âWhat do you want to be when you grow up?â
If you asked me this question 10 years ago, I wouldâve replied, âIâm going to play third base for the Boston Red Sox.â If you asked me three years ago, my answer wouldâve been, âLet me get back to you on that.â
Itâs the clichĂ© question nearly all students dread hearing. Responses tend to fall into three categories: the vague (âI want to work in [medicine/software/sales]â), the naĂŻve and oddly specific (âIâm going to be a senior cloud systems engineer at Facebookâ) and the aimless (âI just want to do something that makes me happyâ).
Flashback to 2015
Entering my senior year at IU, I belonged under the aimless category. I became an expert at …
Kick Start Your Career
Claire Brumback graduated from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism, with a minor in Womenâs Studies. During her degree program, she interned at U.S. Kids Magazines at the Saturday Evening Post. She is currently an intern in the Public Affairs department at Indianapolis Power and Light Company.
Internships are a great kick start to your career, and most degree programs wonât let you graduate without having one. Real-world experience is just as important as all those classes you have been taking for the past few years.
Sometimes being an intern can be rough, but you have to start somewhere. Sometimes it can be overwhelming, but patience is key. If youâve never had an internship before, hereâs a list of some things you can expect.
1. Â You will be assigned work that isnât glamorous.
Itâs not as bad as it sounds. There are …
The Reality of the Post-Graduation Job Search
When I first graduated from IUPUI, I thought finding a job would be a breeze. I graduated with high distinction, completed two internships and held a part-time customer service job through college. In class, I was told that the public relations industry was growing rapidly. I thought I would walk across the stage at commencement with a diploma in one hand and a new career on the horizon.
Well, life doesnât always work out perfectly because the next thing I knew it was September, and I was still unemployed.
Just when I was feeling discouraged, my luck had turned around. First, Karissa Bash, Programs Assistant for Indiana INTERNnet, asked if I would write a guest blog post. I had multiple classes with Karissa at IUPUI, so I was happy to help her out.
After she heard I was still looking for a full-time position, she recommended that I apply to …
Intern to Employee: I Said Yes to Success!
Many students have the same goal, to obtain full-time employment following an internship — whether that be transitioning from intern to employee with the same organization, or bringing their experience to another organization. In my case, it was a modified version of transitioning from intern to employee.
In January, I started my first college internship as a marketing intern with Indiana INTERNnet. The next few months I learned about the marvels of internships, while gaining first-hand knowledge and experience. As the end of spring semester approached, I was offered the opportunity of interning for the summer. I decided to decline the offer and explore full-time employment opportunities elsewhere. Little did I know, opportunity would soon knock again from Indiana INTERNnet.
Once my internship ended in May, the search for a full-time career was in full swing. Let me tell you, it is tough out there for a recent graduate. In …
Your internship is only a couple weeks awayâŠAre you ready??
An interesting article came across my desk recently â 10 Ways to be a Terrible Intern. So this got me thinking; you worked really hard last year, kept up your grades, scored a great internship, and passed your finals. So right now are you just sitting around and waiting for this rock-star internship experience to start in June? How many of you are taking the time to get ready for your internship? Now I know that you might be thinking that the whole reason you got the internship is so that YOU can learn from US, and thatâs right! But Iâm a firm believer that you will get more than any of your classmates out of an internship if you go in from day one with the right attitude, objectives, and research.
So the article above is a good starting place, and full of pretty obvious âdo-notâsâ for any intern. …