Internships - A window into your future
Although I have never had a formal internship, I have had a few jobs in retail in high school and college and I know that is not what I want to do with the rest of my life! Folding towels, giving out samples and hanging clothes is not something that I want to do forever. Although I learned customer service and responsability by having a job, I want to contribute and accomplish more in life than being a cashier. So knowing that retail is not the kind of job I want to do everyday as an adult, I pretty much ruled out hospitaliliy, business and other such majors in college. Once I decided that Political Science was for me, I was ready to gain any real world experience so that I could have a resume to impress law schools and future employers. Each of my experiences with the legal system (Student Government, Mock Trial, and shadowing law enforcement officers) has solidified my motivation to go to law school or work in international relations. Even though I am fairly certain of how my life will be the next few years, an internship would definitly help me stand out in a group of applicants. In today's industry, an internship could be that one little factor that would enable me to land a job quicker and for a better salary. I think that having insight into my field has not only benefitted me in the sense that it gave me more knowledge of my dreams, it also was an invaluable addition to my resume.So my advice to anyone in college is that you can't go wrong having an internship, if you can land one.
Labels: dream job, internships
Posted by Suzanne on 10/03/2008 01:56:00 PM
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Suzanne,
Don't think" just internships" you may want to try a temp job over the summer at a law firm or legal department in a corporation. Even if it is just answering phones it will give you insight into what a law firm or corporate law environment is all about!
Lisa