jurrobear Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I know we have a thread for job tips but maybe we can all get some advice when it comes to internships. Share some stories along with how the experienced affected your career choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgoodcore Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Don't smoke cigars with your boss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murakami Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 or have too many beers and challenge him to a 10 mile race, only to find out he is a marathon runner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxamaphone Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 Pee in the coffee. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 My girlfriend had one at Harley Davidson and It went really well they were paying her $16 an hour when she left for her current internship at Rockwell Automation. She said she is going to be getting an offer in the next few days for a full time job (looks like I'll be keeping up the medium distance relationship from Chicago to Milwaukee). Right now having an internship seems to be the only way to get a job. So I'm saying don't slack when it comes to an internship and just settle for a summer job. Make sure the internship is paid though. Once you get it introduce yourself to everyone even if they aren't in your department, because the only opening may be somewhere you never planned on working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murakami Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 agree with the above....also make sure you take advantage of any networking opportunities that are available (the bigger the company/intern program, the more events coordinated, so i guess this depends on the size of the company you are looking at) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadmonkey Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Follow Terry Tate Office Linebacker You kill the Joe You make some MO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnotgood Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 Interned as a Residential Counselor for three months unpaid for my degree in Social Work. I made an effort to sit down with my boss once a week to ask what she was seeing that I was doing well and what I needed to work on. I took what she said, made an effort to follow her instructions, and talked about making those changes, and then any subsequent success stories I had. I was hired on full time and have been working there for three years now. I think if you really buy into whatever their philosophy is and work hard, you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 She got an offer this morning. 50K. I hope she doesn't try to get an upgraded boyfriend now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flood Posted March 12, 2010 Share Posted March 12, 2010 when i needed an internship for college, i interned for my own record label... easiest credits i ever earned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davehoffa Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 I went to a crappy arts school in their crappier Music Business program. They were really keen on people interning, but rather than wait for them to help "place" me, I just did it myself. I was also very lucky with my timing, as the place (Punk Planet magazine, RIP) just happened to be looking for an intern. I went in, did an interview, played with Lucy the Dog, and came on as one of their first-ever interns. The internship technically didn't start until January, and we were off for all of December for winter break, so I just started going in to make a good impression and because I was very excited. I would say to just be down for whatever. Mailorder? Cool. Logging in who's buying ads? Sure. Opening the mail? OK. Moving boxes around? Why not? Eventually, they started to pay me a little for doing mailorder, and I became the reviews editor for a while. Then, we closed up shop, but I was there for about five years. If it weren't for my internship, I wouldn't have been able to freelance for a major Chicago newspaper (for a while), I wouldn't have gotten the job at Reckless, and I wouldn't have gained tons of music-business experience from the publishing side of things. If you wanna' email me, I could go into more detail, I think, haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jurrobear Posted March 13, 2010 Author Share Posted March 13, 2010 I just started my internship today, it went well. I'm doing about 20+ hours cause I can't give up my current job but I know its gonna be a lot of work to handle both. Lets hope its worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakland Posted March 13, 2010 Share Posted March 13, 2010 My first internship was with a music magazine. I got to go on the second Warped Tour. Saw the Descendents and Social Distortion every day. It sucked in a lot of ways (living in a van blows, also the photo lab destroyed all our film from the entire tour), but a good memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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