How I Shaped My Own Internship Experience

If the adage for real estate is location, location, location then the adage for succeeding after college is experience, experience, experience; and the best way to gain that experience is through a successful internship.

I learned that long before preparing for the internship interview it’s the intern’s responsibility to choose the overall outcome of the internship experience.  Either the semesters during the internship will be fun and not as work-heavy or will be extremely work-heavy with very little fun.

However, what many applicants are not told before beginning the search for the perfect internship site is that you are choosing it just as much as the organization is choosing you.

Have you asked yourself how the internship will help to accomplish your after college goals?  What kind of resume building, transferable and tangible skills will you walk away with?  What kind of attitude does the staff have about their work environment?

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