Earning a college degree can be an excellent way to increase your knowledge and build a path toward a desired career. However, during your studies, you may have limited ideas about what the day-to-day life of your desired career will look like. For example, if you are studying communications, you have numerous career options available when you graduate. This could include everything from working at a news station to handling Public Relations for a corporation. Which career path will be right for you will depend a lot on what you enjoy doing and your own personal strengths. However, without eve ..read more

I recently spoke at USC and shared with the students what it looks like from my end as the employer when we open up an internship for applications. They were RIVETED, because they said they really want that visibility into how everyone else is applying to these roles. So I had a bit of fun, and came up with the 5 types of internship applications a company receives. I went through all of our internships applications and calculated the percentage of applications that fit into each category. I’ll detail the pros and cons of each type and give you examples of how your peers are applying for intern ..read more

The Dream Season of jobs continues with yet another summer opportunity that sounds too good to be true. First, there was the ultimate summer travel guide, followed by the ultimate Hawaiian summer residency, and now there’s the ultimate summer internship — One month of sun-day, fun days. Days Inn is looking to pay an amateur photographer to travel across the United States for one month this summer, capturing photos of that glorious, orange star in the sky — from sunrise yoga in San Diego to a sunset sail in Miami. And you don’t even have to be the best photographer, you only need a “p ..read more

Internships aren’t only for college students and recent grads. The fact is that many people of all ages and experience take internships or even entry-level positions for a myriad of reasons. Many of them are changing careers or are simply looking to dabble in something new — something in which they’ve always been interested. If one could financially afford it, taking an internship or an entry-level job is not necessarily a bad idea. Here are six women who’ve done it at different times in their lives, and their honest advice to those considering it. 1. It could kickstart your career “I was 26 w ..read more

If your plan and aspiration is to embark on a professional career in a corporate-type environment then I would be hard pressed to argue against pursuing a summer internship opportunity. I’ll briefly explain why then let’s consider some alternatives. Completing a summer internship is largely inconsequential in my opinion from the perspective of building knowledge and expertise in your chosen field. What you will learn in the span of ten weeks or so, while significant relative to your knowledge base on day one, is frankly minuscule relative to what you will learn once you embark on your full-tim ..read more

The interns are coming back to Wall Street. Goldman Sachs told it’s incoming summer interns class that they will be able to work in the office after the pandemic forced the company to delay its summer internship program that lasted for about five weeks. The firm sent a letter to interns outlining the plan for the upcoming summer which said the company is encouraged by the progress of vaccine rollouts, and that Goldman Sachs will welcome interns that can travel safely to the office. “We want to emphasize that the safety and wellbeing of our people, including our incoming summer interns, is at t ..read more

Earlier in March, a viral tweet promoting an internship sparked a fiery debate on Twitter about the ethics of unpaid internships. But like so many aspects of our careers, the pandemic has impacted the future of internships, especially those without compensation. Could arguing about it be completely moot? The debate arises again NFL Network reporter Jane Slater posted an opportunity to an unpaid internship on Twitter that was angled toward broadcast journalism students. Slater received a ton of backlash by other journalists and others saying that students should know their worth and that unpaid ..read more

The unpaid internship discourse is back again. In a disseminated jobs market and age where finding the right place to get your foot in the door might be difficult, there’s always a not-so-healthy discussion that takes place over whether unpaid internships are actually worth it. Those that have taken unpaid internships will tell you that it builds character and the experience is all that matters. On the other side is those that say you should know your worth and that work should never be for free, even if it’s at the place you always wanted to be. This debate surfaced once again on Monday when ..read more

Research indicates that Generation Z is determined to squash the student debt crisis. They plan to do this by fine-tuning their financial literacy, actively saving and making career sacrifices.  If there is a silver lining to the great recession of 2008 it’s to be found in our youngest crop of working-class adults. To examine this further the number one career community for college students, Handshake conducted a massive survey of over 1,000 US college students. Unlike the generation that precedes them Gen Z appears to be much more pragmatic when it comes to secur ..read more

Having a summer intern is a wonderful opportunity to show the ropes to an aspiring student who is looking to learn from you. Not only are they gaining hands-on experience, earning school credit, and hopefully a stipend for their work, interns are excited to help you. Below are some expert suggestions on how to be a super-star mentor to your summer intern. Find out the goals of your intern The core of any successful mentor/mentee relationship is rooted in learning opportunities and the intern’s goals aligning with business needs. “Therefore it’s vital for people managing summer interns to first ..read more