This is a great question. The office can be one of the best places to meet people. As an intern, you are surrounded by a bunch of like-minded young professionals with similar interests and goals. So be social! and enjoy, but always be appropriate.
Emails are the most frequent and popular means of contact in the world of business. The speed and efficiency as well as the ease and inexpensive nature of emails put them on the A list of communication. From Outlook to Blackberries staying on top of your email etiquette is an important factor of your work life.
Really try to use your internships to see whether you may want to pursue a job in that field, or never again work in the field. Even if you have a horrible experience during an internship, then use this as a positive in the sense that you can eliminate it from a possible career choice.
I found this internship via the NHL.com website, along with word of mouth and also myself taking the initiative to blindly apply to any and all sports leagues/teams in the New York Metropolitan area.
I had interned for a record label in the past and didn’t like the vibe I got from that side of the industry. BMI is a non-profit that represents songwriters so it seemed to be a better fit for me. And they have connections everywhere.
I tried to experience all areas of the office, starting with filing to designing but found myself being used to get their tedious work completed which was (red lining) AKA bitch work – which is expected in an entry level internship. It was however very helpful to be in an office setting.
I meet with my career center counselor and he told me to visit my school’s career center website. Since I was late to start looking, I applied to a couple of internships posted on the career website and luckily this internship worked out well.
In the morgue I would write down organ weights, help the detectives keep their photo log, and lend a hand whenever I could.
I found my internship accidentally: I was interviewing at an online magazine in the office next door and ran into the CEO of Blink Twice. I didn’t get a good feel for the magazine, so I went back next door and interviewed with them.
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