Marist College Internship Analysis

This past week I had the opportunity to attend the internship fair here at Marist College. I got to experience talking to professionals about future internship and employment opportunities available for me as a student. From this, I learned about different companies while keeping my options open to future employers. Upon entering the career fair, I made use of my time by talking to as many companies as I could that I saw were looking for communications and fashion majors. I talked to nine companies in total including, 24 Seven Inc., Bed Bath & Beyond, Haddad Brands, Highwire PR, Indeed.com, Kohl’s, Macy’s, Ross, and TJX Companies. I asked each employer about his or her location, internship opportunities, and about different reasons why they …show more content…
Reading up on an internship opportunity online can be useful, but being able to talk to an employer face to face gave me an overall better feeling about the program and company. I was able to distinguish if this internship was the right fit for me. I also was able to ask as many questions as I wanted and have a one on one conversation as oppose to emailing the company. Also, I like the fact that I have business cards that I can keep and use for future reference. To me, this is extremely valuable that I have talked to someone in the company before applying for the internship. While looking back on my experience, I feel as if I could have researched the companies a little more and asked them specific questions based on their internship programs. From this, I could have been able to get a deeper and better understanding of the programs. I should have looked at the list in advanced that the career service office sent out via email. I will be sure to do this in the future so I make a better impression on the …show more content…
It has made me think more about looking into internship programs and researching what I think is the best fit for me. Every semester I will attend the career fair because it helps with gaining connections and seeing new companies that I may have never known about before. The internship fair has also helped me to take my next steps to employment more seriously. I have a folder now with all my cover letter, business cards, my resume, and informational papers. Also, while going through my closet, I realized I needed to pick up more business attire for future interviews. In the long run, I know the internship fair will supply me with a useful step forward towards making connections and finding job opportunities that I did not know of