Internship

My internship is at the UC Davis Medical Center in the Clinical Social Services Department. This semester, interns do rounds in the hospital to get exposure to the different services. What that means is that each week, I am in a different unit of the hospital shadowing a Social Worker and taking cases if I feel comfortable. With that being said, I have not had the opportunity to work with a client for a long period of time. Next semester, I will have the option to chose two units that I want to…

But what does the real world look like? This question is so ambiguous that it has become a canned question that stumps some interviewers. Based on my three internship experiences (though diverse across location and industry), a more realistic answer of what a software engineer does instead of just reading a spec and working with teammates from a solid 9-5 (or 10-6) is this. The engineer gets in the office, opens Outlook, and proceeds to get inundated by emails sent while he was eating dinner or…

Prior to my internship with Hensel Phelps, I had almost zero experience working for a construction company. The summer prior to this, I shadowed a quality control personnel and safety coordinator from the construction company Aztec, Inc. in El Paso, Texas. The project was an interior renovation of an old army rocket facility that was to be transformed into a general space for office work in Ft. Bliss. The work being performed there was abatement, painting, and carpet installation. While the…

My Internship Since the beginning of the semester, I have intern at the YMCA. I was able to accomplish numerous of tasks while interning at the YMCA. For instance, the tasks were guest satisfaction, guest data management, score keeper for basketball and supervising/ working with children. The first task that I performed was by interacting with the customers. Being able to interact with them has helped me personally to grow as a human. For instance, being a shy person it really hard for me to…

My internship with California State Assemblyman David Hadley has catalyzed an important inner-dialogue regarding the hierarchy of my ideals. As an intern, part of my job is to respond to letters about legislation that the office receives from constituents. I generally skim the letters and research relevant information for five minutes before I start writing as the Assemblyman. Every letter begins, “Dear Mr. XX” and ends “Sincerely, Your Assemblyman.” In between those two bookends, I write what…

“Take This Internship and Shove It,” is a short article written by Anya Kamenetz. This article was published in the New York Times in 2006. In the article, Anya writes about the problem with unpaid internships, and how she believes that they are not very beneficial for students or the economy. She uses her own personal experiences, and relates other problems in the world to make it more clearly to the people reading the article. For example, when Anya talks about illegal immigrants in the…

Summer Semester 2015 internship at “Million Words Publishing, LLC”. I mention the experience and training received while working as Senior Media Assistant. The experience and responsibilities expected of all interns. During the eight weeks of working the internship, I write the accomplishments accomplished and the resourceful information to prepare me for a position in the media arena. In addition, I will explain the reason I choose this organization to perform the internship hours. Also, I…

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…

through any given opportunity. An internship at Kendra Scott provides insight into life in the high-fashion industry, positioned around three components that generated the brand to become what it has: family, fashion, and philanthropy. As a second year student at Miami University in Marketing, I am particularly interested in product development and sales. My professional goal is to become a marketing manager in a specialized area such as advertising. Kendra Scott’s internship offers a unique…

education and basic human rights. However, they have unrightfully advocated internships because students believe them to be extremely valuable, and universities ignore their responsibility to educate students about their rights. In fact, college students understand internships to be so valuable that they will even sacrifice essential things in life for it, like housing. According to an article in the New York Times, “Unpaid Internships, Complicit Colleges” by Ross Perlin, universities often make…