{"id":289,"date":"2010-07-21T17:21:57","date_gmt":"2010-07-22T00:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/?p=289"},"modified":"2010-07-21T17:21:57","modified_gmt":"2010-07-22T00:21:57","slug":"make-the-most-of-your-summer-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/2010\/07\/21\/make-the-most-of-your-summer-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Make the Most of Your Summer Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted by Anne Lapour, Career Counselor<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2010\/07\/unpaid_internships_jobs-279x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-290\" title=\"unpaid_internships_jobs-279x300\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/files\/2010\/07\/unpaid_internships_jobs-279x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>So, you landed a summer internship (or a summer job).\u00a0 Good for you!\u00a0 Gaining these outside experiences is going to benefit you in your eventual job search.\u00a0 Many internships morph into job offers&#8211;in fact, &#8220;entry level jobs&#8221; often begin as internships.\u00a0 So, how do you enhance your chances of that full-time offer at the end of your internship?\u00a0 You need to view this internship experience as an extended job interview.\u00a0 This is your opportunity to show what you can do for the team.\u00a0 The following are a couple of articles with some great suggestions for how to make the most of your internship:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wetfeet.com\/undergrad\/internships\/articles\/make-the-most-of-your-internship.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Make the Most of Your Internship<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quintcareers.com\/internship_success.html\" target=\"_blank\">Making the Most of Your Internship(s)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget&#8230;you&#8217;re checking <em>them <\/em>out too.\u00a0 Take note of the company culture, the people you work with, and any other factors that might be important as you clarify your career goals.\u00a0 Internships are one of the most enlightening and productive steps you can take on your career journey&#8211;make the most of it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Anne Lapour, Career Counselor So, you landed a summer internship (or a summer job).\u00a0 Good for you!\u00a0 Gaining these outside experiences is going to benefit you in your eventual job search.\u00a0 Many internships morph into job offers&#8211;in fact, &#8220;entry level jobs&#8221; often begin as internships.\u00a0 So, how do you enhance your chances of&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/2010\/07\/21\/make-the-most-of-your-summer-internship\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1240,1067,1145,1090],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-exploration","category-internships-and-experience","category-job-search-strategies","category-workplace-success"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=289"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":291,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/289\/revisions\/291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/careerservices\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}