It is the summer which means college students are
trading in their yoga pants for pencil skirts and heading into the cities for
their internships. This summer will be my 4th internship and here are a couple
of tips and tricks I have picked up along the way.
|Dress the Part| Your
office may be super laid back and shorts leggings are okay, but try and keep it
professional. Maybe just dress casually on Fridays. If you are dressing up you
will feel the part. And who knows, you may run into the CEO and you will be
happy that you are sporting a blazer.
|Urgency
is the Best Quality| I do not
care if you are getting one task to do a day, get it done ASAP! Do not elongate
the project, get it done immediately. Being an intern you feel like because you
have no power so no one is even looking at you. That is wrong all eyes are on
you, so keep up the pace and give it your best effort.
|Own Up to Your Mistakes| Everyone makes mistakes, and no one is expecting you to be perfect. Just own up to them, learn, and move on.
|Downtime
isn't Fun time| You are an
intern. You will probably have a ton of downtime, and there is a way to be
productive and helpful to the company you are working for. Learn about the
company, just research, research, research. Know so much about the company, you
know more than the founder. You are not helping anyone by looking at Buzzfeed
list.
|DO NOT Gossip| This is probably the one
that can get you into the most trouble. Our generation has a hard time with
this. And this can only hurt not help you.
|Communication
is Key| If you can type out a
grammatically correct email and talk professionally on the phone with
customers, you are already ahead of the curve. Something as simple as this can
be a game changer.
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