An internship can lay the foundation for a great career CanadiansInvest
An internship is so much more than memorizing coffee orders. The experience – I recommend doing several – can be immensely valuable, offering you a chance to build skills to showcase on your resume and LinkedIn profile and, most importantly, establish professional relationships in the industry you aspire to become a part of.Make a positive impression. Creating a great impression starts with being relentlessly punctual. Woody Allen said it best, “Eighty per cent of success is showing up.
Act when you see a need. Don’t wait to be told. Checking your Instagram account while waiting to be given something to do is never a good look. Interns who never sat idle and proactively sought out where they could be of help, or pitched in without being asked, are the ones I remember. Deliver more than expected, do what no one else is willing to do, and you’ll be appreciated and remembered.Asking good questions is the sign of an intellectually curious, diligent person, which is a turn-on.
The most valuable benefit of an internship is it offers the ideal setting to establish professional relationships you can leverage throughout your career, whether job hunting or seeking advice. Since internships don’t last long, interns tend to focus solely on their work and only form connections with their immediate colleagues and fellow interns. Don’t be that intern! Cultivate as many professional relationships throughout the company as possible.
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