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Melissa Harbulak: I DID MY INTERNSHIP UP AT CENTER IN THE WOODS, AND IT'S LOCATED MINUTES FROM CAMPUS HERE
AND, IT IS A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION.
Tamara Dixon: AND I WAS AN INTERN INVESTIGATOR. IT WAS MY JOB TO HELP THE ATTORNEY
WITH CASE AND TRIAL PREPARATION, WHETHER IT BE MEET THE CLIENTS,
GO OUT AND GATHER EVIDENCE, COLLECT DOCUMENTS, SUBMIT SUBPOENAS.
James Betterson: I DID MY INTERNSHIP IN NUMEROUS PLACES. I REALLY SET OUT DOING MY INTERNSHIPS
WHEN I WAS FOURTEEN, BEING AROUND MY FATHER... BEING AROUND HIS BUSINESS PARTNERS, SO I THINK THAT
IN ITSELF WAS AN INTERNSHIP. THIS IS REALLY AN EXPERIENCE YOU GO THROUGH. I ALSO DID INTERNSHIPS WITH
NIGHTWIRE MAGAZINE, POST GAZETTE, AND ALSO DEF JAM MUSIC GROUP IN NEW YORK.
Tim Kimmel: MY INTERNSHIP WAS LOCATED IN NORTH DAKOTA, IN THE NORTHEASTERN PART OF THE STATE.
PRIMARY DUTIES WERE RADIO TELEMETRY, NEST BANDING, NEST SEARCHING,
THE ABILITY TO MULTITASK AND WORK WITH VARIOUS INTEREST GROUPS.
Amy Show: DEVELOPED MEDIA CONTACT LISTS. I PITCHED STORIES TO THE MEDIA.
I ALSO WROTE ARTICLES FOR THE WEBSITE AND HELPED WITH TASKS IN THE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT.
Ian Tate: MS. PRIMM AND THE OTHERS OVER AT THE INTERNSHIP CENTER ARE DEDICATED
TO HELPING PEOPLE FIND INTERNSHIPS THAT'LL BE VALUABLE TO THEIR DEVELOPMENT AS A STUDENT.
Tamara Dixon: I FOUND MY INTERNSHIP THROUGH THE WASHINGTON CENTER, WHICH IS SOMETHING CAL HAS OFFERED
TO ITS STUDENTS... IT'S NEW. IT'S A PROGRAM WHERE YOU SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION TO
THE WASHINGTON CENTER AND; BASED ON YOUR QUALIFICATIONS, YOUR GRADE POINT AVERAGE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE;
THEY'LL SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION TO DIFFERENT AGENCIES IN DIFFERENT AREAS OF D.C., MARYLAND, AND VIRGINIA.
James Betterson: YOU HAVE TO BE GOOD AT NETWORKING AND NOT BE AFRAID JUST TO TALK TO RANDOM PEOPLE
AND ASK FOR IDEAS. SO... A LOT OF FISHING AROUND AND I RAN INTO THE RIGHT PEOPLE,
AND THAT'S WHAT BUSINESS IS... YOU KNOW.
Melissa Harbulak: I WENT UP AND I SET UP AN APPOINTMENT AND I TOURED THE FACILITY AND I WAS BLOWN AWAY
BY HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS. AND THEN I MET ALL OF THE STAFF AND, THE SECOND THAT I MET THE STAFF,
I JUST KNEW THAT THIS WAS THE PLACE I HAD TO DO MY INTERNSHIP AT.
Amy Show: THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I LEARNED IN MY INTERNSHIP WERE TO BE
A BETTER WRITER AND A SPEAKER. I ALSO LEARNED TO BE MORE PROFESSIONAL IN THE WAY I DRESSED
AND THE WAY I CARRIED MYSELF. AND, I ALSO LEARNED BETTER TIME MANAGEMENT SKILLS.
James Betterson: THE THREE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS I LEARNED WERE TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE INDUSTRY
YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO INTO. BE PREPARED... DO SOME RESEARCH ON IT SO YOU'RE NOT GOING INTO IT BLIND.
SECOND THING WOULD BE DRIVEN; BE SELF-MOTIVATED. YOU ARE COMPETING FOR A JOB WITH SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS,
SO YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO OUTWORK THEM TO GET THAT JOB. A THIRD THING WOULD TO BE ABLE TO
IMPROVE YOURSELF, TO UPGRADE YOURSELF. YOU WANT IT TO IMPROVE, ALWAYS... EACH ENVIRONMENT YOU PLACE
YOURSELF INTO. YOU'RE ALWAYS NOT GONNA BE THE BEST AS SOON AS YOU GET THE JOB.
BUT BY THE END, YOU HOPE TO BE THE BEST.
Tamara Dixon: I WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO SAY THE THREE THINGS I LEARNED WAS PROFESSIONAL ETIQUETTE,
HOW TO HANDLE YOURSELF IN DIFFERENT PROFESSIONAL ATMOSPHERES AND ENVIRONMENTS... NETWORKING...
HOW TO PROPERLY NETWORK WITHOUT MAKING IT OBVIOUS THAT "HEY, I'M AN INTERN AND I'M TRYING TO NETWORK.
I WANT YOUR INFORMATION. I WANT YOU TO, YOU KNOW, WRITE ME A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATION ONE DAY."
THINGS OF THAT NATURE. AND THE THIRD ONE, I WOULD SAY, IS STAY OPEN-MINDED... REMAINING OPEN-MINDED...
BECAUSE ONCE YOU THINK YOU HAVE SOMEONE FIGURED OUT, YOU REALLY DON'T A LOT OF THE TIME IN THAT FIELD.
SO, IT'S JUST BEST TO REMAIN OPEN-MINDED.
Pam Harris: JUST DO IT. IF YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO AN INTERNSHIP,
DO IT BECAUSE EMPLOYERS LOOK FOR THAT ON YOUR RESUME. AND, IT'S VERY EASY TO BEAT OUT THE COMPETITION
IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE. EMPLOYERS ARE LOOKING FOR STUDENTS COMING OUT OF COLLEGE WITH EXPERIENCE
THESE DAYS. SO, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND AN INTERNSHIP.
Amy Show: ADVICE THAT I WOULD GIVE OTHER STUDENTS ABOUT DOING AN INTERNSHIP WOULD BE TO NOT BE AFRAID.
YOU NEED TO STEP UP AND ASK FOR RESPONSIBILITIES; OTHERWISE, YOU MIGHT NOT GET THOSE CHANCES.
Tim Kimmel: YOU WANNA BE ABLE TO NETWORK WITH AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND GET YOUR NAME OUT,
ESPECIALLY WITH MY FIELD IN FISHERIES AND WILDLIFE: IT'S VERY COMPETITIVE AND I'M SURE
WITH BUSINESS AND EDUCATION MAJORS IT'S THE SAME. SO, GETTING YOUR NAME OUT DEFINITELY GIVES YOU AN EDGE.
Tamara Dixon: IT'S VERY IMPORTANT JUST TO REMAIN OPEN-MINDED... EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED...
YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL GET OUT OF IT. SOMETIMES INTERNSHIPS MAY SEEM MORE CHALLENGING.
TAKE THE CHALLENGE. IT'S BETTER TAKING THE CHALLENGE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN DO THE NORM.
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