Comments on: When Should I Get an Internship? https://templeadlib.com/when-should-i-get-an-internship/ The Experiences of Temple Advertising Students Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:39:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Christina https://templeadlib.com/when-should-i-get-an-internship/comment-page-1/#comment-191 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 23:38:44 +0000 https://smc.temple.edu/ad-lib/?p=2284#comment-191 Get it Kassandra! These articles are on point 🙂

Team MAIP! xoxoxo

]]> By: Kassandra https://templeadlib.com/when-should-i-get-an-internship/comment-page-1/#comment-190 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 18:29:00 +0000 https://smc.temple.edu/ad-lib/?p=2284#comment-190 Like I said, you’ve got to keep at it. I scourged the internet everyday. I also didn’t settle on an internship just to say I had one. I made sure it could function as a stepping stone to get where I want to be.

Also, any experience you have in life – past fast food jobs, babysitting, volunteering, etc. – can be spun to be relevant experience and get you that first internship.

]]> By: Anthony https://templeadlib.com/when-should-i-get-an-internship/comment-page-1/#comment-189 Sat, 06 Nov 2010 13:41:13 +0000 https://smc.temple.edu/ad-lib/?p=2284#comment-189 It’s interesting that you’d say that…

I’ve been in school for so long that the game has changed especially when it comes to internships. At a previous school interning was only recommended for certain majors, but not others. And it wasn’t recommended until we were seniors. But with the economy being what it’s been the past couple of years so many companies have opened up internships where they didn’t exist before (in exchange for layoffs). And they definitely weren’t as competitive (outside of the intern heavy industries).

Like you said, it’s hard to get an internship without experience or a portfolio. Those barriers to entry go up sooner and sooner. How can a freshman or a sophomore have a portfolio before really taking the courses? They’re more likely to get sales and gopher type internships. Luckily for you, Kassandra, you got something relevant.

It would be cool if there was an internship guide with disclaimers basically saying if you want to play the internship game here are the rules. I honestly didn’t even think about it til I became a senior. Now… it’s the cost of doing business.

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