GETTING YOUR IDEAL INTERNSHIP - Universum

Getting Your Ideal Internship
CHAPTER 1
Internships:
The Big Picture
CHAPTER 2
The Search
CHAPTER 3
Getting Hired
Weeks 9 and 10:
Sharpening Your Focus
As you wrap up your project deliverables, you’ll face
a blizzard of final meetings and last-minute changes.
But it’s still important to maintain a clear focus on
your objectives. Keep the conversations going with the
people who make the hiring decisions. Try and create a
situation in which you can step right into a great job.
If it looks like the perfect job won’t be waiting for
you, it’s time to take the reins into your own hands.
Envision your ideal role—within the company or outside
of it—and diplomatically share your thoughts with
your contacts. If the role doesn’t exist, find out which
key stakeholders can help you create it and start the
conversation rolling. Let your supervisor know about
these interactions, because you’ll need her support.
Great opportunities can come your way if you’re vocal
about what you want.
Give Thanks
Leave personalized thank-you notes, emails and/or
voicemail messages for the people who helped you during
the summer. Include the senior executives who may
have offered support, and the tech-support people and
administrative assistants who’ve helped you master the
workplace’s logistics.
Returning Full Time
If you’ve made a great impression during your
tenure, you may find yourself in the enviable
position of receiving an offer for full-time
employment. Employers will usually provide you
with some time—either weeks or months—to consider
the offer.
CHAPTER 4
Navigating
Your Internship
CHAPTER 5
real intern
profiles
CHAPTER 5
For Your
Reference
Final Week: Seal the Deal
With the end in sight, develop a short list of tasks that
will help ensure your internship ends with a bang.
Finish Strong
Make sure your final performance review takes place.
Ask your supervisor to share your performance review
(it’s stellar, right?) with the decision makers who might
be able to deliver your dream job.
Show Off
If you have a final presentation, find out if you can
invite people outside the group—the key contacts
who’ve aided you in your work and might be vital players
in your full-time position. If you can’t invite them,
ask if you can conduct a separate presentation for them,
or at least send them a summary of your work.
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