Dylan Brown

Fall 2011

Paid Internship

I landed my internship by approaching a speaker who came to one of my classes and asked if an internship was available at the company she was from. I was given a business card and was instructed to email my resume (which the UNCG Career Services Center helped me perfect) and that they would send it to the president. I was soon called in for an interview. The people who interviewed me liked how I listed my related courses at the top of my resume and from there I nailed both interviews.

My internship has taught me more about my field than a class would ever have time to do. I worked forty hours a week for the entire summer but the time flew by. Every day I woke up, I looked forward to heading to my internship. I don't feel like I sacrificed my summer in the sun. Instead, I gained so much knowledge and experience that is irreplaceable in my field.

The benefits of interning are immense. The job market is looking for not only great grades and a degree but job experience. When I looked up jobs in my field, I learned fast that my degree and good grades were not going to land me the job alone, the job experience was. I can now show I have job experience that will set me above most graduates in my field of interest.

I advise students to never give up on looking for an internship. Many fields are hard to find good internships. I know because mine was one. I have learned that good ones are out there and that giving up is worse than not studying for a final. Real world experience will get you the job when you graduate in most situations and the more interning you can show on a resume, the better off you are.

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