Internships for Undergrads

blossom
Sun, 29 Jan 2017 22:21:28 +0000

Folks, it doesn’t need to be an internship. It can be a plain old job. Don’t get riled up about kids who can’t afford to work for free. Employers understand that. Companies can quickly weed out the impressive sounding but dopey internships from actual learning opportunities. Kid worked as a receptionist? Terrific. Kid coded medical procedures in a doctor’s office? Fantastic. Got promoted to shift supervisor at the pizza restaurant where he or she had worked all through HS? Absolutely terrific. Stocked shelves at Target and won the “Best attitude” award by the night manager? Super.

But kids who claim they are “too tired” after a demanding semester to get a job (or internship) and need to recharge their batteries all summer because they are going to be social chair at their fraternity… hmmm. There have always been affluent kids who didn’t need to work for the cash- but even if that’s the case, show a little initiative.