Summer internships - not too late?

Marilyn
Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:48:58 +0000

Jmmom - thank you so much for the suggestion! I still don’t believe it’s really happening for my S. He has been home from college for three weeks following his freshman year and hadn’t found a job yet - he really just wanted something part-time and even the temp firm that placed him last summer hadn’t found anything.

I was idly searching online mainly for fun for “summer intern” naming local towns - and ran into a posting for a summer internship in his major from a major company whose world headquarters are 15 minutes from our house (I don’t want to give the name but your children have probably been happy with their meals). He applied online Monday (Memorial Day), got a call Tuesday morning to set up an phone interview Wednesday afternoon, got a call Thursday afternoon that he got the internship and they overnighted official application materials. He will join their group of interns in a week assuming nothing goes awry based on the application. The posting requested upperclassman but apparently that was not an issue; he just gets a little less pay than they do.

Now if he was only a little happier - he really didn’t want to work full-time and the 8:00 am start is a big downer. But it’s in his field and how can you pass up the opportunity for an internship after only one year! I on the other hand am ecstatic - he had a great high school career but nothing special in the first year of college. I’m convinced the college name (one of the very top in his major) got him considered and the interview got him selected. I’m sure he’ll feel much better after he starts and understands what it means to be in a formal internship program - we never dreamed he could get one so soon.

So one more reason why I love CC! Great advice!