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Internships are what sets you apart from every other college student who decided to “just” do well in school and not have a job. Those people never came to the conclusion that maybe, just maybe they needed some work experience to be considered for a job. As defined by the Dictionary-

In-tern-ship-noun-the position of a student or trainee who works in an organization, sometimes without pay, in order to gain work experience or satisfy requirements for a qualification.

There are a variety of internships; the ones that pay money and the ones that you do for free. In other words, just do it for the FREE experience. College students can barely afford a Polar Pop always scraping up spare change, let alone doing free labor. College is hard,  and the real world is even harder.

There are a variety of ways a student can get an internship. The major ways that helped me land the job are as follows.

• Know what you want to do as a career.
• Make sure your resume correlates to the desired field.
  • If your resume doesn’t have anything to do with the desired career field, some volunteer work is needed.
• Develop important relations in high places.
• Develop a strong work ethic  
• Apply everywhere, not just places you want.
• Get help from the school. Sometimes they offer intern help.
• Search up the companies you are wanting to apply to and figure out the algorithms to their selection process.
• Research the company you are applying for.
• Research the role you are applying for.
• PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE! Interviewing whether it is with someone or in the mirror.

Internships determine a lot when starting a career field. Many jobs look for “experience” and apparently bagging groceries doesn’t cut it. Go figure? Jobs base the hiring process through the amount of experience and qualifications you have. Remember, dress for the job that you want, never the job that you have.Presentation is key you only have one chance to impress the boss once you get the interview.Polish that resume to look and be the part.

Check out the video below to get some tips on polishing a resume.

ByTeresa Idett Cardozo Garcia, Business Marketing Major-IUPUC