It's like a long interview

It’s the beginning of my third week at my new internship and things got off to a pretty slow start. At my other internships I was thrown into my job right away. There was no adjustment period; I had a list of things to do. At this internship, things have been slow up until today. I finally got to write a press release! Before that I was just helping out, doing little things, nothing that involved writing. I was starting to feel a little discouraged because I really wanted to write something or anything.

Going three weeks without having to write anything made me appreciate how much I actually do like to write. Sometimes I need to be reminded of that.

My first press release was for one of our larger clients, so I felt excited that they trusted me with a client like that. I think one of the reasons they gave it to me to do was because I sat down with my supervisor and went over my co-op objectives. My supervisor even commented on how impressed she was with Cabrini’s co-op system, that it was organized and they really wanted to make the sure the student was learning. I talked to my supervisor about the goals I have while I am here and I think it showed her that I can and want to handle a lot of responsibility.

Although they have not had much for me to do up until today, it still did not stop me from constantly asking, “Can I do anything?” My friends who have graduated and have real jobs now have interns of there own. They constantly remind me what a good intern should NOT do. I feel lucky having that outside opinion given to me, because it doesn’t let me forget that internships are like long job interviews and you need to be willing to do whatever is asked of you with a smile and immediately.