my coworker is planning a “CEOs & Office Hoes” party by Alison Green on May 15, 2014 A reader writes: I am interning at a fairly large nonprofit, one of six interns at the moment. It’s been a great experience so far and I’m learning a lot from my manager, who is in charge of all the interns. However, I was wondering if you could share your thoughts on a problem I’m […] Read the full article →
what your internship manager wishes you knew by Alison Green on April 28, 2014 College extracurricular activities and getting good grades are important, but one of the most important things that employers want to see on recent graduates’ resumes is work experience – which for most new grads often means internships. But simply doing an internship or two isn’t enough; you also need to impress while you’re there – and how […] Read the full article →
I want your updates … and an interview with me by Alison Green on December 2, 2013 Two things — 1. Listen to an interview with me about internships I’m interviewed on the latest episode of The Money Jar podcast, talking about how to be awesome at your internship — or any job, really. (And this is timely, because I’m hiring an intern. Details coming tomorrow.) You can listen to the interview […] Read the full article →
my internship advisor mocked me and is now freezing me out by Alison Green on July 30, 2013 A reader writes: I’m a summer intern in a very relaxed office at a very friendly but large company. There’s a full-time employee who informally advises the team of interns — he’ll check in on our project, offer his advice, help guide us to the information we need, etc. He’s got a very dry sense […] Read the full article →
how to fit into office culture during an internship … when you’ve been disinvited from the staff retreat by Alison Green on June 19, 2013 A reader writes: I’m in the midst of a career change and have been interning part time at a local university. It’s been a great experience so far for me — I enjoy the work and my colleagues a great deal, but I can’t shake the feeling like I might not be fitting into the […] Read the full article →
frustrated that I’m having trouble turning my internship into a job by Alison Green on March 21, 2013 A reader writes: I am beginning to feel very frustrated with the nonprofit organization that I have been interning for the past six months. My internship is supposed to end this Friday and the organization does not allow for internships to last more than six months. This January, I was told about a new part-time […] Read the full article →
internship won’t let me use my work samples in a portfolio by Alison Green on February 12, 2013 A reader writes: I intern at a high-end design company where we create one-of-a-kind visual art. I am an unpaid intern. The studio manager has told me that despite me creating artwork for the company, I have no rights to use it in my portfolio ever. She also said that many of the techniques I’ve […] Read the full article →
advice for interns: uninvolved managers, attending more meetings, and more by Alison Green on December 17, 2012 InternMatch asked me to take a stab at answering some of the questions they hear a lot from interns, specifically: How do you deal with uninvolved managers? I’m not getting enough projects assigned to me, and when I ask for direction, I get vague assignments that I’m not sure how to carry out. I want […] Read the full article →
my internship ended last week, but they’re still giving me work by Alison Green on December 10, 2012 A reader writes: I just finished an internship last week and sent my last project to my supervisor. My supervisor e-mailed me and asked me to add information to the project that he hadn’t mentioned I needed to include before. It’d probably take me at least three hours to do it. The internship was unpaid, […] Read the full article →
how to tell an interviewer that I’m better than what I’ve shown by Alison Green on December 5, 2012 A reader writes: What is the best way to say in an internal job interview that I don’t think I’ve shown the company my best work yet? I’ve been an unpaid intern for a couple of months at this organization where I have an interview. I have it on good confidence that my interview is […] Read the full article →