Undergraduate Blog/Career Development

我什至从哪里开始?

从自己开始。

Applying for summer internships can be stressful. Many start the search and process in the fall and winter (and some maybe in the summer before). To me, this seemed so scary. In the fall of my sophomore year, I tried to look at internship options. I thought about the classes I took my freshman year, and the semester I was in the middle of. I realized that when this summer actually rolls around, I will have four semesters done. Four semesters equals half my time at Babson College. My upcoming semester abroad my junior year leaves me with three left at Babson.

如果您像我一样,那么您害怕开始专注于自己的特定职业。这并不意味着我不喜欢上学和课程,也不意味着我不喜欢和不感兴趣。这是我要学习的事实。我喜欢巴布森要求您在许多不同领域上课的事实金博宝。Babson拥有商业学位,您可以使用很多方向。金博宝因此,当我被告知要开始寻找“良好”实习时,我感到害怕。我不知道从哪里开始。我当时在巴布森(Mac)和汤姆(Tom)等巴布森(Babson)参加重要课程。金博宝那些班级当时让我感到压力,但是如果我想追求的话该怎么办?我计划在春季参加的五个课程,例如营销,IT或财务? For me, I needed more time to explore and learn.

我很高兴我花了一些时间在搜索过程中。我一直以为我想做一些更具创造力和概念的事情。我花了我直到春季学期的中途,才承认我不喜欢数字,而且我在概念上的想法很好。这是我开始实习搜索的时候。可能已经很晚了,但是对我来说,我认为这是最有效的。申请职位绝对不知道您是否想度过整个夏天,这对您来说并不富有成果,或者公司阅读您的申请。我决定对营销,运营管理和社交媒体感兴趣,并意识到公共关系可能是夏季的绝佳选择。

Although I appear that I was late on my search, I would like to argue that. When still exploring options and gauging my interests, I focused on my classes. I found many contacts in different industries, and I worked with career development on my resume. When I realized what I wanted to do, I was beyond ready. It was in March when I decided to set aside time every week specifically for internships. I tried to schedule my phone calls, send emails, my interviews and my searches during this time. I managed my time and took the search as seriously as a class.

My advice is to spend a lot of time thinking about yourself. Think about what you want to do. Don’t think about what your parents want you to do, or the class you get the best grade in. Find something that you like, and that you want to learn about everyday. After all, internships are a once in a lifetime experience. Also, they very well can become your entire life over the summer. Make your summer count. Make your internship about YOU and your interests.