26 June 2010

Penn State's Internship Web Page

You don't have to be a student at Penn State to benefit from the school's tips on internships. Go to the web page for Liberal Arts Internships for general information to guide your investigation.

The content on this blog is not offered as legal advice or guidance. Consult your college, advisor, or internship supervisor for help with issues surrounding internships. © 2010 Mary Bold, PhD, CFLE. Dr. Bold is a co-author of the book Reflections: Preparing for your Practicum or Internship, geared to college interns in the child, education, and family fields. More about Dr. Bold can be learned at http://www.marybold.com/

12 June 2010

Phone Hero at the Intern Site

When to be a hero with your phone: For just about any circumstance at the internship, your phone should be off. It's a tool for personal communication and work sites are not the place for personal communication.

Still, your phone can be a tool that benefits everyone in the conduct of business. Stereotyping just a bit: young people can access more information via cell phone than most middle-aged bosses can with the power of a computer.

Services you (with a phone) can provide on the job:

1 - calculator to confirm numbers being tossed around in a meeting,
2 - address look-up for locations under discussion (might include lunch!),
3 - text message to a colleague for information when phone and email would elicit a slower response.


The content on this blog is not offered as legal advice or guidance. Consult your college, advisor, or internship supervisor for help with issues surrounding internships. © 2010 Mary Bold, PhD, CFLE. Dr. Bold is a co-author of the book Reflections: Preparing for your Practicum or Internship, geared to college interns in the child, education, and family fields. More about Dr. Bold can be learned at http://www.marybold.com/

05 June 2010

On Time Delivery: Intern Work


Imagine yourself at the end of your internship. You and another student have put in 4 months of hard work. You know there's a chance that the agency will offer a job.

One intern sometimes reported on a project with, "I'm still working on that."

The other intern always reported with, "It's ready for you." Or maybe "I finished it early" or "It will be on your desk in an hour." Timely work is a mark of professionalism and these are the phrases that announce that.

Now, if you were the boss making the job offer, which intern would you be learning toward?


The content on this blog is not offered as legal advice or guidance. Consult your college, advisor, or internship supervisor for help with issues surrounding internships. © 2010 Mary Bold, PhD, CFLE. Dr. Bold is a co-author of the book Reflections: Preparing for your Practicum or Internship, geared to college interns in the child, education, and family fields. More about Dr. Bold can be learned at http://www.marybold.com/