Internships For Dummies provides criteria for deciding which internship -- and industry -- is right for you. This friendly guide helps you prepare your resume and references to land the internship. It also offers great interviewing strategies, and tells you how to succeed in the business world once you win the internship. Plus, this book includes real-life stories and examples, and shows you how to progress beyond the internship -- and win a job.
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Make your internship a bridge to a successful career
Win the internship of your dreams — it's as easy as 1, 2, 3! Looking to explore a job or field but don't know where to begin? Relax! Let two experts help you get inside experience — with no stress, no sweat. From savvy interviewing strategies to real-life stories from successful interns, this friendly guide paves the way to a fulfilling internship — that could even lead to a job!
Discover how to: Decide which internship — and industry — is right for you Prepare your resume Prioritize tasks at the internship Communicate effectively with your colleagues Turn an internship into a job
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Craig P. Donovan is a professor and student internship advisor at Kean University's Business School. Jim Garnett is Chair of Rutgers University's Graduate Department of Public Policy and Administration.
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Key to the Most Important Part of a College Education,
By William D. Coplin (Syracuse, NY USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Internships for Dummies (Paperback)
Interships for Dummies should be required reading for all college students regardless of their program of study. And the sooner they read it the better. Out of classroom learning is the key to a successful college education, and this book shows every college student how to find an internship and get the most out of it. William D. Coplin, Professor and Director of the Public Affairs Program, College of Arts and Sciences and the Maxwell School, Syracuse University ...
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INTERNSHIPS FOR DUMMIES,
By Kenneth Oldfield (Springfield, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This is an excellent guide to the process of internships or "applied study" as they are sometimes called. Donovan and Garnett cover all the crucial topics in plain language, including finding an internship, securing that internship, getting oriented, handling common duties, coping with workplace politics, making evaluations pay off, and taking the next leap to job and career. The writing style is extremely readable. The book offers sound advice all along the way. I have been associated with internships for 25 years, first as an intern, then as director of two different programs, and finally as a teacher of internship seminars. Based on these experiences, I find Donovan and Garnett's insights impressive and useful. Everything the authors write is practical and should be helpful to anyone involved with applied study, ranging from students, to internship program supervisors, to sponsoring agency personnel, to academics teaching the topic. The authors' comments are applicable to public, private, and nonprofit sector placements. Finally, it seems Donovan and Garnett have learned a lot from their successes and failures, just as they say interns should do during their placements. To paraphrase Winston Churchill, `It is difficult to appreciate a problem avoided.' This book should help people avoid many potential internship pitfalls and greatly increase their chances for a successful placement.Ken Oldfield
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The Rosetta Stone for Internships,
By karen white (new jersey) - See all my reviews
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Within the familiar "Dummies" framework and easy to read format, lies a gem of abook. "Internships for Dummies" makes me want to go out and be an intern all over again, but this time to do it right! This book should become the Rosetta
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intern mode, intern advisor, active interns, internship agreement, successful interns, organized internship programs, intern supervisors, internship process, intern employers, organized internships, internship directories, government internships, international internships, other internships, intern coordinator, first internship, many internships, internship coordinator, international placements, internship experience, internship opportunities, ask your supervisor, management intern, learning contract, good mentors Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, Peace Corps, Internship Goals Checklist, Internships For Dummies, Presidential Management Internship, Work Preferences Checklist, Hungry Minds, United Nations, Getting Where You Want, Home Town, Mayflower Blvd, North America, Social Security Administration, Encyclopedia of Associations, Getting the Internship, International Education Exchange, New Jersey, Colorado College Career Center, Joyce Lain Kennedy, Making the Transition, Perfect Tens, Pets Financial Scholar, South America, Southwestern Louisiana University New!
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- Megargee's Guide to Obtaining a Psychology Internship by Edwin Megargee on page 85
- District of Columbia (The Starting and Operating a Business Series) by Michael D. Jenkins in Front Matter
- The Fifth Discipline: The Art & Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter M. Senge on page 283
- Resumes for Dummies, Fourth Edition by Joyce Lain Kennedy on page 106
- The Internet for Dummies Starter Kit Edition (with CD-ROM) by John R. Levine on page 87
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