How to secure an internship

 

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First Step: Decide what you want to accomplish during your internship… explore a specific kind of work, get experience in your area, or what? Clarity about your learning goals makes it easier to pinpoint potential internship sites. (Think also about where you need the internship to be located. Plan ahead for the semester you’d like to do one!)

Second Step: Prepare an outstanding resume. Internship providers often want a resume and may require that you complete their application and an interview. (This process is IN ADDITION to School of COMM requirements to get into the 3-credit internship class.)

Third Step: Look at requirements for an internship-for-credit. Forms can be found at: http://www.ecu.edu/comm Read through the application carefully. Deadlines are at the beginning of each Semester soon after classes start. Ask the Internship Coordinator or Administrative staff OR watch for flyers with exact deadlines.

Fourth Step: Hunt for an internship!

You can also ask friends, family, faculty, and especially professional contacts. Networking is an important part of establishing and getting value from your internship.

Fifth Step: Submit your application to the Internship Coordinator, Brittany Thompson. Ms. Thompson will determine whether you meet course requirements and will gain valuable learning goals. Once the application is approved, you will be registered for the class and can participate in the Blackboard course during the internship semester.

Additional Steps: Don’t forget to list your internship on your resume. Keep samples of your work for your electronic resume. If you’ve got questions please see Brittany Thompson.

For Internships contact:
Brittany Thompson, Internship Coordinator, thompsonbri14@ecu.edu
(Completed forms can be dropped off in 102 Joyner East)