Internship Tips

Table of Contents

 Audition for a Full-Time Position
 Resumé Builder
 Get to Know People
 Understand Your Boss
 Early Wins
 Increase Your Visibility!
 Evaluate Your Progress
 Exit Interview
 Ask for a Reference
 Questions?

Audition for a Full-time Position

 Present yourself as someone seeking full-
time employment
 You never want to be anything but pleasant
to work with

Resumé Builder

 An internship is a resumé builder and a way
to develop interview material
 Get a project that is tight and results
oriented
 Take ownership of the project

Get to Know People

 Get to know everybody, including past
interns, etc
 Be very specific when you ask them for
information
 Find people to have lunch with
 Get to know them personally (probably more towards
the end of your internship)
 Ask your manager, “Who should I get to
know?”

Understand Your Boss

 How does he/she like to communicate?
 Does he/she prefer email or communicating in
person?
 Is he/she more visual?
 Does he/she like to get information and then
think about it?

Early Wins

 Think about how can you make your boss
look good
 Milestones and tasks
 Focus on early wins that you can market
(but not too much)
 When you meet senior people
 Be prepared to give a quick summary of your projects
 If applicable, offer your hypothesis for solving a
problem you’ve been dealing with

Increase Your Visibility!

 Ask to attend a big meeting
 Sometimes WHO in the room is more important than the
topic
 Be conscious of whether or not you should speak
 Were you doing work on the topic?
 If in doubt, check with your supervisor ahead of time
 Go above and beyond the job responsibility
 If you think it adds value and is something you can be
known for
 Be careful—make sure it will NOT change their opinion of
you in undesirable ways
 Ex. If you are in marketing, don’t be doing
hard core IT work

Evaluate Your Progress

 Have “check-in” meetings
 Ask “what have I been doing well?”
 Ask “what should I be doing differently?”
 Be open to feedback!
 After that, set goals
 What will you work on next?
 What do you need from your boss to make it happen?
 Journal your accomplishments
 Update your resumé along the way

Exit Interview

 Have some kind of exit interview(s)
 Say thank you, wrap up
 Look for seeds to plant for future opportunities
 If the company does not have a formal
process
 Write up a summary of what you have worked on and
get their feedback
 Ask if they can provide you with an introduction to
someone or a group you want to meet or learn about

Ask for a Reference

 It does not need to be written
 A written reference is less powerful than if a company
you are applying to can call your former manager
 Ask your boss “Would you be comfortable
being called as a reference?

Questions?

 To find out more information and resources:
 Continue browsing the Virtual Career Center
 Visit the Feld Career Center and consult with one of
our counselors!
 Our office is located on the first floor, left of the stairs in the far
left corner.
 Email us at: careers@bu.edu
 Office Hours
 Monday - Friday: 9AM - 5PM

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