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<v ->Don't think of this as a quote unquote internship.</v>

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I think that when people go into it and say you know,

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I'm an intern or this is just a 90 day internship.

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They're not giving it everything that they could.

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What we tell them is think of this

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as a 90 day working interview.

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Go in there, do everything you can,

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say yes to as many projects as you can

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and really create a name for yourself

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and put yourself in a position

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that they can't afford to lose you.

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<v ->Small things matter.</v>

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So when you're sending an email,

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if every time you send an email you spell words wrong,

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I will know that you do not pay attention to detail

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and details matter.

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If you don't pay attention to the small stuff,

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the big stuff's going to be worse.

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<v ->A lot of times it's about taking initiative.</v>

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I think it's about saying hey I don't know this,

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but I want to learn it and I want you to give me a shot

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and I want to sit in on this project.

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So a lot of times when I've had our interns say

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I don't know anything about this

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but I want to learn more about it,

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it's been a great experience for us

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'cause I've been able to kind of mentor them

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and why we're making some decisions that we are

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and I think they've gotten something out of that as well.

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<v ->I've done a lot of different things</v>

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and in every different thing

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I've tried to learn as much as I can about what I'm doing

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and I've tried to make it more than a job.

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Make it more of a, it's gonna sound cheesy,

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but make it more of a life style.

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Like when I was working for NASA,

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space was my life style for that summer

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or when I was working for a medical device company,

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I read as many articles as I could about medical devices

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and so I have this breath of knowledge

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from these different experiences and I think that

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has really helped me secure recommendations and referrals

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down the road for my future jobs.

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<v ->Showing your boss at your internship</v>

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that you're really to do any task

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and that you're eager to do a task

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so being willing to write proposals or grant requests

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or do the grunt work for a project.

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<v ->I'm always impressed by somebody</v>

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who walks up to a group of people that they don't know

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and want immediately join in the conversation,

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the debate, the idea sharing.

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Don't sit back and watch.

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Be a good engager, be a good listener

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and it always stands out above the rest.

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<v ->I was Apparel CAD Designer for Maurice's.</v>

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It started as a full-time internship over the summer

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and it actually turned into a job.

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Especially being fresh out of college,

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you're not going to be an expert at what you do.

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So yeah, just being open and willing to learn

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and being positive, always being positive.

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<v ->It is pretty easy to pick out someone</v>

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who's really trying to do things

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to make themself look better

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versus someone who's doing something

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because they care about what they're doing.

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It's that latter one that really stands out for me.

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That's the key piece and that's the type of person

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that I want to keep around.

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<v ->We bring our interns in and we are looking</v>

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to convert them to full time.

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So some of the things that we're looking for

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are again, the work ethic, are they showing up on time

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on a day to day basis.

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Do they take too long for lunch?

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Are they reliable?

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And those people are gonna stand out to us.

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They're gonna have that positive energy about them.

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They're gonna want to want to work hard

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and want to come onboard full-time.

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And then we will absolutely invest in those people.

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A hundred percent.

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Because we feel like that's a win-win

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at the end of the summer.

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