-: Don't think of this as a quote unquote internship.
I think that when people go into it and say you know,
I'm an intern or this is just a 90 day internship.
They're not giving it everything that they could.
What we tell them is think of this
as a 90 day working interview.
Go in there, do everything you can,
say yes to as many projects as you can
and really create a name for yourself
and put yourself in a position
that they can't afford to lose you.
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-: Small things matter.
So when you're sending an email,
if every time you send an email you spell words wrong,
I will know that you do not pay attention to detail
and details matter.
If you don't pay attention to the small stuff,
the big stuff's going to be worse.
-: A lot of times it's about taking initiative.
I think it's about saying hey I don't know this,
but I want to learn it and I want you to give me a shot
and I want to sit in on this project.
So a lot of times when I've had our interns say
I don't know anything about this
but I want to learn more about it,
it's been a great experience for us
'cause I've been able to kind of mentor them
and why we're making some decisions that we are
and I think they've gotten something out of that as well.
-: I've done a lot of different things
and in every different thing
I've tried to learn as much as I can about what I'm doing
and I've tried to make it more than a job.
Make it more of a, it's gonna sound cheesy,
but make it more of a life style.
Like when I was working for NASA,
space was my life style for that summer
or when I was working for a medical device company,
I read as many articles as I could about medical devices
and so I have this breath of knowledge
from these different experiences and I think that
has really helped me secure recommendations and referrals
down the road for my future jobs.
-: Showing your boss at your internship
that you're really to do any task
and that you're eager to do a task
so being willing to write proposals or grant requests
or do the grunt work for a project.
-: I'm always impressed by somebody
who walks up to a group of people that they don't know
and want immediately join in the conversation,
the debate, the idea sharing.
Don't sit back and watch.
Be a good engager, be a good listener
and it always stands out above the rest.
-: I was Apparel CAD Designer for Maurice's.
It started as a full-time internship over the summer
and it actually turned into a job.
Especially being fresh out of college,
you're not going to be an expert at what you do.
So yeah, just being open and willing to learn
and being positive, always being positive.
-: It is pretty easy to pick out someone
who's really trying to do things
to make themself look better
versus someone who's doing something
because they care about what they're doing.
It's that latter one that really stands out for me.
That's the key piece and that's the type of person
that I want to keep around.
-: We bring our interns in and we are looking
to convert them to full time.
So some of the things that we're looking for
are again, the work ethic, are they showing up on time
on a day to day basis.
Do they take too long for lunch?
Are they reliable?
And those people are gonna stand out to us.
They're gonna have that positive energy about them.
They're gonna want to want to work hard
and want to come onboard full-time.
And then we will absolutely invest in those people.
A hundred percent.
Because we feel like that's a win-win
at the end of the summer.
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