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>> You're watching Internship 201, all you need to know
to be a successful intern.
Hi, I'm Heather LaPerle, campus internship coordinator
in Career Services at San Diego State University.
To get credit for watching this video,
click on the survey link below in the description box.
Your completed survey will give you credit
and if you complete all three internship workshops,
Internship 101, 201 and 301 then you will be eligible
for a professional development gift.
In Internship 101 you'll learn about what is an internship,
what is the importance of networking,
what characteristics should you be looking for in an internship,
and red flags to look out for, as well as internship resources
that will help you find an internship [background music].
In Internship 201 you're going to learn about how
to have a successful internship search,
how to use Aztec Career Connection
and other search sites to find internship opportunities,
as well as finding out what employers are looking
for in an intern and how to be successful while interning.
In Internship 301 we're going to talk
about how you leverage your internship experience to get
to your next step, whether that's another internship,
a job, grad school, how to be able to talk
about your internship experience,
how to stay connected, and how to show what you did
and how you grew from that experience.
>> Everything that you learn
from the classroom you can apply it
into the internships that you're doing.
But then also once you do the internship and gain
that knowledge from that hands-on experience then you can
talk about it in your classrooms and kind of connect it
with what you've been learning and talking about.
>> Ultimately, we're going to spend a lot of time working
in our lives and we want to be happy in our lives.
So it's a good time for students to get introduced and explore.
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>> There is research that shows 66% of employers first reach out
and post their opportunities through career centers
because they know that students have access
and that those listings will only be viewed
by current students and alumni.
One of the first ways we recommend students to search
for internships is by going through Aztec Career Connection.
You can go to your account by logging into career.sdsu.edu
and then clicking on students.
You'll see that there's a red box
that explains the login process, it'll take you
to where you can enter in your SDSU ID and your password.
Since I'm not a student I don't have that login so I've logged
in already as my sample student.
You'll see on here that the homepage has a lot
of information for you.
When you first open Aztec Career Connection there's many options
here on the left-hand side.
What I want to point out before we get to how to find jobs
and internships are two things that I want you
to make sure you check at least once a semester.
The first is your profile, when you click
on profile this is going to show you the information
that we have in the system.
Some of this was automatically imported from your SDSU account,
but some of it are things that you need
to make sure that you update.
If you've changed your major since we did our import
of your information you're going to want
to make sure that you change that.
And you can do that by clicking on this little pencil,
it's going to take you into where you can click
on where your degree is but you can go in
and you can change your majors.
Let's say I'm still business, but I'm actually looking
to change my major to marketing.
You can click on marketing and then save
and that's going to show me marketing.
I'm going to X out of finance to take that off
and now my major is listed as marketing.
Your major is one thing that we want
to make sure you're always updating,
but the other part is your graduation date.
Your graduation date is one of the most important things
to employers because while you could be a junior
or a senior level that doesn't tell them
when you're actually going to be finishing and be able
to start a full-time position.
Students typically find that when they're going
through the application process
through Aztec Career Connection they're not able to apply,
which I'll show you an example in just a minute,
and a lot of times it's because their graduation year does not
match up to what the employer is looking for.
Once I've made sure my profile is up-to-date I'm going
to go ahead and click save.
There's other areas in the profile section
that you are able to add information to,
but for our purposes and for applying this education section
is the most important to make sure it is updated.
Creating a resume that shows employers all of your skills,
qualities and experiences is extremely important during the
internship search process.
We can explain more of this to you during our resume workshops
that are offered multiple times throughout the semester,
as well as during fast-15 walk-ins.
You will want to make sure that under documents you have
in your approved section different resumes,
as well as cover letters or any other information you may need
to be sending to employers,
but your resume is the most important.
As you'll see in my record I have a couple different resumes
that are in here, as well as a cover letter,
I have some references.
You may also be asked for a transcript to be uploaded
or even a writing sample.
But most commonly it's your resume and a cover letter.
I can set any of my resumes as my default.
Let's say I have my resume as my default right now,
but I really want to use my John Smith resume,
I can just click make default and it will change
that to my default resume which means it's the first one
to come up anytime I apply.
You can also view as a PDF or delete any old resumes
that you are not using.
I'll show you when we go in
and actually apply how you can upload any kind of resume
that you would like at that point.
Next, we're going to move to events,
you can see any days we're having the career fairs,
you can see information sessions which are basically times
when we have employers come onto campus and explain to you
who they are and what they are looking for,
for their internship or job positions.
So you'll definitely want to check that out,
it's a great time to network and learn about new companies
or companies that you want to work for.
And we also have tons of workshops throughout the year.
The workshops are not required for you to RSVP,
any of our events you can just attend without RSVP'ing,
however I personally recommend it because for me I
like to get an e-mail reminder which you will get if you RSVP,
as well as you can add it to your calendar.
Now we're going to cover how to search for jobs and internships
through Aztec Career Connection.
Click on Aztec Career Connection, this is going
to take you to all of our jobs and internship postings.
Most of these are off campus but some of them can be on campus.
When you go in here first you'll see different jobs
that you can apply for.
Now most students will go ahead and type something here
in this search bar, but my recommendation is you click
on this advanced search functions.
Why, because it gives you a lot more options
to really specify what you're looking
for in a job or an internship.
A couple things that students really like,
this first one is finding a job that's located
within a certain number of miles of a zip code.
Now this is helpful if maybe you don't have your own
transportation and you want to make sure it's somewhere
that you can get to from a trolley or a bus line
or you may be wanting to go home for the summer and looking
for a job that's within a different zip code
or a different area.
You also can look for nationwide jobs.
This section right here industry is one of the ones
that I recommend that you do use.
Also the position type, you can definitely click on internship.
Now do note that employers are the ones who choose which type
of position type they select, so you can select internship
but an employer may consider their position a part-time job
even though it has internship type work.
You can always start with internship
and if you're not seeing as much
as you thought then you can add part-time as well.
Some of you may be interested in finding research positions,
this is a great way to do that and if you're looking
for a specific type of research area you can go ahead
and select that here.
For our example right now I'm going to just select internship
and I'm open to seeing just all kinds of internships
that are available and I'm going to click on search.
You're going to see that this is going to change the listings.
You'll see that some of these postings have a little box
that say campus interview,
this means the employer not only is posting their position
but they will also be conducting on-campus interviews
for applicants that get selected.
That's something that you can follow up with the employer on
and you'll also see more information on the posting.
As we scroll through let's take a look at one these positions
that I'm interested in.
So right here I see a winter summer internship program,
that sounds interesting to me so I'm going to click on it.
It's going to show me the employer and if I am interested
in this employer I can actually click on follow and then
that means anytime this employer posts something
or maybe is coming to an event on campus I'm going
to be notified through my Aztec Career Connection.
So I'm going to go ahead and take a look, I'm going to read
through the description,
everything on here looks really good for me.
I'm going to take a look at the qualifications.
Now down here under salary level sometimes you'll see
competitive, that means that it is a paid position
but the employer is not disclosing what the level
of pay is.
You may see internships where it has an actual dollar amount
or it may say that it is unpaid,
which means that you will not be earning minimum wage per hour
worked and will need to enroll in an internship course.
You'll also see under here that there are similar positions
that Aztec Career Connection has identified based on my search,
just like when you go
on to Amazon it'll give you some suggestions based
on your previous search histories.
So let's say I'm looking
and I say oh actually this tax internship looks really
interesting too, I could click on that
and it'll take me directly to that posting.
Now I may not have time right now to look at this
or I may want to take some time to think about applying
for this position doing some research on the company,
so I'm not going to apply right now.
So what I would want to do is click this star.
When I click this star button it's actually going
to add this position.
If I go back out to that home search page it's going to add it
under my favorite section.
So when I click under my favorites it's going
to have saved positions that I was interested in.
Now please note that if a position has closed its
application process it will no longer show
up on your favorite section.
So if you are using this function I recommend
that you check it frequently.
I'm going to go ahead and click on this position that I forgot
that I had been interested in previously.
It definitely looks like something I would be interested
in applying for, so I'm going to go ahead
and click on this apply button.
Now I'm going to be prompted to enter the documents
that this employer is requesting.
So resume, I had showed you that previously,
you'll see that my other resumes are also listed on here.
So I'm actually going to use my SDS resume for this one
or let's say I've been working on one
on my laptop I could actually go in and choose a file
and upload a whole new resume if I needed to do that.
At this point though I'm going to use my SDS,
my cover letter I'm going to go ahead and use that cover letter
as well, and I'm also going to enter in a transcript,
but wait I forgot to do that.
So in this case I would need to go ahead and add a new document.
You can also add in any notes.
Now one thing about adding notes is
that this is not a required section
as you can see right here.
I really point this out to you because anything you submit
to an employer that is not required is something
that you're asking them to review and judge you by.
So if you are not required to enter notes
and you enter notes putting that in there could be a positive,
a negative or even something indifferent,
so I leave it up to you.
My recommendation is to leave that area blank.
If I go to submit you'll notice that it's going
to tell me I do not have my transcripts attached.
So that's one good thing is it'll let you know what you have
not yet included and it won't let you move forward.
I can come back later if I wanted
to because it's in my favorites.
Sometimes when you find a position you're going
to see this not qualified button that's listed, but you'll notice
that the apply button is not listed and when I go
down to the application section it's going
to tell me why I can't apply.
In this case, it's because my major is not among those
that the employer is looking for this position.
So when I go ahead and I look
through the qualifications though I thought
that this was a position that I qualified for.
One thing would be to go back and look
at what majors this position is actually looking for.
So when I look over here it looks
like this position is actually looking
for an international business student.
But if I had looked at this position and let's say it said
that I needed a marketing major but I am a marketing major
and I've checked my profile and that's what I'm listed as,
feel free to come into the Career Resource room anytime
between 8 and 4:30 Monday through Friday or give us a call
and we can help you figure out why you're not being able
to apply for that position.
This is an example of a position that is unpaid, so you'll see
that zero is listed for the salary level and you would need
to enroll in an internship course if you were going
to take this internship.
The last thing I want to make sure you see is that it's going
to have on here when the position was posted
and when you're going to be able to turn your application in by.
So it's really important that if you are putting any
of these positions in your favorite section make sure you
note that date.
There's another way for you to find recommended jobs as well.
When you go back out here you can click on recommended jobs
and you'll be able to see that are recommended based
on your profile and also your previous searches.
Additionally, just to note that if you are looking
for an on-campus part-time job you can also look
through Aztec Shops or Associated Students,
if you have federal work-study there's a link here as well.
Another way to find jobs or internships is through LinkedIn,
they now have specific links.
Here is the link that'll take you out to LinkedIn jobs,
but we also have a link for LinkedIn internships
on our internships.sdsu.edu page for search websites.
Make sure that if you're ever having problems or issues
or you're confused on how to best use Aztec Career Connection
for your internship or job search that you come
and visit us in the Career Resource room.
Again we're open Monday through Friday 8 to 4:30 to help you.
There are many types
of internships you will see during your search,
some will be paid, some will be paid
and you could get academic credit for them,
and some will be unpaid and you must earn academic credit
which means you need to enroll in an internship course.
In order to find out what course you should enroll in you need
to reach out to your department internship contact.
Career services maintains a current list
of all department internship contacts
at internships.sdsu.edu.
On this page you're going to find contact information
for the department internship contact in your major.
If you don't see your major listed feel free to reach
out to the campus internship coordinator.
>> Meeting with your internship department contact to see
if maybe they might have some leads for you.
>> The best way to access Glassdoor is by scrolling
to the bottom of career.sdsu.edu and clicking
on the little green box that says Glassdoor.
Glassdoor is a website that I recommend you look at to check
out companies to learn more about them,
their company culture, and get possible tips on interviewing,
salary and other information that you may not have
if you don't know someone who works there.
>> A great way to start is through the job search sites
that you can find online.
Career Services has a page that has great links
that students can start out and do their search from.
>> I used Aztec Career Connection
which was really great to use just
because you can really narrow down your searches as far
as what you're looking for specifically
and so that's how I landed my first internship.
And then my current internship I worked
with my internship coordinator from my department specifically
and she helped me connect with the director of the organization
that I'm currently interning at and that's how I interviewed
and am currently interning there.
>> I've gotten my internship through my mentor.
>> USAJOBS.com every government internship job opening is
on USAJOBS.com.
>> I found it through one of my mentors,
she knew about the position and she e-mailed me about it.
>> So the internship that I did over the summer
with 3M I found it through joining an
on-campus organization.
And the second internship that I did with Wawanesa here
in San Diego the marketing manager that I worked
for is also an alumni of San Diego State.
He put me in touch through a friend of mine
who is also a student at San Diego State
because they were looking
to fill the marketing internship role.
>> By the power of networking I applied
to a gajillion internships but all the internship offers
that I received for the summer was
from an informational interview or someone had my resume
and they passed along.
So both internships were from referrals.
>> One thing that students underestimate is the power
of their network.
Your network contains more people than you think it does.
It not only contains the supervisors and bosses
that you may have already had, but it contains your professors,
they're great people to get to know
for many reasons including the fact that they can be references
for you in the future.
Any mentors that you may have had, as well as your friends
and family to your peers, students that you know
from class but also through student organizations
and involvement.
>> One of the things I love
about peer networking I think I kind of challenge students
to do this, is to figure out ways to get involved
with different things that you're not connected with.
So if you're a business major have a friend who's a science
major, engineering major or something else.
But I realized as I've gotten older there's skillsets I
definitely don't have, but if I had people who I knew
who had those skillsets so you have those type
of relationships they can just help you in life
when you need to go further.
I didn't even realize the power of the peer network
until I graduated and I just started to see my friends go off
into a lot of different companies
and because I've had those relationships with people,
people have asked me to come and be like speakers for them
or come work on different things.
It's just amazing because you never know who in your class
or who is in school with you what they're going to do.
>> The networking aspect of searching
for an internship is very important.
A lot of students think oh social networking behind a box,
behind a computer.
And I tell them no, networking the old-school way,
get out from behind the box, meet face-to-face
with the people, do informational interviews.
>> And that would be where you will sit down one-on-one
with that person and just ask them what's your job like,
what do you do, where did you go to school, how did you get
into this position, what's the company culture like,
what can I expect if I wanted to work here,
things of that nature.
And it's a really good way to learn more about the company
and build those connections.
>> Job shadows, follow up with people who come and speak
in your class, connect through professional networks.
It's absolutely vital for people to get to know you as a human,
get to know you as a person if you want them to be willing
to work with you and alongside you.
>> I can't stress enough the networking,
the networking is such a huge piece.
If you can network with people from companies
and industry leaders do it, I can't stress it enough,
they will provide you some great guidance.
The more recruiters and the more people in the company
that you know, even if you're applying
for a position right now not with them it really benefits you
because when it does come time
if you need those connections it's a lot easier
for you to get in there.
We're in the business and we want to prepare you, you know,
one day we may want to hire you so it's beneficial
for us to invest in you.
So for that reason don't be afraid to do that networking.
>> Networking is huge and I think it's very important
to learn how to network properly as early as you can.
So networking is obviously something that's awkward
for some people, but the more you do it the more confident you
are when you're doing it.
So personally networking was how I've gotten all my jobs,
internships, different opportunities on and off campus.
So networking doesn't just mean meeting the people next to you.
It's how can the person next to you introduce you
to their friend who lives somewhere outside of California
or San Diego because the real opportunities are
where you can't necessarily see them.
So it's important when you're in college to build your network
because once you graduate you're not going
to have the opportunity to meet as many people
in the surrounding areas as you are
when you're here at San Diego State.
>> You never know who knows who and as the saying goes,
if you're not networking you're not working.
So get out there and figure out who's in your network.
Getting involved is incredible, I think that is one
of the greatest ways you can get internships as well just
because you meet people, you know people
and some opportunities are just heard by word-of-mouth.
And so I think involvement is incredible for the amount
of ways it can grow your network, but even more
so what it prepares you to do.
Getting involved for me meant learning how to network better,
understanding different ideas or different thoughts,
it was international business society,
or different cultural org; it puts you in different places
where you're just learning constantly.
Because you realize as much
as learning inside the classroom is important there's
so much more weight to things outside a classroom as well.
And if you can kind of be at the nexus of both
of those you can see how the education plus experience
to really propel you to have a successful career.
>> One thing that can make you stand
out from somebody else is the extracurricular activities
that you participate in,
the student organizations you're involved with,
the volunteer work that you do, you know,
the extracurricular intramural sports that you play.
I think it all plays a really big role, it allows us to see
that you're able to multitask, juggle multiple things,
it also allows us to see that you are involved and you want
to be involved and driven.
>> The way that I found out about my student work was
through one of my professors he got me in contact
with like other clubs and organizations.
And then later on he got me in contact with the professors
or just with like [inaudible].
Some of the orgs are actually international so there could be
like a Paris chapter like in San Diego.
>> Get a mentor when you're a freshmen or sophomores
to get involved on campus and then the juniors and seniors
in that organization that you're interested in will be more
than happy to mentor you.
>> Clubs and different types of societies that network ideally
around their profession,
but that network whether they're students promote communication,
leadership.
Those are again things that set candidates apart.
So much like work experience, the experience
with other organizations
on campus here is really a differentiator.
So we view those very positively.
>> During the internship search process it's really important
that you have an active LinkedIn account.
Many employers are not only using LinkedIn as a way
to check applicants but they're also using it as a way
to directly recruit students.
So it's really important
that you have all your current information listed
on your LinkedIn.
You can come in and have a career counselor give you some
feedback on your LinkedIn account by going to a fast-15.
>> So I actually currently started using LinkedIn
because of Career Services.
I, you know, came up with my profile and I updated everything
in terms of my work experience, my education experience.
>> I also really recommend getting on LinkedIn,
if you're looking for an internship or if you're not,
just because sometimes people can reach out to you
and tell you like hey we have this internship are
you interested.
I usually try to reach out to people invloved on LinkedIn
or people that work for the company
and at first usually they reply.
>> Your sophomore year or junior year start working
on developing contacts.
>> The number one thing that students often underestimate
when it comes to networking is the power
of the Aztec connections.
At any one point there are 30,000 plus students
on this campus and eventually they all go somewhere.
And that network is huge, 60 to 70% of those students stay
within San Diego and Orange counties.
And so I always recommend
to students get an awesome LinkedIn profile,
then through LinkedIn, reach out to the companies that you want
to work at and click on all of their employees
and figure out who is an Aztec.
I have, I've got to tell you there's always an Aztec
in the building.
They may not be in your department, they may not be
in your specific field, but they're more likely to be open
to that cold e-mail introduction when you go through LinkedIn
and say hey my name is Nicole Vargas, I'm a graduating senior
at San Diego State and I'm really interested in working
at your company, any chance you'd be willing to chat
by phone or do an informational interview?
If they're another Aztec they know what it's like to be
in your seat, they know what it's like to stand
in your shoes, and they're more likely
to be willing to connect with you.
>> Internship search etiquette.
Use a professional e-mail address, set up your voicemail,
have a professional voicemail message,
and check your voicemail messages before returning any
missed calls.
Dress appropriately for an interview or any interaction
with an employer or recruiter.
Use professional salutations and you should always refrain
from cursing, using slang, referring to drugs or alcohol,
making sexist, lewd,
discriminatory comments or jokes.
>> Leaving a statement everywhere you go
from your e-mails to how you're dressed to how you speak
with people to how you greet people and being consistent
across all platforms everyone can have a similar enjoyable
experience with the work and the personality
that you bring to the table.
>> Social media, just make sure you don't have anything crazy
on your social media because people can check that
and you don't want to give that off as your first impression
when you haven't even arrived at the place
and possibly they might have a different impression of you.
>> One piece of advice that I could offer to students
who are beginning their internship search is
to really be open-minded and to do your research very well,
just because there's so many different opportunities
and you don't want to not take advantage of what's out there.
So if you see something that you like, you know,
apply or ask questions or even if you want to apply later on,
it doesn't hurt to get in contact
with those individuals just to get to know more
about the organization that you're looking to go into.
>> The more informed and the more aware you are
of what's happening
in the industry the better off you're going to be
and the more prepared you're going to be
to sell yourself to that industry.
>> What skillsets do you bring to the table,
but more about what's the attitude that you're bringing
because you can train skills but it's kind of hard
to work with attitude.
>> You only get one first impression,
perception is reality, so whatever someone perceives
of you, whatever you're giving off that's what they know
of you.
Unless they know you, they work with you all the time,
for a majority of the part what they see is what they think
they know.
>> For me yes while your skillset and what you put
on your resume will definitely get you a phone call from me.
At the end of the day how you present yourself
in that interview is what's going to sell me,
like really make me go okay I need
to make sure I get this person to the manager,
so the manager can bring them on.
>> An internship is essentially a long interview.
You may not get a job offer with the company
but this is your opportunity to shine
and show them what you're made of.
So when you come to an internship stay professional,
keep it completely professional among your peers, your leaders,
any other associates that work for the company.
Dress professionally.
>> The first place to go is Career Services.
One of the things I probably didn't do enough
of is tap into Career Services.
I spent some time here, but there's a lot of things
that students can learn to prepare for interviews
and prepare for their first job
or internship here in Career Services.
So I recommend them taking advantage of those resources.
>> Students want the same jobs and internships as you,
so you have to think what's going to separate you
from someone else that wants the same opportunity.
And that's all about your work experience,
it's all about the contacts that you make through networking,
and it's all about how you push yourself academically
to be successful.
And once you do all of those things you'll be able to apply
for that internship, you'll be successful in that internship,
and then when you graduate you'll be in a position
that you feel is successful.
>> Internship etiquette, how to have a successful internship.
Be on time.
Practice good social skills.
Be flexible and manage your own expectations.
Practice good phone etiquette.
Communicate with your supervisor.
Be proactive in your role as a learner.
Practice good e-mail etiquette.
Be respectful of the privacy of clients.
Dress for success.
Show gratitude and give thanks.
>> What sets the classwork apart
from the internship experience is the ability to be
in a workspace and work with other people
in a professional setting.
To understand what it means to have to show up on time.
To work a full shift.
To manage expectations.
To work under deadlines.
To actually understand how an office works
and the interpersonal connections and communications
that happen in that situation.
>> Having the humility to learn but the tenacity to put
in the work to learn and not expecting just
because I've been here for a month
or two I should get a promotion or a raise.
>> You know you really have to jump in
and make sure you're there on time.
But the other piece of being there is mentally being there,
right.
You are going to be surrounded by people that are
in the industry that have knowledge as to what it's going
to be like to work there.
And I think one of the pieces
that we sometimes miss is tapping into those sources,
you know, don't be afraid to go up to a manager, a VP even,
to go hey this is the kind of you know what I'm trying to do
in my career what advice would you give me,
how did you get to be the VP here?
Don't be afraid to ask those questions.
>> Taking advantage of everything you can,
realizing that as you have the student card that's really
powerful for you.
You can say as a student I don't really know about this can I
up an informational interview to just learn a little bit more
about your background.
And from there so many doors can open you never know kind
of who can have a job or another internship.
>> And it's really up to you what you want
to make of that opportunity.
If you just want it to be a job for the summer then so be it.
But if you really want it to be an opportunity or like a land,
a launch point for you for your career then you just need to get
in there and really you need to again look
for networking opportunities.
Make sure that you're being heard.
If there's team meetings make sure you speak up,
ask questions, be vocal.
>> The biggest thing is just jumping in, learning as much
as possible, listening as much as possible,
nobody is asking for more.
I think one of the things is we always have work,
there's always something that can be done
and it's just taking the next push, kind of give everything
that you can, really show what you can,
meet as many people as possible.
>> Your relationship with your supervisor,
so when you have positive relationship you ask them
questions and they will be willing to mentor you,
to give you a lot of the knowledge that they have,
to give you some guidance regarding your career paths.
>> They're there to support you and help you, but you're there
as an intern, you just, you're trying to learn
so just ask questions, don't be afraid to ask questions,
don't be silent in a room, you want to know more.
>> And don't be afraid to share ideas, sometimes you're going
in as an intern and you're thinking I'm just an intern here
I'm not going to make any suggestions.
But you'd be surprised sometimes you suggest something
that they didn't think of and it's something
that could be made into an idea and utilized in the company.
>> There's a lot of support they just have to ask for it.
The worst thing they could do is kind of put the blinders on,
focus on just the work at hand and not engage the people
around them with questions because they won't grow as much
that way and they won't get as much out of the internship.
If you're assigned a certain task
and you're doing really well with that,
ask for some other things because more
than likely they'll be able to get involved in some things
that will grow them even further if they just ask.
You want to gain as much as you can while you're there.
Each day you come in it's important that you continue
to grow, excel and contribute in bigger and better ways
to the company and to the people around you.
>> Stay engaged with your team members,
though you should never expect a job offer, but you should go
into the internship and work the internship as if you are going
to receive a job offer.
>> When you are taking initiatives you're helping
yourself to learn.
Always ask questions, always volunteer to help.
That way you help yourself to learn a great deal
and your mentors they will see that,
they will write a great evaluation for you.
Either, they offer jobs at the end of the internship
or they can recommend you to other agencies that you know.
So there are a lot of benefits that come with relationships.
>> What to expect during an internship.
Experience work life.
A workspace.
Direction.
Professional projects and network.
Feedback.
>> Many students don't realize that there are behaviors
that when you go into the workplace will be unacceptable
for an intern.
We're going to review a couple of those right now
because we want to make sure that you avoid these behaviors
when you go to your internship site.
It's really important that you make a professional impression
from the very beginning.
The unacceptable
and unprofessional intern behaviors are reporting
to an internship site under the influence
of drugs and/or alcohol.
Using the internet or computer for any unauthorized activities.
Answering your cell phone or texting during work.
Tuning out the office by wearing earbuds.
Abusing your time and lunch breaks,
which includes taking more time than you are designated.
Dressing or speaking inappropriately.
Having unrealistic expectations.
Getting involved with office gossip and drama.
Breaking confidentiality is unacceptable
in any work environment, especially as an intern.
Make sure to not share any information
about the organization, its clients or any of its business
without prior permission.
This includes using documents or taking photographs of any
of your work samples and using it for academic purposes.
A final behavior that you want to make sure you do not do
as an intern is making commitments you cannot keep.
You want to always make sure
that you contact your direct supervisor
if you ever anticipate
that you're going to be late or absent.
Just not showing up is not an option.
You also want to make sure
that you never just stop attending your internship.
Sometimes you find yourself in an opportunity
that isn't what you thought it was going to be.
If you're having a challenge
at your internship site make sure you talk to your supervisor
or your department internship contact or come
into Career Services and we can help you figure out how
to have the conversation with your internship site
about improving your experience or if you need,
to ending your experience.
If you need more information on any
of the items discussed make sure to come
in for a fast-15 walk-in.
>> What I've seen before is people graduate, they're just
like so yeah, I want to be the VP, it doesn't work like that.
And I think setting
that realistic expectation will be helpful for you
so that again you don't give up and you don't get frustrated
because it does take work.
So we have to work from the bottom up sometimes.
>> If you can get a job that's great and obviously that's ideal
for every candidate if there's a place that you want to go into.
But take it more as a learning experience and even if you don't
like the internship experience showing up every single day
with a smile because you never know who's watching you
or who might get you a job.
So whatever you do, doing it with passion,
even if you don't enjoy it and trying to see the value
in every single thing that you do.
>> How you behave as an intern is really important.
Your behavior not only reflects on yourself,
but you represent SDSU.
And even though an internship may not be your dream internship
or it may not have gone exactly how you thought,
it may be someone else's dream opportunity.
And if you act in such a way
that that employer no longer wants to recruit
at SDSU you're going to take away someone else's opportunity.
And so it's really important
that if you are having an experience in an internship
that isn't what you expected that you come in and talk
to someone at Career Services
or your department internship contact
because your actions can influence whether
or not an employer decides to recruit with SDSU in the future.
>> On behalf of us go Aztecs.
>> Career Services has many internship resources
to help you prepare to be the most marketable candidate you
can for your internship search experience.
>> I went to Career Services first as a freshman so I knew
that it was a great resource on campus for students
where you can get everything worked on from your resume
to interview skills to reaching out to companies.
I also utilized the career counselors who looked
over my resume to make sure that I didn't have any errors
and that I was framing all of the different responsibilities
that I had in my previous roles correctly.
>> Have someone to look over their resume and then
to make their resume look even better.
>> Build your resume right away,
if you're a first-year student this is a good opportunity
to build a foundation for your second, third and fourth years
so you can start having a base to stand on when you're going
for the advanced internships.
So start early and you won't regret it.
>> Career Services offers fast-15
where you can literally just come in for 15 minutes and speak
to a counselor, whether that's about looking at your resume
or if you need help with, you know, job searches
or internship searches or if you just want to talk to them
about you know your goals and what it is
that you want to do in the future.
>> There are so many great workshops, career fairs
and other opportunities and even the flyers that are available
in the lobby can be really helpful to the students.
So we're constantly trying to remind the students,
you have this resource available to you, use it.
It's free to use while you're here and it's not a resource
that a lot of students tap into.
>> Yes, I use Career Services, I remember going
to the LinkedIn workshop.
>> Utilized their Aztec Career Connection website
where you can also find internships
and job opportunities.
>> And we post the positions
that we have available to you all.
Also you know I think that they have some really great workshops
that some of our managers will participate in, like Resumania,
we did an info session, we've done tabling.
>> But they also have different assessments,
so for example the Strong Interest Inventory
where if you're not necessarily sure what career
or what major you want to go into, you can always go in there
and take that assessment.
And it doesn't only reflect what career you would best fit into,
but it also analyzes your personality
which is a really useful tool just so that you can see kind
of where you best would fit into a career.
>> Definitely visit the career fairs, there are a ton
of different companies who visit us to find students here.
All the companies will be listed on the website.
>> Career Services offers about 3
to 4 career fairs per semester.
All students can attend the career fairs,
even if you're a freshman it's recommended that you attend just
so that you can see what's out there
and you know practice those networking skills
with the different employers
who actually attend those career fairs.
The first career fair of each semester is specific
to careers and internships.
>> Interviewing is a vital part of the internship
and job search process.
In order to improve your skills we recommend that you practice.
Career Services offers two ways to do this.
One, you can schedule a mock interview
with a career counselor
by contacting Career Services directly
or you can use our online interview resource.
>> Big Interview which is a video interview practice site,
it's available only through SDSU Career Connection,
free of charge to our students.
>> Another service that they offer is also WorkAbility IV
which is where if you have any type of disability,
whether it's visible or invisible you can go in there
and get the assistance that you need in terms of, you know,
anything Career Services related.
>> Don't be afraid to utilize the resources.
I underused them and I wish I would have looking back.
So don't be me and wish that you would have done something
differently, just do it.
>> Please make sure to visit us
because if you don't come see us we can't help you out.
We're located in Student Services East 1200
and we can be reached at 619-594-6851.
We are open Monday through Friday 8 to 4:30
and we have walk-in hours Monday through Thursday 1 to 2:45,
and Fridays 10 to 11:45.
Check out the Career Services workshop and events calendar
by going to our homepage at career.sdsu.edu.
Make sure to stay connected with us, follow us on Instagram
and Twitter, like us on Facebook,
and connect with us on LinkedIn.
>> Just share, good luck on your internship search,
this is the scariest but fun part and once you get
that first internship make sure you knock it out the park.
And you know if you're watching this video you're already taking
the first start.
So good luck.
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