I know from experience that internships are a great way to gain career experience. I started working at NEXT for Women as an intern right after I graduated from college. I had a degree in marketing, but my internship at NEXT made me realize just how little I knew about marketing in the real world. My internship at NEXT filled...
The Employed Girl’s Guide to The Job Search
My interviewer didn’t call when he was supposed to. I am a journalism major at the University of North Carolina with magazine aspirations. Experience is my only potential safeguard against postgraduate poverty, and so for every season there is an internship. In my quest to fill summer, I lined up a phone interview with an Important New York editor at...
Interning Has Its Benefits
An opportunity to gather real world experience and a chance to build your professional network. As I am wrapping up my internship with NEXT for Women, I realize that not only did I gain valuable experience with concepts and ideas relevant to my field of study, but I also learned the importance of extensive research, gained experience in writing...
Pigeon Poop And Confidence: How I Landed My Dream Internship
An ambitious student, Brittany had an interview for a dream internship at a high profile magazine. She had prepared everything for the interview and she was ready…until New York City pigeons decided to put a kink in her plans. Read Brittany’s Office OMG! moment here and learn how she handled this unexpected surprise. Ever since I saw The...
The Early Bird Catches the Work – Why You Should Start Searching For An Internship Today
If you’re main goal is to bank some serious bucks this summer, interning is probably not the route for you. Many internships are unpaid, and the others usually don’t pay as well as a steady babysitting gig. However, if you’re thinking more “big picture,” there is a great case to be made for internships, which are sure to pay off...
Interning Has Its Benefits
An opportunity to gather real world experience and a chance to build your professional network. As I am wrapping up my internship with NEXT for Women, I realize that not only did I gain valuable experience with concepts and ideas relevant to my field of study, but I also learned the importance of extensive research, gained experience in writing and...
Networking: The Fast Track Between Classroom and Career
NEXTer Meredith Sain is an active NEXT for Women participant currently enrolled at the University of North Carolina. I have been attending NEXT for Women events for the past year as I complete my college studies. Despite not yet being in the workforce full-time, I have gained skills that already are helping me to excel professionally, as well as, personally,...