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How to turn your internship into a full-time job

How To Turn Your Internship Into A Full Time Job

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How to turn your internship into a

full-time job

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How many internships turn into full time jobs?

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How many internships turn into full time jobs?

Internships

Full Time Jobs

I did an informal poll among marketing company and agency owners and leaders of marketing departments, asking how many of their interns over the last three years got

offered full time positions. 

For every 10 interns, less than one is offered a full time job.

(not a scientific study, please don’t write a stats paper on this)

7 - 10%

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Why so few?

• That’s the way the system is built

• But also – “interns didn’t demonstrate the skills and commitment that would make them successful as full time employees”

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suggestions to help you turn your internship into a full-time job

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01It’s an investment in yourself

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Extra Hours

You get out of it what you put into itJohn had the opportunity with his internship to work 40 hours a week. Or, he could work more. He figured if he worked 60 hours a week, he’d accomplish 50% more than other interns in the same time frame. He was right –at the end of his internship he had more achievements to put on his resume, and had earned the respect of his colleagues – and an offer.

Working Hours40 hours

Working Hours60 hours

experienceprojects

accomplishments

You get out of an internship what you put into it.. No one is advocating investment-banking hours (80+ hours a week), but 40 hours a week when

you’re trying to prove yourself is the bare minimum.

The more you do, the more you’ll accomplish – and those will be projects and achievements to build your resume, and your equity with your

employer (present and future).

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02Try to figure things out 

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Try to figure things out on your own

Erica is a ‘clarifier’. She likes to make sure she understands an assignment before she starts work on it, because she wants to do a great job on it and

deliver exactly what’s needed.

In her first co-op role, she was given feedback that asking so many questions was not

seen as a positive but as an impediment by colleagues. They got exhausted trying

to answer all her questions.

So Erica adjusted her approach for her second co-op term. When she gets an assignment, she builds her list of questions. Then she spends 2 hours trying to answer them herself. For any questions she isn’t able to find an answer,

she’ll take that list to colleagues.

RESEARCH TRY TO SOLVE YOUR QUESTIONS

GOODIMPRESSION

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03Take the hint… 

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Take the hint

Donald’s supervisor told him that a project was coming up that required knowledge of a specific coding language. Donald decided that doing the project would be excellent for his career – so he spent 30 hours over the weekend, on his own time, teaching himself

the code so that he’d be able to tackle the project.

Would you do that?

TIME

SUCCESSLEARN

WORK

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The flip side...

Marketing Leader to intern: “We just bought a new marketing automation software that looks pretty fantastic. They have a great 12-hour certification course available free to our staff. You should get yourself certified, it would be great for your professional development.”

Marketing leader to intern one month later: “How’s that certification going? Did you spend the 12 hours to get yourself certified?’

Intern: “I’ve been really busy and haven’t had a chance to look at it yet.”

Marketing leader to self: This intern doesn’t give a damn.

INTERN DIDN’T GET A FULL TIME OFFER  

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04Be a professional: complete the tasks your colleagues give you

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Complete your tasks

Terry asked Alison to write a blog post about marketing automation a couple of weeks ago, and he just realized he hasn’t received anything. Now he doesn’t have a post for tomorrow and he has to chase Alison to find out where it is. No one looks good in this situation. And Alison has lost her credibility as a dependable professional.

The thing about professionals is that they do the things they’re told to do, and they don’t need to be hand-held to get them done.

ARE YOU A PROFESSIONAL? 

Received a task

Complete task

Report back on task completion

Can’t be done

Come with alternatives

Tell your colleaguesyour ideas

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05Don’t be afraid

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Don’t be afraid

It can seem intimidating to work with much older and experienced colleagues. This causes some interns to walk around like deer in headlights, afraid to interact with anyone over the age of 30.  This is a sure-fire way to not get offered a job. If you’re too scared to work with the people in your company, how can you succeed? 

Don’t be afraid!You’ve been offered the internship because the organization thinks you’re good.  Remember that, boost your confidence, and interact with your colleagues in a way that reminds them of why they brought you in in the first place. 

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06Show up with options and solutions, not problems

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Show up with solutions

Whenever Samira is facing a barrier in a project or a task, she doesn’t go to her boss and ask him to solve it.

Instead, she: • comes up with a few options• does a stick-man pro / con analysis

on them• THEN goes to her boss to present

the options.

Samira’s boss thinks she is a star.

If you only take problems to your peers, you become the problem.

SOLUTIONS

OPTIONS

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07Bring something to the party 

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Bring something to the party

You were offered the internship because the organization thinks you

have something to contribute.

Bring ideas to the table

Even if they aren’t immediately adopted, your ideas will be recognized by your colleagues.

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Here’s to turning your

internship into a full time job!