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Presentation targeting MSU students to help them understand and search for internship opportunities on-campus and around the mid Michigan area. Career development skills apply to any internship search as well as full time job search. Presented to 110 students at MSU Federal Credit Union business etiquette dinner in February 2011.
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finding your internship
Bill Morgan, Internship CoordinatorMSU Career Services Network
What is an Internship?
Real world Learning Relationships Connections
Paid + Unpaid Credit + No-Credit
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internship = test drive a career
good career fit
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internship = test drive a career
not so good career fit
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Internship Search = Full Time Job Search
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Preparing for your internship
1. prepare resume2. meet with career
advisor3. develop a job
search strategy4. repeat (refine)
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Preparing for your internship
References Online Personality
Scrub
LinkedIn Profile LinkedIn
Connections
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Building your connections
Career Services Network advisor
MSU faculty & staff Family Friends (they have
family, too!)
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Searching for internship postings
MySpartanCareer.com
Go Green!
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www.myspartancareer.com
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www.myspartancareer.com
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Advanced Search + Search Agents
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MSU internships = search keyword “MSU”
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Stepping out of your comfort zone
Asking for advice Informational
interviewsDo your homeworkKnow yourselfOffer something in
return
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“What about Google?”
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“…75,000 applications…”
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“Where else should I look?”
Most people work at small companies you never heard of (Fewer than 200 employees)
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Getting to know your local companies
MSU Federal Credit Union Biggby Coffee Two Men and a Truck Jackson National Life John Henry Company Emergent BioSolutions
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Getting to know more local companies
Liquid Web Neogen TechSmith, Corp. Spartan Internet
Consulting Demmer AutoOwners
Insurance
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Local connectors you should know…
LEAP (Lansing Economic Area Partnership)
Lansing Chamber of Commerce Lansing Rotary Lansing State Journal Lansing Area Capital Gains Greater Lansing Business Monthly There are more!
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Getting to know even more companies!
Michigan Nonprofit Association
Mid Michigan Creative Alliance
Michigan Education Association
State of Michigan (government)
City of Lansing, East Lansing Michigan State University
Internships@State program
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Internships@State
On-campus 240 departments 11,000+ student
workers 137 internships
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Internships@State
On-campus 240 departments 11,000+ student
workers 137 internships
RH&S Wharton Center Physical Plant Library Advancement National
Superconducting Cyclotron Lab
Community Music SchoolCareerNetwork.msu.edu
Three points to take home tonight:
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Three points to take home tonight:1. Use your MSU Career Services Network
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Three points to take home tonight:1. Use your MSU Career Services Network
2. Get to know yourself
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Three points to take home tonight:1. Use your MSU Career Services Network2. Get to know yourself
3. It’s worth the extra effort!
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Thank you!
www.linkedin.com/in/billmorgan231
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