{"id":923,"date":"2017-04-19T06:17:02","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T06:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wayup.com\/guide\/mastering-your-summer-internship\/"},"modified":"2018-06-29T14:14:17","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T14:14:17","slug":"mastering-your-summer-internship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wayupstudent.wpengine.com\/mastering-your-summer-internship\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastering Your Summer Internship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Summer internships are special. While interning during the school year can offer a phenomenal experience, a summer internship is typically full-time, allowing you to put your full focus on developing professional skills and impressing your boss and peers. It can also help you line up a full-time job after you graduate. Many summer internships are also part of an internship program that can involve a number of other students as well as unique mentorship events like brown-bag lunches, and fun activities like company baseball games.<\/p>\n

To make the most of your summer internship you should come into it with goals and have a strategy to make sure you succeed. Goals can be anything from getting way better at a certain professional skill like sales, or front-end engineering; or, a goal can be to network and meet as many other\u00a0people\u00a0as you can. To help you get the most out of your summer position, we talked to hundreds of students to learn more about what they wished they knew before their first internship and made a summer internship blog series covering key topics and activities you should study and complete. Our list is below:<\/p>\n

Week by week advice to make the most of your summer internship:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Pre-Internship:
\nSetting Summer Internship Goals<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 1:
\n10 Tips on Setting Goals with Your Manager<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 2:
\nHow to Accelerate Your Learning Curve<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 3:
\nGet Productive and Learn to Manage Your Workload<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 4:
\nLearn to Network With Peers and Co-Workers Early<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember the\u00a010 Must Dos of Networking<\/a><\/p>\n

Explore these\u00a07 Online Resources Perfect for Networking<\/a><\/p>\n

Learn to spark more thrilling conversations<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 5:
\nBuild Your Personal Project<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 6:
\nCheck Yourself and Reorganize Your Space<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 7:
\nLook Ahead to Maximize Your Impact<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 8:
\nLearn How to Land Your First Job<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 9:
\n3 Steps for Asking for a Letter of Recommendation<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 10:
\n5 Things You MUST Do Before Leaving Your Summer Internship<\/a><\/p>\n

Advanced Tips for Writing Memorable Thank You Letters<\/a><\/p>\n

What’s Next?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Once you’ve knocked your summer internship out of the park, you’ll be on the hunt for another internship or an entry-level job. If you’re moving on to entry-level jobs, here are a few\u00a0suggestions for starting your search.<\/a>
\nIf you’re think you’ll be looking at jobs outside of your major focus,\u00a0we’ve got a few tips for you here.<\/a><\/p>\n

Next, get more career tips for internships and entry-level jobs such as What is an Internship?<\/a>\u00a0and find answers to common interview questions such as What’s Your Dream Job?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Summer internships are special. While interning during the school year can offer a phenomenal experience, a summer internship is typically full-time, allowing you to put your full focus on developing professional skills and impressing your boss and peers. It can also help you line up a full-time job after you graduate. Many summer internships are … Continue reading “Mastering Your Summer Internship”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,40],"tags":[47,197,199,201,203],"class_list":["post-923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internships-part-time-jobs","category-guide-to-internships","tag-internship","tag-underclassman","tag-senior","tag-acclimation","tag-productivity"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMastering Your Summer Internship | Career Advice & Interview Tips | WayUp Guide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A summer internship can be a really great experience. 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