Next semester I'll have to do an internship. It is required for my major in marketing. I was curious if anyone had any thoughts in regards to companies that have well established internship programs.
In my own research I've found that many companies will take interns only to give them tedious office work. I'm not looking to file paperwork or do data entry, I'd like real world experience.
I've already fired of a dozen or so resumes to several different companies only to get nothing back. So I figured I'd turn to the collective mind of Yahoo! for answers.
2006-06-21 16:27:30 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Advertising & Marketing
For those who are saying found your own company or do the grunt work. I've done both, I currently run and operate a small freelance SEO website and I've also worked in an office enviroment for much of college. However, you can't get far without connections. You can't get connections (most of the time atleast) without real world experience.
2006-06-21 16:40:18 · update #1
I would look at this the opposite way - instead thinking about companies that WANT interns, think about companies that YOU want to work with... Personally, I'd go for the well-known named companies in your area. Names that people would know - this will become valuable on a resume. And, it might be a great way to get your foot in the door. When I see a big name company like that on a resume, it has a bit more credibility over a company I've never heard of... The other benefit? Most of the larger companies have extensive internship programs and guidelines set up.
I know that there are alot of companies who are looking for "free labor" but if you interview THEM as much as they interview YOU, it should help in determining what exactly you'll be doing. Get a list of projects ahead of time, if possible. And, make sure that you have a good rapport with the HR person or your boss there - so, when they stick you in front of a computer, entering data for 8 hours, you can tactfully remind them that you agreeded on a different scope of work.
If you are talented and eager to learn, you should have no problem finding an internship. I know my company hires (yes, we pay them) interns all the time! We always need the help and companies, in general, like the fact that people are temporary and do not need benefits, etc.
You should call or go online to their corporate website and try to get in touch with the intern coordinator. After you establish that they have a program, its then appropriate to forward a resume.
Good Luck - I have done internships in the past myself and found them to be valuable (3 out of 4 of them anyway) if you can help manage them.
2006-06-22 07:40:23 · answer #1 · answered by onegalsopinion 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Take an unpaid internship and if it requires you pour coffee and run errands do it. There are companies who are looking for someone who can make that type of commitment. The halls of great successes are adorned by those who paid heavy dues and are now reaping the benefits. The company will undoubtedly keep you on through school and be the first to bid for your services once you graduate. I was once heard " if you can't do the small stuff how do you expect to be given the responsibility to do greater things?) Just do it!
2016-05-20 10:23:00 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try working for the marketing department of a lareg company -- this way you will make connections with the marketing firms they employ and be treated as "the client" by the top people at these firms, plus you would bring the knowledge of what a large corporate client demands. Good luck!
2006-06-22 15:19:38 · answer #3 · answered by Finnale 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Did you do a search word under web sites for jobs? There is also a web site for college people looking for jobs. Put in the search word "marketing" Let the companies find you.
2006-06-21 16:34:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you just start your own business? You can earn valuable experience starting your own business, and you just might find that you can make a career out of it. There are tons of businesses out there that I know of that a person in marketing can make a killing at, if you are dedicated and actually want to treat it like a job.
2006-06-21 16:30:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
everyone do the tedious office work at first,boy.
that's the first thing you must experience before you catch a chance to show yourself.
you must do it and must do it better.
no one could to be a manager after he just graduated major in administration.
so,be calm to face the real world, that's the real world assuredly.
2006-06-21 16:37:28 · answer #6 · answered by feifeiflora 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋