I went to internship fair today and I thought it was very helpful. When I first walked into the doors of the Great Hall, my immediate reaction was fear. I wasn’t prepared because I have no idea what kind of internship I was looking for. Most people in there had resumes and they were all dressed up and ready to present themselves. I had just got out of class so I had a plain t-shirt and a backpack. The representative at the first booth I walked up to saw me and started talking to me. She asked me what I was looking for and I told her I had no idea. However, she was very nice and gave me some information about her company. It was Bandwidth, which was a nationwide supplier of voice and data communication services to all kinds of businesses. Then a lady at another booth looking for college students to go to their camp to teach children started talking to me as I walked by. The cool thing was, the camp was right next to Asheville, where I was from. I became interested in this internship. If it was so close to Asheville, this could be something I could do this summer. I talked to that lady about my experience and got some information and brochures. I realized this kind of fair is really helpful, even for people who don’t know what they are looking for. There were all kinds of internships such as doing sales, working at a library, job at Target, Walgreens and the Body Shop, many internships dealing with computers and software, working in labs, home rentals, and just many varieties of internships. I am definitely looking forward to the internship fair next year if they have one and I will be more prepared for it.
It's good to hear that there is a variety of jobs that are advertising at the fair. I wish could have gone myself. Good luck getting an internship for this summer. I had one last summer within an R&D and Marketing Dept. and the experience was very rewarding and is now something I can talk with other potential employers.
ReplyDeleteIt is nice to hear about the locations of some of the internships that were available at the internship fair. Sometimes i feel like many of this are geared towards local businesses, which is not always helpful for people who come from farther away. Additionally it is helpful to hear about specific examples of businesses which attended, especially those with names we can recognize.
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