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LET THIS THREAD BE A PLACE FOR THOSE WHO NEED SOME COLLEGE INTERNSHIP ADVICE
Alright, so I'm a senior level communication student who enter college with the desire to work in marketing. I'll have 102 credits by the end of the summer. I tried to find an internship this summer and it didn't work out. The one interview I went on I was suited for success and prepared for a "real interview". It was an marketing agency so everything was super informal, i'm talking there was a dog in the room and dude was shooting the breeze instead of getting to the point. I thought I had the opp, but I feel like they hired some chick from they mentioned from Penn State who already had experience from some school program.
Quick backstory, I have two years of professional credit sales experience in the finance industry. I got that job out of necessity, in order to survive as a young man on my own. Back to the topic, I left that job for an internship and now I'm limbo.
To those with college experience how should I handle this situation?
- Should I work on gaining some skills via certfications ?i.e. - html, dreamweaver, google analytics etc.
- Should I still keep pushing for internship at this point?
- Should I say F undergrad and try to get internship in grad school ( I plan on going, either an mba or something in health care as plan b)
It's weird that a chick I used to date at my old job a( huge mistake dating at work ; dont do it) has like two years marketing intern experience and she was stuck at that job with me. That alone makes me want to say screw the corporate world and persue another avenue.
Alright, so I'm a senior level communication student who enter college with the desire to work in marketing. I'll have 102 credits by the end of the summer. I tried to find an internship this summer and it didn't work out. The one interview I went on I was suited for success and prepared for a "real interview". It was an marketing agency so everything was super informal, i'm talking there was a dog in the room and dude was shooting the breeze instead of getting to the point. I thought I had the opp, but I feel like they hired some chick from they mentioned from Penn State who already had experience from some school program.
Quick backstory, I have two years of professional credit sales experience in the finance industry. I got that job out of necessity, in order to survive as a young man on my own. Back to the topic, I left that job for an internship and now I'm limbo.
To those with college experience how should I handle this situation?
- Should I work on gaining some skills via certfications ?i.e. - html, dreamweaver, google analytics etc.
- Should I still keep pushing for internship at this point?
- Should I say F undergrad and try to get internship in grad school ( I plan on going, either an mba or something in health care as plan b)
It's weird that a chick I used to date at my old job a( huge mistake dating at work ; dont do it) has like two years marketing intern experience and she was stuck at that job with me. That alone makes me want to say screw the corporate world and persue another avenue.