For cmat 101. The benefits of finding internships.

1. By Justen Barbierri, Megan
Conner, Erin Mainhart & Ryan
Raines

2. Training in a student’s area of interest
Allow students to gain knowledge
See what lies in their future career path

3. Gain valuable experience
Experience  opportunities
Opportunities  career

4. Real life tasks
How a workplace runs
Confidence and improved skills

5. Newspapers, radio, television
Government, communication science
Multimedia, public
relations, journalism, advertising

6. Career services
Advisors
Professors
Personal connections
Job fairs

7. Salisbury University
98 Rock
U.S. Census Bureau
Walt Disney World
Auckland University of Technology in
Auckland, New Zealand

8. In your hometown
In a different state
In a different country

9. Know what you want
Make decisions for the future
Insight to your career

10. Internships are resume
builders
The number 3 resume
booster (HackCollege)
“Nothing looks more
impressive than someone
who knows what their
goals are and sets out a
plan to attain those goals”
(HackCollege).

11. Several opportunities
at WBOC
Offers shadowing
opportunities and
internships to students
Michelle Roberts
shadowed Scott Abraham
this summer

12. Students gain real life experience
Michelle said that she “had an awesome
time and learned so much”
Working experience leads to careers

13. Helps in career decision making process
Can help you figure out your interests
Can also help you figure out what you
don’t want to do

14. They:
• Are easy to find
• Are worth your while
• Build your resume
• Lead to careers
“Gain exposure to real-world problems and
issues that perhaps are not found in
textbooks” (BYU)

15. The benefits outweigh the negatives
“In a recent study interns received, on
average, $2,240 more than non-interns for
starting salary” (BYU)
Internships open doors

16.  “Benefits of Internships.” Brigham Young University.
http://saas.byu.edu/intern/html/Benefits2.html
 Braccio Hering, Beth. “Why are internships so important?”
CNN/CareerBuilder.com.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/worklife/04/14/cb.why.internships.i
mportant/index.html
 “Communications Success Stories – Placement.” California
University of Pennsylvania. http://www.calu.edu/current-
students/career-services/internships/information-on-
internships/success-stories/communications-success-
stories/index.htm
 “Top 5 Resume Boosters to Make Your Resume Stand Out.”
HackCollege.com. http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2010/04/05/top-
5-resume-boosters-to-make-your-resume-stand-out.html
 “What is an internship and why should I get one? Salisbury
University.
http://www.salisbury.edu/careerservices/facstaff/Internships/Docume
nts/AdvantagesOfInternships.pdf