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The Ideal Internship, By Gina Mcgalliard

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In her article, “The Ideal Internship,” Gina McGalliard talks about how internships can influence career choices of students, how to conduct research in picking an internship site, and what to do during and after an internship. This article also briefly outlines McGalliard’s own internship and experience.
There are two main themes in this article: Researching Internships and What to Do During and After the Internship. McGalliard gives eight tips for researching internships. The first tip is to find individuals who are professionals in the field that interns want to go into. According to McGalliard these individuals, “. . . are often tuned in to the best places to intern. . .” (McGalliard, 2009, p. 28). The rest of the tips consist of the following: 2) an internship from a small company can be a good because it can be a more hands on experience; 3) Talk to past interns from the site that one is hoping to intern at. This can give students a better depiction of what may be required to do as an intern; 4) Make sure the internship site has learning goals and tasks already established when at the beginning of the internship; 5) Conduct research into companies that are on the cutting edge of their field when looking for an internship site; 6) Talk to fellow students who have already interned to know which sites to avoid and which sites need to be pursued; 7) Ask what will be required to do as an intern when interviewing with a potential site; and 8) Have an internship agreement

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