How An Internship Could Hurt Your Career!

Working in a misplaced summer internship that does not match your goals is a mistake that could weaken your chances for the right career opportunity. The best way to avoid this mistake is to conduct your summer internship search to match your passions and abilities.

Companies with highly sought after job opportunities have discovered the importance of choosing future employees from interns whose work they have experienced. U.S. and international summer internships have increased so dramatically in recent years that in some fields an internship has become a prerequisite for getting a job with that company.

Why is it so important to begin your search and select your internship based on your passions and interests? Because you are more likely to get a job offer from a company where you intern or a similar company. A recent survey pointed out that many top companies offer jobs to more than 90% of their interns! For all companies surveyed 65% of interns were offered full time employment at companies where they had an internship.

When you choose your internship based on your interests and strengths you will be more motivated. You will learn more in your internship if you have an intense interest in the company and the work you are doing. The added benefit is that you will also have a better chance to get those all important "job offers" when the time comes to launch into the your career.

What if you have a lot of different interests and strengths? All the better! In fact motivated prospective interns could be successful in a number of types of internships in different types of organizations. If you are highly motivated and successful, or know you should be, it's a matter of taking a more organized approach to compete with others who are equally or even better qualified than you.

You'll even have to compete with the people who are just looking for something to put on their resume or beginning the internship search at the last minute. So, GET ORGANIZED and give yourself the choices that meet your goals and fit your personality.

So how do you start?

Free and low cost internet tools and ebooks are the best place to start. If you are overwhelmed with other activities you can still make good headway using these tools. Remember to look to your goal, get organized, and thoughtfully plan your steps before you get too far along in your search.

This means you have to commit some time and resources to reach your goals. Some resources are free and some are not. Whether free or not, it will take a little effort to find and understand how to use these tools to your benefit.

Choosing the best internship takes an organized effort. Whether you are seeking a summer internship in New York City or a year abroad in a London internship it's important to focus on your interests and marketable skills and plan your search. You may have to invest resources into your effort but it will help you reach the goal of the year long or summer internship that will help you toward your future career choice.