12 Internship Tips

1. Networking is the most significant aspect to internship success because in today's society, it is more about who you know and not about what you know. Building and preserving your professional network can lead to career opportunities.

2. Avoid Negativity. This last thing you want someone to think about you. Negativity does not bode well for you in your internship and can possibly result to you being dislike by colleagues or even termination from the company.

3. Tackle all Tasks with Enthusiasm and a Positive Attitude. This is important because your boss doesn't want to see a lack of work ethic. You want to always work hard and take pride in every assignment that is given to you. In internship, you get rewarded by receiving more work and bigger projects because everyone is putting more trust in you to get the task(s) done. It's a compliment!

4. Never Shun a Chance to Learn More About the Company/Industry. One of the tools that may bode well with you in your first moth of internship is learning about your company. Having knowledge of each department and what their missions are will help you, especially during down time when you have a grasp of what they need to work on.

5. Set Personal Goals. Having goals will keep you focused in both near future and far future. This can keep you motivated to reach certain check points for yourself within the company. You can also measure your success with personal goals.


6. Take Initiative. Always go above and beyond. Be the first to take an assignment. It is vital to go above and beyond so you can standout from everyone else. This is a positive way to standout to get recognize for your work demeanor.

7. Find a Mentor. Someone you look up to can take you a far way to being successful. This person can guide you when you run into obstacles that might be a bit challenging. Make sure this person is a top role model and class act. He/she can give you advise that you need at anytime.


8. Get as Much Exposure as Possible. Getting exposure can hurt you or benefit you. In internship, you have to make sure you get the right exposure, for example: you work performance is positive.

9. Enjoy Yourself. Have fun while doing your work because you don't want people to see a fabrication of you, instead of your real personality.

10. Have Regular Meetings with your Supervisor(s). Its always good to check in with your boss, but if your taking care of business and you're getting alot of tasks to complete; that is a good sign.

11. Leave with Tangible Accomplishments. Try your best to get rewards and/or be noticed by colleagues and your boss. If you don't burn bridges, your internship will be a great reference for your resume or portfolio.

12. Don't be Afraid to Ask Questions. It shows that you're active listening. Just don't ask the same questions because that can backfire on you.

Life of a Work-a-holic

I have had multiple jobs, however, if I had to choose based on the job and its pay rate; I would say working security surpasses my previous jobs. The pay is quite lucrative compared to customer service jobs. Some primary responsibilities are the following:

•  Crowd Control
• ID and Security Check Points
• Consulting
• Overnight Security
• Property Protection
• Metal Detectors
• Wristbands 

TOP FLIGHT SECURITY OF THE WORLD

The perks and connections made the job enjoyable. I meet so many people during security, so it makes networking become easy. Just interacting with different people and making those connections are interesting. For example, I met this individual that attended Year Up a few years ago and had a great conversation about his/her experience in the program. One perk that I greatly appreciate is receiving free food and having the healthy choice because I am conscious about what my body intakes.

Some skills that will translate well over to my internship will be networking and completing task on the fly. I chose these skills because you have to be ready at all times and most of the times nowadays; it’s about who you know and not what you know.

I learned that I should be professional at all times, so the business and I will be portrayed in a positive light. Another lesson I took away from my job is to be punctual and prepared because it can be fast-paced at times; you will have to be able to hold your own (protect yourself). One thing that I learned about myself working security is that I learned at young age how to protect myself and that I have great people skills. Customers really compliment me on how I am able to hold a conversation and it helps while expanding my network.

Nonfiction Book Review

In the book, Freakonomics, by Steven D. Lewitt and Stephen J. Dubner, they talk about various situations that occur in everyday life. The authors sort of influence the reader to seek an open mind and look at both spectrums of a situation. I enjoyed the passage for the most part because the viewpoints were interesting and made me think critically.

Overall, I think that I will recommend this book to anyone that is open-minded of some sort.I feel that the authors try to get the readers to think more and go deeper than what is on the surface; they seem to look at society a multiple angles. One of the most interesting chapters that I read was chapter six. Chapter six talked about black names and white names; I found it interesting how they predict what names are going to be popular for white's and black's in the future.

The everyday stereotypes that people go through is brought up throughout this book I think that any reader will be able to relate to a subject-matter sum how. My book group had great discussions and it really helped comprehend the book even more, plus the different viewpoints from each person in the group opened each others eyes to their specific backgrounds.

Process Of Reading

There are some interesting beliefs in the book Freakonomics, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. The reading process has become easier to comprehend after each chapter because of the topics that are discussed. I can relate to some of the subject-matters that are talked about, such as, abortion, cheating, parenting, etc.

 

Some reading strategies that I have employed are annotating while reading so I won't get an inadequate comprehension of the reading. I annotate specific parts of the reading that I might relate to, words that can expand my vocabulary, and different paragraphs that will be of great discussion amongst my colleagues. Ultimately, annotating will help both me and my colleagues in the future and some might have similar annotations.

One piece of advice that I will tell somebody that is interested in this book is to be open and try reading it from a different point of view. I will advise the person to keep reading after the first chapter because it starts of boring in my opinion. Keeping up with the reading schedule isn't hard if you just manage your time wisely. I didn’t have a set amount of pages I was going to read, but when I wasn't at Year Up, work, or at the gym; I was reading.