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All college students should look into internships for more experience

 

I have found myself at a pivotal point in my life, as my second to final year of college continues to dash forward. Now, it is my obligation to figure out just what on earth I have to do to prepare myself for life after college. Although it seems like a distant, surreal and lurid nightmare, it is unfortunately just around the bend, which makes it vital to outline the steps toward my future. So far, I have a few words of wisdom for those of you in your later years of college, and I would not take this lightly if I were you: get an internship. 

Whether it is unpaid or not — although a paid internship would be a miraculous development but most likely not a reality — gaining the knowledge and experience in a field that interests you will assist you enormously. Even if you decide that your heart, soul and dedication do not belong in the field you chose to intern in, you just saved yourself a lot of frustration and wasted time of banging your head against the wall whilst muttering, “Why did I think I would enjoy this?” 

So once you figure out exactly what path will get you going and allow for you to explore your major in more depth, venture to that department and inquire about the internships they offer. 

Being able to explore the world and find out what suits you and your personality and life style is what college is about, which is why I believe an internship is a great way to discover an occupation without getting locked into something. 

Summer internships are a great way to insert yourself into a brief three-month investigation of the bounty of information located just at your fingertips, which is what I am attempting to get my hands dirty with at the moment. 

In our economy — broken and troubled as it is — we are all ultimately in competition with one another for survival, to get a good job after college. An article I chose to focus on this week entitled, “Unpaid internship gain popularity among the jobless,” discusses unpaid internships in the economy today. Internships are not only attractive for college students, but also for individuals who aren’t students and are also out of work. 

“Working for no pay isn’t the preferred route of unemployment, but it offers valuable experience and the inside track to jobs once they do open up,” wrote Alana Semuels of the Los Angeles Times. “But critics say employers are exploiting the slow economy by not hiring paid workers.”

Not only must we battle other students and more-so the entire unemployed population, but we must also find a legitimate internship in the field of our liking that will not take advantage of us, forcing us to partake in tasks such as fetching muffins and paper shredding. I would say we have our work cut out for us.

But, in the end it’s worth it. An internship allows for students to immerse themselves in a business-like or professional setting to facilitate learning in a specific occupation. Not to mention it also looks terrific on resumes, illustrating that the student has experience and stands out from the rest of the population. This is what eventually achieves a positive end result, what attracts an employer to an employee, a unique individual with experience. 

Rebecca Eisenberg is a junior philosophy major and a contributing writer for the Daily 49er.

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