Quintessential Careers Press
The Quintessential Guide to
Finding and Maximizing Internships
ISBN-10: 1-934689-07-6
ISBN-13: 978-1-934689-07-3
According to surveys, 95 percent of employers want their new-grad hires to have experience, and almost half of those
prefer students get that experience through internships.
The Quintessential Guide to Finding and Maximizing Internships, published by the
trusted career experts at Quintessential Careers, provides eight chapters that will help you decide what you
need in your internship experience, tell you how to find one, give you the tools to secure one,
teach you how to make the most of your internship experience, show you how to turn an internship
into a job, and provide internship resources.
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Introduction: Why Internships are Important. Learn why increasing numbers of students are completing
internships, why employers believe intern programs are the best way to hire new grads, and why the vast majority
of employers prefer new grads with experience.
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Chapter 1: Determining Your Internship Needs and Setting Internship Goals. Ask yourself about career interests;
objectives you hope to gain from internship experience; industry, organizational, and geographical interests
(including overseas); paid vs. unpaid internships; whether you'll seek college credit for internship experience;
and how many internships you need.
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Chapter 2: Finding Internships that Meet Your Needs and Fulfill Your Goals.
Once you've set your goals, here's how to identify the internships that will meet them.
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Chapter 3: Applying Job-Search Skills to Obtaining an Internship. Networking, resume, cover-letter, interviewing, and followup basics.
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Chapter 4: Sample Internship Resumes and Cover Letters. A collection of surefire
resumes and cover letters that will help you secure an internship.
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Chapter 5: Making the Most of Your Internship. How to ensure that your internship is a success.
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Chapter 6: Turning Your Internship Into a Job. Converting your internship
to a job can make your senior year less stressful and save you headaches at graduation time.
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Chapter 7: Internship Resources. Get more information on finding and succeeding in internships.
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Chapter 8: Internship Case Study. Meet a student who has propelled her career by doing several highly productive internships.
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Appendix: Internship Do's and Don'ts. Key rules that you need to understand to make the most of your internship experience. .
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