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Worst and Best Intern Qualities…According to Hiring Managers
You might look good on paper, but during your interview process, hiring managers know how to tell the difference between a flower and a weed. Here are the worst and best intern qualities that make...
How to Write a Perfectly Formatted Personal Statement for Your Intern Applications
One of the hardest things you’re ever going to write about is yourself. So, it’s no surprise that writing a personal statement is at the top of nobody’s list of favorites. But your personal...
10 Career Quotes to Start Your Year Off Right
We are officially in a New Year, and you know what that means: it’s time to get down to business. Here are 10 of our favorite career quotes to start your year off right. A fresh start is always full...
Thrifty Gifties on an Intern-Sized Budget
Relax! We know gift-giving is not exactly in your intern-sized budget right now. You can’t put a price on the spirit of giving, though, which is why we’re here to help you keep it classy without...
10 Special Little Ways to Celebrate the Last Day of Your Internship
via GIPHY You did it! You made it through the interview, the insane workload and mastered the break room coffee maker. There are many reasons to celebrate the last day of your internship. Many of...
Exit Strategies for Interns: 7 Ways to Leave on a High
Okay, interns. We already talked about all ways to treat yourself on that last day of your hard-fought internship. Now, brace yourselves for a peer-to-peer truth bomb: your behavior in the last week...
How to Score a Touchdown with Your Political Internship Application
It’s that time of year when interns are applying for summer internships. Many dream of a career in politics and government and come to Washington to work here. Opportunities to intern in Congress,...
Food & Gratitude: A Thanksgiving Roundup
There’s so much to love about Thanksgiving. Mashed potatoes, gravy, pumpkin pie...And, it’s one of very few days of the year when you know you can be a total glutton and nobody is going to judge...
Mastering Time Management Tips for Interns
via GIPHY No one ever has enough time, especially this time of year. And, as an intern, time flies by at supersonic speed. 24 hours just doesn’t feel like enough. Juggling it all can be...
7 Goal Setting Tips for Interns
Like us, you probably went into your internship with a million goals. How many did you reach? For us believers, we know achieving goals only happens when we have one. Goals have to be clear,...