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I thought about what the Mercedes brand represents to most people… and what it suggests about their owners: refined-taste, status, wealth, power, advanced education… fantastic dental hygiene, perhaps. Because of the brand the company has built, their product becomes anything but “just a car”. This branding example is a great way to view yourself during your internships – and to set yourself apart from your competition. Think of Your Internship as a Mercedes… 
Remember when you were a kid, lying awake at night listening to the strange sounds in your house. Every “bump” in the dark was obviously a monster with giant teeth, ready to eat you. And the jacket left in a lump on the back of your chair… the dark transformed it into something equally creepy. That was scary sh*t!
You’d lie in bed, too scared to move… wishing you had a flashlight.
Bump…
For many, those imaginary creatures never left. They just transformed… dogging us as we leave the familiar and friendly confines of college.
A good example is a soon-to-graduate student I chatted [...]
A common fallacy many interns adhere to is that asking for assistance is a sign of weakness.
On the contrary, seeking out the advice of more senior and experienced people is a sign of someone who is coachable and hungry to learn. Doing so will help you to enhance your professional education, acquire new internships or jobs, and new skills.
Asking for help, however, is a skill in itself – and the outcome is often a direct reflection of the quality of the inquiry.
There’s just a few more months left in the school year. College graduation – and job interviews – are just around the corner…
I remember this time during college, very well. I’d be graduating, soon. So I’d periodically pull out my transcript and stare at my GPA, trying to mentally manipulate it into growing larger and more respectable. I guess I thought that if I stared hard enough, somehow I could make my GPA look more attractive to employers.
“If they would just give me a chance!”
I’ve made that statement many times in the past, both in my head and out loud… sometimes quite loud. The urgency increases when applying for an opening we find really interesting, or as our search drags on… days turning into weeks… maybe months.
However, not all of us feel our search for employment relies on chance. I don’t anymore – and I want you to join me in this realization. I want you to promise never to say “if they would just give me a chance!” again.
Why? Because there’s a better way…
Want to know how to painlessly get started networking on social media?
Two words: Twitter chats.
If you’re not familiar with Twitter Chats, or “Tweet Chats”, they are pre-arranged discussions on Twitter. Tweet chats include a predefined hashtag to link the tweets together in a virtual conversation. There is a chat for almost every subject imaginable; an entire list of Twitter chats are available online.
