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Make your work... WORK for you! Turn your job or volunteer position into an internship. Lisa Sanders, M.S. & Nohemy Chavez Internship and Career Center. Goals:. Help you identify your future career goals Learn how you can build career specific experience without adding more to your plate
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Make your work... WORK for you!Turn your job or volunteer position into an internship Lisa Sanders, M.S. & Nohemy Chavez Internship and Career Center
Goals: • Help you identify your future career goals • Learn how you can build career specific experience without adding more to your plate • Share the guidelines & benefits of an internship • Offer specific steps on how to create an internship (Disclaimer: check with your program area) • Give case study examples • Help you identify ideas that will work for you • Explore resources
Benefits of an Internship • Provides space to reflect on career and academic goals & interests • Increases competitive edge in job searching (resume, application, interview, network & reference) • Creates a competitive academic transcript for graduate school • Develops essential skills and on-the-job experience • Provides an opportunity to establish expectations with your supervisor in a job or volunteer position In this economy, you can’t afford not to do an internship!
What is an internship? • 40 hours per quarter (10 weeks) or an average of 4 hours a week • Student must have a 10 week minimum commitment, but can continue for multiple quarters • Paid, non-paid or work-study • Professional (not peer) supervisor or faculty person • Must be related to academic or career goals • Can get academic units
What is an internship? (Con’t) • Internships can: • provide assistance with the ongoing work of a business or organization • involve a special project or assignment • Can be a student of any level in school • Can gain Transcript Notation through Aggie Job Link to document that your experience is University approved
Where to start : Indentify your goals Think about: • Your major • Occupations or careers of interest • Skills or experiences that you need to enter the field 1) __________________ 2) __________________ 3) __________________
Ideas to turn your job/volunteer work into an internship! Possible avenues that you can take: 1) Look for an already existing paid internship in your field of interest 2) Create your own internship by finding a volunteer position or a job that relates to career goals 3) Create an internship out of your current position
1) Look for a paid internship in your field of interest Scenario #1: • Third year Sociology major • Pre-Law • Needs to find a paid internship so that current job can be put on hold • Work-study
Scenario #1 (con’t): • Aggie Job Link current paid internships: • California State Rural Health Associations : Research and Development Intern • Non-profit organization, $300 Stipend • California Coalition for Rural Housing: Affordable Housing & Community Development Intern • Summer Internship, pays $12- $14/ hour
1) Look for a paid internship in your field of interest (con’t) • Tips: • Be patient with your search! It takes time to find, apply and land the internship. • Be broad when searching. • Look for related skills in the internships you are searching for and your career goal. • The internship doesn’t have to be exactly what you were looking for. • Get units through your department! If you are already going to be at the internship at least four hours a week, get faculty sponsorship for units, that way you have to take one less class!
2) Create your own internship Scenario #2: • 4th year, Managerial Economics Major • Currently in a student organization • Flexible about career when graduating (due to economy) • Wants to gain as much experience as possible and to build resume before graduation • Decides to take initiative to create an internship locally
Scenario #2: (con’t) • Approaches Nugget Market (locally owned/corporate headquarters) • Asks what projects might be needed or where they need help: • Marketing/market research • Research project: customer service survey • Financial/accounting • Management/ HR • Option to: • Volunteer • TN • Get units • work-study (if eligible) • Outcome: gains mentorship, network contacts, reference, insight on business
Scenario #2: (con’t) Additional internship options for next quarter: • Paid student assistant for the State for Tax Franchise Board because really likes working with financials of Nugget • Nugget hires student on for paid position due to initiative, high-quality performance, etc. • Student organization- takes on leadership role
2) Create your own internship (con’t) • Tips: • How can you build transferrable skills in business? • Be creative about where you can accomplish this (maybe not as prestigious, but valuable just the same) • What are the other sectors that are more reliable? • Setting goals is key • Take initiative • Be flexible & really listen to opportunity • See the other benefits. Take advantage of mentors, informational interviews, network potential in the position
3) Create an internship out of your current position Scenario #3: *Someone who has a current job and is taking a full course-load.
3) Create an internship out of your current position • Tips: • Expand upon the skills/experiences that you need to develop • Take initiative • Find a project that will help you build skills or knowledge • Identify projects or unmet needs in your job • Volunteer to fulfill these needs
How to talk to your supervisor • Talk to your supervisor about your goals • Ask what needs they have or where they need help (or pay attention on the job and come to sup with idea) • Let them know what experiences you would like to have or what skills you want to develop • Present your ideas and come with a plan • Ask for the mentorship or support from your supervisor • Coordinate compensation: Units, vol, work-study, TN, etc.
How to finalize your internship! By getting Transcript Notation: • Confirm with program area- HBS, AES, Eng & LABS • Get an approved & supervised internship • Go online at icc.ucdavis.edu to log in to Aggie Job Link • Complete the online Transcript Notation proposal in AJL • Finish the internship and log on to Aggie Job Link to: • Complete your time sheet and personal essay • Have your employer to log on to Aggie Job Link to complete the supervisor’s evaluation
Benefits: • Paid position • You can be efficient with time • Shows initiative • Increase chances of promotion or management position • Bolster resume/skills • Increase experience
What ideas do you have? • Exercise: Read over your goals & the options we discussed: Write down 3 concrete ideas of how you could create an internship to meet those goals.
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Resources: • Aggie Job Link account • Program of Events • Internship and Career Fair • Resume Books • Student Employment • Financial Aid/ Work-Study • Ami Tripp, Work-Study coordinator • 1216 Dutton Hall
THANK YOU • Nohemy Chavez • Office Hours: • Tuesday & Thursday • 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. • Lisa Sanders • Office Hours: • Thursday • 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.