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Maximizing Your Internship Experience: A Comprehensive Guide for Students

Explore the internship model, objectives, preparation, placement process, and experience. Get tips on choosing placements, preparing, and making the most of your internship. Learn about professional guidance and challenges students may face.

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Maximizing Your Internship Experience: A Comprehensive Guide for Students

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  1. Internship Management: Professor Hemalata Iyer University at Albany VRA Conference, 2006

  2. Presentation OverviewI. Internship ModelII. ObjectivesIII. Preparation for InternshipIV. Placement ProcessV. Internship ExperienceVI. Issues

  3. I. Internship Model • Internship Co-ordinator • Faculty Supervisor • Internship Site Mentor

  4. II. Objectives of Internship • To provide students with an opportunity to test and apply principles learned in graduate study. Internships provide valuable experience in contemporary workplaces. • To help in the development of career opportunities • Competency with current technologies and effective information resource management should increase as the student encounters, analyzes, and evaluates the problems, and issues of professional practice.

  5. III. Preparation for internship • Advice to Students: • Students asked to start planning their Internship the semester before it begins. • Discuss internship with their faculty advisor. • Decide on the kind of placement • View past placements • Indicate geographic preferences

  6. IV. Placement Process • Meeting with Internship Co-ordinator to discuss placement options • Interview with potential mentors

  7. V. The Internship ExperienceNumber of HoursRoutine tasks vs Professional ActivitiesFaculty Supervisor’s RoleAssessment.

  8. VI. Issues • Professional guidance • Meaningful work experiences

  9. Thank You

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