Internship

An internship will allow you the chance to prove yourself as a hard-working, intelligent, and capable professional. If there is an entry-level position available, as an intern, you are definitely in a competitive place for the spot. The firm will be more comfortable hiring someone familiar with how the company is run – like an intern. (2)

• Work experience gained during an internship makes you stand out to potential future employers.
• Provides a safe environment where mistakes are expected – rather than learn the hard way in your first job out of college.
• You may be seamlessly recruited to work full-time. Firms are always more comfortable hiring someone familiar with how their company is run – like an intern.
• Internships cultivate adaptability and creativity and makes you more marketable to employers.
• An Interps Internship eases the transition from being a full-time student to entering the workplace.
• Can increase advancement and growth opportunities within a company.

Facilitate a higher starting
salary than non-interns.
In a recent study, interns received, on
average, $2,240 more than
non-interns for starting salary.

• Enhances your resume and improves your opportunity for a good job after graduation.
• Learn to interact professionally with peers.
• Establish contacts and begin networking for future employment.
• Create a network of references for future employment or graduate school applications.
• Learn job-seeking skills, such as resume writing, letter writing, interviewing, and interview follow-up.
• Offers the opportunity to begin at a higher level of responsibility in your first job position.
• Interns have the potential to make a higher starting salary than those who have not interned.

IN THE WORKING
WORLD, IT’S ALL
ABOUT WHO
YOU KNOW

The mentors and professionals you meet during an internship can be the connection you need to that first, all-important job. As an Interp, it’s more than just about earning college credit or getting a grade.

Alumni offer many of our internships; many are successful role models and often former student-athletes just like you.

As an Interp intern, accomplished professionals in various fields will surround you and be mentors; people who genuinely care about your success.

Having these personal links to other individuals in your area of study can be the difference in getting your foot in the door for an interview for a future job.

Learning your way around the office “water cooler,” understanding office jargon and the art of small talk will improve throughout your internship. You’ll learn from both a personal and professional setting at work. Over time, you’ll relax, gain more confidence, and be able to focus your energy on excelling at your job. It’s a win-win for our students and Interp employers.

ON THE JOB GROWTH

Learning about something in the classroom is one thing; doing it in real life is another. Imagine you have an
interest in accounting. An understanding of balance sheets and income statements is critical to your success. Learning from textbooks, however, is very different than handling a company’s actual financial records in a corporate setting during an internship.

• Internships reinforce the relevance of classroom instruction through the practical application of academic, soft, and technical skills.
• Emphasize the importance of being able to follow directions, pay attention to details, and scriticism.
• Promotes problem-solving, critical-thinking, decision-making, and communication skills.
• Provides the opportunity to explore career interests.

Two of the main reasons why college-age students pursue an internship is to gain valuable experience and exposure to a given field that they otherwise would not gleam through regular studies. This resume building experience makes it just that much easier to get a job post-graduation.

• Even if an interns dream job is not offered right after the internship, they have had ample opportunity to build a robust list of contacts.
• Internships create a chance to develop your skills and knowledge in a particular field or industry.
• Provide insight into the way businesses work and what challenges they face daily.
• Allow the opportunity to create a Rolodex of contacts.
• Provides valuable work experience to set you apart from other candidates.
• Enhances conventional classroom learning methods and increases self-confidence.
• Enhances classroom learning by integrating academic curriculum and real-world work experience.
• Enables students to apply classroom theory to actual work situations.
• Confirms or redirects career decisions.
• Allows students to test out their career interests, providing a basis to select elective work.
• Enhances the graduate’s marketability by providing on-the-job training.

Students enrolled in internship
Programs show increased
academic performance

(higher G.P.A., fewer failed courses)

Students who are interns
have a 20% greater
graduation rate.

• Helps develop a student’s overall maturity by strengthening their resourcefulness, problem-solving skills, and self-confidence.
• Helps develop human relationship skills through interaction in career settings.
• Provides / hires broader, more meaningful work experience than is often available to an off-the-street hire.
• Teaches valuable job-search skills such as career assessment, resume writing, and interviewing techniques.
• It improves adaptability and creativity in the workplace.
• Eases the transition from college life to working life.

An Interps internship allows you to take on
tasks expected in future jobs.

“YES. I can handle that. I DID IT AT MY INTERNSHIP“

Another significant advantage of an Interps internship is that you can establish relationships with working professionals in many fields.

Networking fosters potential long term professional connections that could be useful for anything from career advice to a job recommendation. It can even help develop a support group of friends for when you are at a crossroads or feeling frustrated in your career or life in general.

As a student-athlete, you are challenged every day on the field and in the classroom. Even so, it’s easy for this to be within your comfort zone. Challenges well worth undertaking can push your limits, and the boundaries you thought were capable. This independence leads the way to more confidence and can quickly expand your
academic, personal, and professional horizons.