Summer Internship 2009!! -- Plan NOW

With the 2008 Summer already half way gone :(, it's time to start thinking about next year. If you want to keep the same internship that you have this summer, you better be a performer. Only the top interns are offered repeat internships. If you want to try out something new, but are not sure what, then you need to start thinking about what it is that you want to pursue. Having an internship in the field that you want to pursue after college is key to have an upper advantage on the vast competition.

Network, network, network. Other than being lucky, networking is one of the basic keys in any business, and although this will be cliched by the time you're 30 - if it already isn't - there's a reason you hear it a lot. It works. Not every time, but if you asked a lot of people how they've gotten jobs, a large amount will probably have gotten them from friends, family or someone they met through work. Go through friends of friends and friends of family.

Keep your eyes and ears open at all times, and keep on trying to fight the good fight. Blood, sweat, tears and a good resume can take you a long way. Good luck and Godspeed.