Stuff White People Like - Unpaid Internships

Internship: Any official or formal program to provide practical experience for beginners in an occupation or profession. When I was in college, I knew many people who would do ANYTHING to get an unpaid internship, including spending a lot of money to network to get that internship.

Shock blogger Stuff White People Like, says, if you were to present a white 19 year old with the choice of spending the summer earning $15 an hour as a plumber’s apprentice or making $0 answering phones at Production Company, they will always choose the latter. In fact, the only way to get the white person to choose the plumbing option would be to convince them that it was leading towards an end-of-summer pipe art installation.

White people view the internship as their foot into the door to such high-profile low-paying career fields as journalism, film, politics, art, non-profits, and anything associated with a museum. Any white person who takes an internship outside of these industries is either the wrong type of white person or a law student. There are no exceptions.

If all goes according to plan, an internship will end with an offer of a job that pays $24,000 per year and will consist entirely of the same tasks they were recently doing for free. In fact, the transition to full time status results in the addition of only one new responsibility: feeling superior to the new interns.

So if you're having a margarita at Rio Grande and overhear someone complaining about their internship at Google... Just remind them that after the cost of a summer in the NYU dorms and bottles at Marquee, they are paying a lot for that internship. But then again if you are having happy hour at Rio Grande or partying at Marquee, chance are you are a white person who once had an unpaid internship.

Interns are GREAT Investments for your Company...

Think you're doing your cousins' best friends daughter a favor by giving them an internships for the summer? Don't just think of offering internships as doing some college kid a favor. Think of offering an internship as an INVESTMENT for you! Think of all the time you could save by having an intern. You can focus much more on your day to day tasks, than actual busy work, like making 100 copies of last weeks selling for senior management.

Here are 6 Great Reasons to HIRE an intern:

1. High return on investment (ROI)
2. Skills reinforcement
3. Renewed energy
4. Test run potential hires
5. Community involvement
6. Excellent PR

Welcome to East Coast Internships!

Welcome everybody to East Coast Internships. This blog is specifically dedicated to the high school or college student seeking an internship on the East Coast.

After having spent many years in the staffing industry, and having founded Jobosity - The Job Blog, I have noticed that decision makers are paying more and more attention to internships. Whether you are getting paid for your internship or not, the key to any internship is having relevance to what you want to do when you graduate. If you want to work for Goldman Sachs, maybe it's not a good idea to intern at Intermix, and vice-versa.

If you are seeking an internship - the first place you should look is East Coast Internships. We will try our hardest to make finding an internship as easy as possible.

Stick with our tips and we'll put you on the path to Success!

The Resume - Some Tips to Keep in Mind

If you're not getting an internship through a family member, chances are your resume will be compared to everyone else's that applied for the same internship that you did! This means that your resume has to be impeccable. Every now and then, Jobosity comes out with great, detailed articles on the resume. Here are just a few tips on how to make your stand out from the rest!

Cover letter always include a cover letter. Keep it to three or four paragraphs and address it to someone specific at the company. (Check with human resources if you don't have a name.) Follow the marketing approach known as ''AIDA'': Get their attention, create interest, build desire, conclude with action (asking for an interview).
Short-term jobs A list of several short-term jobs could raise questions about your ability to settle into one place for long. One way to handle this is to create a heading called ''Relevant Experience,'' where those jobs are removed from the general employment history section but highlighted as skill-building opportunities in another section.
Everything positive
Never state anything in the negative; always see the positive in what you've accomplished. For instance, if you dropped out of college after two years, that means you still ''Completed two years toward a bachelor's degree.''
Employment gaps If you've had a lapse in employment last a couple years or more, explain it. Otherwise, the prospective employer might wonder why your work history ends in 2006. You might need to include a note saying you were out of the work force to care for an elderly parent or write a book or raise a child.

Turn your Internship into a Career

How many copies did you make today? Schedule any meetings? Greet customers or answer the phone for your supervisor? Being an intern could be one of the lowest feelings of your life. You might feel like everyone hates you, but trust me, they are just lazy and don't want to make copies or fill up the printer with paper, when they know YOU will do it.

Granted, you might hate your internship, but you might envy your supervisor or colleagues, and really want that job after you graduate college. So what do you do?

Not every intern is offered a full-time job with their company, that’s a known fact. How can you make yourself stand out from the crowd? There are some great ways to help turn your internship into a job. Before you know it, you’ll be one of them - with your name on an I.D. card to swipe at the door.

• Dress appropriately
• Learn as much as you can
• Get to know EVERYONE
• Under promise and OVER deliver
• Learn about your industry