I feel like I have been told every day since conception that I need to get an internship.
"Internships are the only way to get a real job!"
"Everyone has to get an internship in college!"
"You're a writing major? I seriously hope you plan on getting an internship because, yeesh."
The idea of going after an internship is something I've been putting off for a while because, you guessed it, I find the idea of it terrifying ("Sarah," anyone who's read more than one post on this blog might be saying, "what don't you find terrifying?" The answer is nothing. Walking out the front door is terrifying. Please don't look at me). I've got to be honest, though: it's never occurred to me to use Twitter to try and find an internship. Especially because my Twitter isn't exactly professional (even though it claims to be in my bio). While interesting, I'm not sure it's something I want to actually do.
What kind of company do I even want to intern for? Obviously, I’d rather have a paid internship—I'm pretty politically against unpaid internships—but doing what? I guess the most obvious answer is at some sort of magazine. A literary magazine would probably be better than anything else. Or maybe even a publishing company. Not that I have any right to be picky; I have to take whatever I can get. What's important is that I stop dragging my feet. After all, my junior year is almost over.
"Internships are the only way to get a real job!"
"Everyone has to get an internship in college!"
"You're a writing major? I seriously hope you plan on getting an internship because, yeesh."
The idea of going after an internship is something I've been putting off for a while because, you guessed it, I find the idea of it terrifying ("Sarah," anyone who's read more than one post on this blog might be saying, "what don't you find terrifying?" The answer is nothing. Walking out the front door is terrifying. Please don't look at me). I've got to be honest, though: it's never occurred to me to use Twitter to try and find an internship. Especially because my Twitter isn't exactly professional (even though it claims to be in my bio). While interesting, I'm not sure it's something I want to actually do.
What kind of company do I even want to intern for? Obviously, I’d rather have a paid internship—I'm pretty politically against unpaid internships—but doing what? I guess the most obvious answer is at some sort of magazine. A literary magazine would probably be better than anything else. Or maybe even a publishing company. Not that I have any right to be picky; I have to take whatever I can get. What's important is that I stop dragging my feet. After all, my junior year is almost over.