Written By: Ellen Dodor
At my internship we always have turnover, every semester we get some rookies coming in to screen calls and at first I was annoyed because I thought I was being replaced. But then I began to step back from my bubble and observe the people around me. The station I work for really gives back to college students by offering internships all year long. The interview process was simple, have a personality and get the internship! I remember my boss telling me that it was the effort that I put forth that would determine what I would get out of it. Since I’ve began my internship last January I’ve seen a handful of interns come and go. Some find something else and leave, others deciding that their Thursday nights downtown were more important, none the less I’ve managed to stick around and to work hard so that when I do leave, I will be able to use my boss as a reference.
At my internship we always have turnover, every semester we get some rookies coming in to screen calls and at first I was annoyed because I thought I was being replaced. But then I began to step back from my bubble and observe the people around me. The station I work for really gives back to college students by offering internships all year long. The interview process was simple, have a personality and get the internship! I remember my boss telling me that it was the effort that I put forth that would determine what I would get out of it. Since I’ve began my internship last January I’ve seen a handful of interns come and go. Some find something else and leave, others deciding that their Thursday nights downtown were more important, none the less I’ve managed to stick around and to work hard so that when I do leave, I will be able to use my boss as a reference.
My other goal as a senior intern is to prepare these new
interns and to give them the truth about what they are getting into. It’s not about
scaring the new interns but creating a mini Ellen that will be someone they can
rely on. I’ve realized that I didn’t have anyone like that when I started, it
was trial and error and I finally got it right! I don’t think the show will
suffer if the interns aren’t great, but with the interns it creates new
material for the show and that is what keeps it fresh and relevant with pop
culture. I feel obligated now to teach these new interns all I know, help them
to not make a fool out of themselves and to really appreciate the opportunity
they’ve been given.
This could be a game changer for a student’s career path and
I’m taking it upon myself to make sure that if this internship is the game
changer, then the new interns will soak it up for all it’s worth! Interns have
gone on to work out in LA because of the skills they developed while working at
this station; so I can only hope that with my guidance that another intern can
have the same success.
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