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(Paid Advertisement) Planning Placement ervic£ l Talk of the Trade An Exploration of Career Related Issues Monday, March 3, 1986 University of Oregon Volume I, number 2 Get the Competitive Edge: Focus on Internships Boost Marketability Through Internships====f= Preparing for future employment can be . easy. All a student needs is a little help. Internships can provide that help by strengthening an individual's skills and. in turn, making that person more marketable to . „ even the most demanding employer. Real world experience polishes the rough edges of natural aptitude and lays a firm foundation under a students classroom knowledge. The individual who's-been tested in a practical en „ vironment and has succeeded is the one in demand.’ • '• Jenny Lim. a- recent graduate/ found the transition from college to the working world to . be greatly eased by her-internship with the Col lege of EducatiorVs Dean s Office. She dwes her success, Sn part., to that opportunity to prac tice her skills outside .the classroom. ' For a foreign student who .has had school all my life with no working experience, the On Campus Internship Program was definitly a positive experience.I', said.Lim., .1 managed to sharpen both my verbal and written skills while working in that office, skills that are'very important for. a journalism graduate with an emphasis in public relations." Lim added. Barbara Surtees'also feels that her jntern-.' • • : f ; ' VV / ship .at the" Erb Memorial -Union Recreational • Center offered her a.much-needed chance to: gain experience supervising people in an of fice, environment.' . v • ■ • •; "This internship enabled me to sharpen my organizational and management skills which are assets to pave for ari'y job ;afte'r gradual- .. tioh,",Surtees salidV . . • ••' ■ . Yet marketability depends, on more .than skill alone. Part, of the polish an. individual, gains from an internship comes from a. more realistic, perspective of the working, worlp.: • • Jolayne Houtz, news editor .for the Oregon Daily. Emerald, agrees that, her Internship gives her. a close hard, look: at the realities of the newspaper business. ;She.'believes she has a better grasp of the responsibilities, the pressures;.and the teamwork that must go-in to putting together a newspaper, a view which she might not .have .had • without her. internship.';" . ■ .. By tempering classroom theory with prac: ti'cal experience: a student can Increase his value in the eyes of prospective employers. In face internships may be the passport to that first job after graduation. 1 The following are some of the In ternship Resources available in 221 Hendricks Hail 10 - 5:00, Mon day through Friday. „ t). The Technology and Society In . = • • ternship Directory. Author: Stu . •' dent Pugwash Internship Clear inghouse. Date: 1985 - 1986. . 2) Student Guide to Business Intern ships. Author: Intern Research f ..'Group; Date: 1984.;. 3) 1985 * 1986 national Directory of Arts Internship. Author: Warren Christensen. 4) Mass Media Internship Guide. Vol 1 - Print Vol. 2 - Broadcast Author: Ronald M. Claxton. 5) Internships in Federal and State Government.” 6) 1st Annual 1985 Graduate Group. —What Supervisors Expect— In the workplace, the boss expects the employees to perform to the best of their abili ty.^ Supervisors in an internship are no dif ferent. After all, an internship is a job, and making it a positive experience takes real commitment to excellence. Supervisors in the On-Campus Internship and Career Development Internship Programs believe that self-management, analytical and communication skills are the key to making an internship work for all parties concerned. If an individual has strength in these three areas, he can handle the job responsibly and be an asset to his fellow workers. Reliability, responsibility and efficiency on the part of the intern are the self-management skills most helpful to a busy supervisor. My schedule can often be hectic," said Gina Huston, On-Campus supervisor to public rela tions interns at the Career Planning and Place ment Service. "I don't have the time to be look ing over my interns shoulders to see if they're getting their work done. I really appreciate a student s ability to work independently and on schedule,” Huston added. Analysis is another useful ability for it is us ed in virtually every internship experience. Be ing able to review a document or a situation and cull the important factors from it will stand an intern in good stead with his supervisor. Communication is perhaps the most impor tant skill an intern can possess. According to K.J. Gent, Career Development supervisor to sales interns at the Milton hotel, meeting peoples needs by attentively listening to and talking with them is invaluable. J.B. Bartel, Director of Communications and Development at the College of Education, agrees with Gent. He believes, furthermore, that communication between the supervisor and the intern needs to be stressed as well as interaction between the intern and other staff or community members. I want the internship to be as helpful and meaningful to me as much as to the student,” Bartel said. "I always encourage interns to come talk to me whenever they have questions or problems," he said. If an intern can illustrate that he's willing to work and make the experience the best it can be, the supervisor may be less likely to think of the student as just a student or just an intern. That person becomes an individual. In the workplace, that's an important distinction. (Paid Advertisement) Career Planning and Placement Service o ’ : Office hours 8:30; SdO No«diy (lint Friday : v Drop;ii CounselingJ:30 • 4:30 Ploiday thru Friday 0 Career Infornutionteiiq’ lCfeOO • StOQ Bo«Uy thrcfrWiT. Internship / Practicu m 'Directory I;.Interdisciplinary Programs: I* Career Development Intern Program Debbie Chcreck. Assistant Director 244 Hendricks Mall. Phone: x3235. Off-campus placements for arts and sciences majors and minors 2. ESCAPE Vicki handy. Student Coordinator I I IM EMU. Phone: x4351. Public school; community service agencies 3. On-Campus Internship Program Office of Student Development Steve Bardi, Assistant to Director 364 Oregon Hall. Phone: x3216. 4. University Community Action Program Anita Runyan, Director 108 Hendricks Hall. Phone: x3813. II. Check with your academic department: 1. Some require field placement for graduation ie: Leisure Studies; Education; Planning, Public Policy, and Management 2. Some maintain active listings of placements related to major ie: Journalism, Telecommunications & f ilm 3. Some award credit for well designed self-initiated internships ie: Business, Journalism III. Check the internship directories located in 221 Hendricks Hall, Career Information Center: ie:l9S5 Internships 1985-86 Internship notebook Join us at the Internship Revue during Career Week, April 16th in 108 III EMU.