{"id":108,"date":"2016-03-03T16:03:44","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T21:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/?p=108"},"modified":"2016-03-03T16:03:44","modified_gmt":"2016-03-03T21:03:44","slug":"the-internship-search-resources-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/sehseh\/2016\/03\/the-internship-search-resources-success\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internship Search: Resources & Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

Much like my student employment search over a year ago, the internship search has certainly been a trip. To start off, the University of Iowa has a number of resources to aid students in a job or internship search. There\u2019s the Pomerantz Career Center and the Job & Internship Fair. The career center will help you with anything from resumes, cover letters, and letters of introduction to interview prep and practice. Not to mention, they are a great resource if you do not know where<\/em> to start. The Career Center also puts on the Job & Internship Fair which pulls over a 150+ employers and all of the graduate schools from the University of Iowa.<\/p>\n

Due to my own blunders, I have not been able to attend the Job and Internship Fair during my semesters here. It is held once a semester, always on a Wednesday, and usually from 11AM-4PM.<\/p>\n

And I always have class.<\/p>\n

The fair is one of the more traditional ways of finding an internship. Being a political science major and being subscribed to student organization emails, the UDemocrats presented an interesting opportunity: Congressman Dave Loebsack\u2019s Iowa City office was still searching for another intern. It had a minimal time requirement (~10 hours), unpaid, and purely made to gain experience.<\/p>\n

While the unpaid part may sound disappointing, it\u2019s the experience part that is key. There are thousands of stories of college graduates who have never held a job and are struggling to find work because employers want experience. The internship sounded more than okay to me: it hit my interest in politics, my desire to gain experience working within a political office, and it was something I could put on my resume if given the job. So I applied. All I had to do was send in my resume and wait.<\/p>\n

Luckily, I received a reply from their staff within a day. They wanted an interview and offered up some potential dates and times.<\/p>\n

I dressed in my best business casual and went out to meet a member of their staff for the interview. It was rather open ended. They wanted to know why I wanted the internship, what my relevant experience was (thankfully, I had volunteered to canvass neighborhoods for the Hillary Clinton campaign prior to to the caucus), and any details about myself or experiences that would make me a beneficial intern. Between my experiences of canvassing and my involvement with No Labels, I had plenty to talk about and use to sell myself. And I did it successfully. By the end of the interview, I was offered the position as an intern. Now, within my first week, I’ve done a little bit of work for them and I’m excited to see where this experience takes me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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