Make Your Internship Count™
Succeed in Your Internship
An INTERNSMART® product

For High School and College Students. This guide is for interns to use onsite. Designed to be self-guided, it provides a framework and activities that help an intern:
  • Understand how his or her personality, values and interests play a role,
  • Evaluate personal performance including reputation, clarifying expectations, teamwork and networking,
  • Make connections between daily tasks, the mission of the organization and how it all fits into the larger system of work,
  • Capture lessons learned and make plans for next steps.
Why use this guide?

Organizations – Give your interns this tool to help them be more independent and effective in their learning and their relationship with their supervisor. Support your supervisors by providing interns with activities that are self-guided and engage others in the organization.

Individuals – Make sure this is the right work for you. Use this tool to enhance your learning and evaluate the experience effectively.

Educators – Support your students as they go off into the world of work to explore potential careers and establish learning goals.

Includes Link to Online Interest Assessment. Our TALENTSORT® Interest Cards are a fun and easy way to sort your interests and skills and see what activities are critical for you to be truly happy at work. Includes a personal report.


People rave about this tool. It is simple and fun to use, includes an on-line 52-card sort that helps you focus on what is really important to you.





For Individuals

See how personality, values and interests play a role in how work gets done.
Assess your performance onsite individually and on teams, manage your reputation and learn how to establish clear expectations.
Learn how what you do every day ties to the mission of the organization, the industry and the various professions or trades you are exploring.
Do activities that teach you about networking, how basic needs drive the work you are doing, the difference between a profession or trade and a job, etc.
Capture the lessons you learned through conversations with your supervisor and others in the organization.
Evaluate you experience by looking at what you brought to the internship, the contributions you made and what worked or didn't work.
 
For Organizations

Use this guide as a resource or "curriculum" for your interns as they explore the profession, organization and industry.
Support your supervisors as they mentor and coach their interns.
Develop a future talent pool by giving your interns what they need to perform at their best.
 



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This guide helped me understand how the work I was doing fit into a larger picture and how I could take charge of the experience. I learned so much! Laura -- Age 16