Valerie Sutton – How to Turn an Internship into a Job

Valerie Sutton – How to Turn an Internship into a Job

By: Valerie Sutton

Level: Appropriate for all

Duration: 54m 21s

Released: Jul 05, 2016

Description:

Internships provide a strong link between academic institutions and the professional world. As an intern, you have the chance to explore, develop skills, build a network, and gain firsthand industry knowledge. And everyone tells you that an internship is the way to a full-time job. But how do you actually do it? Join Valerie Sutton as she explains how to turn an internship into the stepping stone for your career. This course shows how to evaluate an internship to determine whether it provides the skills you need, what you can do on the internship site to increase your value, how to maintain your networks until you’re ready for a full-time position, and finally how to go in for the full-time ask.

Topics include:

• Evaluating opportunities
• Taking paid vs. unpaid internships
• Working with an internship program
• Tracking your project performance
• Networking
• Managing your contacts long term
• Negotiating a full-time position

Author:

Valerie Sutton is a thought leader in career theory and student services in university settings.

As an experienced career coach within the MBA and education sectors, Valerie has expertise in applying research to practice, by utilizing technology to help create a “career consciousness” with her clients. As a Director of the Career Services Office, she has oversight of services that reach over 900 students annually at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Valerie’s prior experience includes the Fox School of Business at Temple University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. Valerie is qualified in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, CareerLeader assessment, and has knowledge of the Strengthsfinder assessment.

Her interest is in training and development of individuals and teams in managing their career progression and understanding market demands, as it relates to recruitment and retention of employees. Through the use of career theory and coaching techniques, her goal is to teach individuals to take the initiative and lead the success of their own career