How I Found My First Internship

We were asked to write about a time we had used networking to find an internship, job, or research experience. I wanted to share how I found my first internship. It was May of my sophomore year and I still had not found anything meaningful to do with my summer. I refused to spend another summer selling Dippin Dots. I had been applying to internships online, but had no luck. Time was running out and I had to do something quickly, so I decided to ask my boyfriend’s sister for advice. She was the only person I knew in the "real world” and because she was close to my age I felt pretty comfortable talking with her. She said that she would email her boss and see if he had any ideas for me. I didn’t think much of it, but a week later she called and announced that a branch in her company was going to create a summer internship for me! And within a few weeks I started working there. Of course, it won’t always be so easy, but the point is that it never hurts to try. Tell people what you are interested in and ask for ideas or advice. Who knows, if I had not talked to her, I may have ended up selling ice cream at the mall.