The Successful Internship: Personal,
Professional, and Civic Development
by Mary A. King
Mandatory Reference Resource For All Internship Coordinators
THE SUCCESSFUL INTERNSHIP: PERSONAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND
CIVIC DEVELOPMENT, 3e, offers you more than just a resource for how
to find a position or how to interview; it addresses the concerns, emotions,
needs, and unique personal challenges that are the essence of an
internship or field experience and focuses on the internship as a vehicle for
your development as a civic professional. The authors describe in detail
the path of change youll find yourself embarking on and the challenges
youll face along the way. The books five-stage model of the internship
process--anticipation, disillusionment, confrontation, competence, and
culmination--places the material in a meaningful framework that lends
structure to your understanding of the work youll be doing.

Personal Review: The Successful Internship: Personal,
Professional, and Civic Development by Mary A. King
Sweitzer and King have written one of the most comprehensive guides to
help students make the most out of their internship experiences. They
cram more than enough techniques, resources and advice to help a
student problem solve through one of the strangest places on earth: an
office. The book is intended to be a text for students but it will more likely
be used by internship coordinators who need to develop training modules
or programs to prepare students for internships. The authors effectively
blend relevant components of student development, career development,
experiential education and human resources within a model that predicts
the typical internship experience.
From my experience, it's not uncommon for my interns to recall how the
book predicted the experiences they are currently going through and
returning to it when they encounter problems. Compared to students who
aren't familiar with the internship stages, they are better capable of
managing their anxiety and taking control of their internships.
The only downside to this book is that for some reason it's intended for
students who are performing field study for clinicals, however much of the
book is applicable for internships in any discipline. This book is highly
recommended for interns or the career services practitioner.
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