This document discusses the benefits of internships for students. It notes that internships allow students to gain experience and skills in their field of interest, see potential career paths, and build their resume and experience in a way that leads to career opportunities and jobs. The document provides examples of internship opportunities locally at organizations like WBOC and recommends that students pursue internships to help decide their career path and gain an advantage in obtaining employment after graduation.

1. By Justen Barbierri, Megan
Conner, Erin Mainhart & Ryan
Raines

2. Training in a student’s area of interest
Allow students to gain knowledge
See what lies in their future career path

3. Gain valuable experience
Experience  opportunities
Opportunities  career

4. Real life tasks
How a workplace runs
Confidence and improved skills

5. Newspapers, radio, television
Government, communication science
Multimedia, public
relations, journalism, advertising

6. Career services
Advisors
Professors
Personal connections
Job fairs

7. Salisbury University
98 Rock
U.S. Census Bureau
Walt Disney World
Auckland University of Technology in
Auckland, New Zealand

8. In your hometown
In a different state
In a different country

9. Know what you want
Make decisions for the future
Insight to your career

10. Internships are resume
builders
The number 3 resume
booster (HackCollege)
“Nothing looks more
impressive than someone
who knows what their
goals are and sets out a
plan to attain those goals”
(HackCollege).

11. Several opportunities
at WBOC
Offers shadowing
opportunities and
internships to students
Michelle Roberts
shadowed Scott Abraham
this summer

12. Students gain real life experience
Michelle said that she “had an awesome
time and learned so much”
Working experience leads to careers

13. Helps in career decision making process
Can help you figure out your interests
Can also help you figure out what you
don’t want to do

14. They:
• Are easy to find
• Are worth your while
• Build your resume
• Lead to careers
“Gain exposure to real-world problems and
issues that perhaps are not found in
textbooks” (BYU)

15. The benefits outweigh the negatives
“In a recent study interns received, on
average, $2,240 more than non-interns for
starting salary” (BYU)
Internships open doors

16.  “Benefits of Internships.” Brigham Young University.
http://saas.byu.edu/intern/html/Benefits2.html
 Braccio Hering, Beth. “Why are internships so important?”
CNN/CareerBuilder.com.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/LIVING/worklife/04/14/cb.why.internships.i
mportant/index.html
 “Communications Success Stories – Placement.” California
University of Pennsylvania. http://www.calu.edu/current-
students/career-services/internships/information-on-
internships/success-stories/communications-success-
stories/index.htm
 “Top 5 Resume Boosters to Make Your Resume Stand Out.”
HackCollege.com. http://www.hackcollege.com/blog/2010/04/05/top-
5-resume-boosters-to-make-your-resume-stand-out.html
 “What is an internship and why should I get one? Salisbury
University.
http://www.salisbury.edu/careerservices/facstaff/Internships/Docume
nts/AdvantagesOfInternships.pdf