Hello sisters! I want to share my experience about how I landed my first internship before I even finished my first semester in college! Many people say that in order to be an intern, you have to be junior or senior level. However, don’t let that stop you from reaching out to companies/recruiters! Networking is KEY! During the first week of school, there was a welcome dinner for new students. At the welcome dinner, the executive director of the Hispanic/Latino Commission of Michigan, was the keynote speaker. I really connected with what he had to tell the students, and his own story. So, after the dinner I made sure to go speak with him, and share my own experiences. That’s when he he gave me his business card(!!!) I made sure to follow up the next day, and thank him. I made sure to keep connected with him by emailing him every couple of weeks to check in, and see if there were any kind of opportunities where i could help. A few months down the road, he asked me to become an intern for the commission! During my time there, I got to interact with our constituents, manage social media platforms, and learn all about the ins and outs of government. It was a great experience! Not to mention my office was at the state capital (um, I was blown away! Lol)
- Clarissa Mezquitic
I applied for multiple jobs and internships in Austin regarding marketing and finance. Out of 400 applicants, I got it. I was so excited. I drove 6 hours for the 3 rounds of interviews and after the last one, my car got broken into haha. But anyways, the atmosphere was great and the coworkers amazing and I never had such a nice and friendly manager! The thing was, they failed to mention it was commission-based so I was going to be unpaid for a month out of 3, which I couldn't do due to needing to pay some bills and save for my last year of school. Then the schedule was supposed to be from 11 to 7, but came to be from 10 to 10 from Monday through Friday and until 6pm on Saturdays. Part of the day was in the offices and then 5 or 6 hours doing sales outside in 95+ degree weather. I learned so much during my short time there and got to be more confident in myself because I realized I was competitive to get a good job, but the cons were too much especially being done at 10pm. I have an eye condition that disallows me to drive at night for the safety of other people. Also, my first day working, we had a guy with a gun threatening to kill some dogs, second day we went to a sketchy neighborhood and I was expected to be able to close some sales and be able to go inside houses by myself by the end of the first week. Idk about that but I'm only 5' and have no self defense skills if anything were to happen so I got a pepper spray and did it for a short time but getting out at 10pm was the breaking point.
- Diana Aranda
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