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"I Want You To Be A Great Intern" - Eric Woodard
Thomas Friedman on Internships
The new movie “The Internship” is putting a lot of focus on internships these days…Thomas Friedman published an op-ed providing yet more fuel to the fire around the idea that internships matter. You can read what he has to say...
read moreUSA Today Opinion Piece In Defense of Unpaid Internships
David Schick recently posted an op-ed on the USA Today College Blog in defense of unpaid internships – check it out...
read moreIntern Pro Radio Episode #56: What is Happening in the World of Internships
Join Eric Woodard of Great Intern and Mark Babbitt of YouTern for a conversation that will cover the world of internships. Topics will cover how to make the most of your summer internships, the continuing controversy around paid vs. unpaid internships and more.
read moreWhat I Heard on NPR’s Marketplace
If you’ve ever heard NPR’s Marketplace, you know it’s a great radio program. They’ve broadcasted a couple of segments about Internships recently, including this one back in March about how employers want students who have real working world experience. The latest one Marketplace did gets into the whole paid/unpaid internship controversy (which, if you’ve read or listened to any of my stuff, you’ll know I believe to be a pointless). I wrote in and commented about this piece, which you can see here...
read moreIntern Pro Radio Episode #55: Keeping our Promise to Change the World with Angela Maiers
Join Eric Woodard of Great Intern and Mark Babbitt of YouTern for an inspiring conversation with author, blogger, speaker, Huffington Post Live personality and world-changer, Angela Maiers.
read moreDoesn’t Cut the Mustard
Along with many others, I’ve been making the argument that internships are good. Some internships come with stipends, some don’t – but internships aren’t about money, they’re about education. If an internship involves mentorship, it’s good. If not, it’s bad. But there are some in the legal profession out there who see students who see students who’ve had a bad internship as ripe for the picking. It’s bad enough that these students had a bad internship, but they’ve been encouraged to...
read moreIntern Pro Radio Episode #54: Planning Passion, Executing Dreams with Billionaire P.A.
Join Eric Woodard of Great Intern and Mark Babbitt of YouTern for an inspiring interview with entrepreneur, speaker and motivator Billionaire P.A.! Billionaire P.A. works tirelessly to inspire young talent to execute their dreams while executing his own as CEO of Wealthy Minds Clothing Company. He has truly overcome difficult circumstances in his own life to achieve greatness… and believes strongly in obtaining personal and team success through positive action and relentless...
read moreIntern Pro Radio Episode #53: Listen and Learn Live Job Interview
Join Eric Woodard of Great Intern and Mark Babbitt of YouTern for a very special edition of #InternPro Radio! In this hour, we feature a live job interview with Chloe Reznikov, a student at State University of New York College at Oneonta who will graduate this May with interests that include media, public relations, advertising, marketing and design. Serving on the panel of recruiters will be three expert recruiters and mentors: Janine Truitt, Steven Levy and our own Eric Woodard. These recruiters bring a diverse set of experience to the...
read moreIntern Pro Radio Episode #52: Becoming Employable During Your College Years
Join Eric Woodard of Great Intern and Mark Babbitt of YouTern for a conversation with Kelly Bogey, a Senior Recruiting Consultant and University Specialist with WilsonHCG, a global human capital solutions company offering recruitment process outsourcing. We’ll talk about how university recruiting really works, exactly what campus recruiters look for in graduating talent and how to make yourself highly employable during your college...
read moreIntern Pro Radio Episode #51: Personal Branding Through Personal Awareness
Join Eric Woodard of Great Intern and Mark Babbitt of YouTern for a conversation with Nan Watts, a personal development coach who believes strongly that personal awareness is the key to success. We’ll talk about the impact of the new economy on young talent, the importance of creating a unique value proposition and how best to leap from where we are now in our careers to where we want to...
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