【求职】想要实习“转正”？如何充分利用实习，建立自己的职业道路？

2022-08-09 21:08

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暑期临近毕业季到来，许多留学生或许已经开始实习或者正在寻求实习机会，我们看到过各种形式和规模的实习。许多同学在他们实习结束后凭借自己优秀的表现获得了全职工作，那么我怎样才能确保我充分利用我的实习来加强我的全职求职呢？今天我们一起来讨论！

主动要求更多工作

如果在实习期间有空闲时间，可以向主管询问更多工作。如果他们没有任何项目让你跟进，可以去询问其他部门并尽可能提供帮助。通过帮助他们，你可以帮助自己了解你正在做的工作其他方面的知识。并且还由此使大家熟悉你，在整个公司内建立联系。

建立和维护关系

你永远不知道谁会给你带来职场上的重大突破，使你从最初的无薪实习获得全职工作。除了在实习中表现自己并始终做出最好的工作外，还要花时间与实习主管建立关系。同样重要的是，在你的实习结束后可以定期与你的前任主管联系维持已经建立的融洽关系。这能确保他们在未来有职位空缺时想到你。

结交其他实习生

我们经常认为网络是垂直的，接触我们认为可以帮助我们的人。其实横向网络也同样有价值。你可能会觉得你在和你的实习生“竞争”，但他们的成功完全独立于你。你不仅会与其他实习生有更多共同点，而且你永远不知道在未来你们是否会互相帮助。你可以在下班后主动组织一次实习生郊游，向他们询问过去的实习经历。无论哪种方式，你都会获得对你所在行业的联系人以及可以证明你的职业生涯的人。

在实习公司寻找校友

利用 LinkedIn 等平台查找在实习公司工作的大学校友。你也可以联系你学校的职业中心或校友办公室，看看他们是否愿意为你写介绍。一旦与校友建立联系，可以邀请他们共进午餐或看看他们是否愿意与你进行交流。在交流期间，你就能够了解他们参加了哪些课程以及他们参与的组织，你可以参考他们。

对改变职业道路持开放态度

实习最苦乐参半的结果之一就是发现这个职业或行业不适合你。如果在实习结束时，你决定要放弃并追求一条完全不同的职业道路，这并不意味着你浪费了时间。你仍然带着可转移的技能、工作经验和潜在的职场参考离开。你也避免了自己不得不在未来才做出重大的职业转变。

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Always ask for more

If you have downtime at your internship, ask your supervisor for more work. If they don’t have any projects for you to work on, go to other departments and offer to assist them however you can (even if it means making copies/getting coffee). By helping them, you’re also helping yourself get a feel for other areas/aspects of the work you’re doing. You’ll also get great exposure and be able to establish connections across the company.

Build (and maintain) relationships

You never know who is going to give you your big break; what starts as an unpaid internship could lead to freelance work or a full-time job. In addition to applying yourself at your internship and always doing your best quality work, take the time to build a relationship with your internship supervisor. Equally important, after your internship ends, maintain the rapport you’ve established by remembering to periodically check in with your former supervisor and update them on what you’re doing. This will ensure that they keep you in mind for future openings at the organization.

Get to know your fellow interns

We often think of networking as vertical, reaching out to people we think can help us; horizontal networking can be just as valuable. You may feel like you are ‘competing’ with your fellow interns, but their success is absolutely independent of yours. Not only will you have more in common with other interns, you never know how you can help each other down the line. Take the initiative to organize an intern outing after hours. You can ask them about their past internship experiences or keep the conversation strictly social. Either way, you’re gaining a contact interested in your same industry and someone who can attest to your work ethic.

Find alumni at your internship site

Leverage platforms like LinkedIn to find any alumni from your university working at your internship site. You can also reach out to your career center or alumni office to see if they would be willing to write an introduction for you. Once you get connected to the alum, invite them to have lunch or see if they would be willing to have an informational interview with you. During your meeting, you’ll be able to find out what classes they took and organizations they were a part of, so that you can follow in their footsteps.

Be open to changing your mind

One of the most bittersweet outcomes of an internship is to discover that the career or industry isn’t for you. If, at the end of your internship, you decide you want to pursue an entirely different career path, that doesn’t mean you’ve wasted your entire summer or semester. You will still walk away with transferable skills, work experience and potential references. You’ve also prevented yourself from having to make a major career change down the line.

ref：https://joinhandshake.com/blog/students/career-center-confidential-making-the-most-of-internships/

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