<p>Will be starting college next year. What will be the best thing to do during college. Internships or jobs???</p>
<p>Internships are jobs.</p>
<p>Internships in your field are good because they provide you with relevant experience. Jobs through the year are good if they do the same but if it’s just at a grocery store there’s no real reason to do it other than for money.</p>
<p>If you don’t have a resume start one. You can fill it up with junk, it doesn’t matter, just get something that fills up the whole page and makes it look full of stuff, and as you do new stuff that can be added to it, remove junk from the resume and add better stuff.</p>
<p>What kind of resume should I write when starting college. I should do internships in the medical/business field.</p>
<p>As mentioned above, internships are definitely a better option. Working a cash register at McDonald’s is “job experience,” but it’s not really going to have the same impact that having actual research experience in your field will have. Most internships are paid too, so really, they are a job.</p>
<p>You should write a resume that you can submit to potential employers that you might do an internship at.</p>
<p>Definitely internships, for all the reasons that the previous posters have said.</p>
<p>Also, I recommend not taking an internship that happens during school, and just do the ones that take place during breaks (summer, and maybe short ones during winter). It’s really stressful to have to deal with both school work and a job at the same time.</p>
<p>As for the timing of looking for an internship… don’t stress too much about it your first year, it’s perfectly fine if you don’t get an internship after your first year, since many employers prefer not to recruit freshmen since they typically haven’t really decided on a major and they haven’t had many classes or experience. Definitely start building up that resume, though, and to have a really solid one prepared by the time it’s your second year. Be on the lookout for career fairs. Even though employers may not want to recruit you yet, it’s a good idea to go to them even during your freshman year, just to get the feel of a career fair, since they can be a little difficult to get used to.</p>
<p>I would recommend finding a part time job for the first year and seek an internship during your sophomore year. I recommend this because for me, having a part time job made me look more competitive than other students who does nothing but attend class for internships. I was told by my interviewers that they liked seeing I had previous work experience and was able to keep my GPA up. But it could also be because I made my entry-level job seem awesome on my r</p>
<p>If you don’t have to work, don’t. Get an internship, become a valuable member in a club or something.</p>
<p>I’m looking to do mainly winter or summer internships. What are a good few. And how to I make a resume based on my first year?</p>
<p>Your university should have a career services that have the resources that you need.</p>
<p>As for what internships are good, that’s dependent on the companies in your area. Generally, any internship that provides you will worke experience, knowledge, and skills is a good one.</p>
<p>Also, maybe try and get a job that relates to your major. I’m a Writing and Rhetoric major, and I work at my university’s writing center. Not only does it pay well, but I also gain valuable hands-on experience that can help me with my studies and that helps me write better myself. </p>
<p>If you’re a science major, see if you can get a job as a research assistant or in a lab. If you’re an English major, check out the writing center. Spanish major? Tutoring center. Computer Science major? Tech support! </p>
<p>There are tons of options out there. Good luck!</p>
<p>What internships have you guys done? Is it free or does money come out of our pockets?</p>
<p>You really should get a job, any job, ASAP. Employers and internship supervisors like to see work experience- any work experience. You can always get an internship later on… you’re likely not going to get one your first or second semester anyway. </p>
<p>Internships can be a great way to show you what fields you would and would not like. I was originally interested in going into politics until I interned for a Senator. It was a great experience but I realized it was not for me. </p>
<p>Internships can be paid or unpaid. If you can swing it, then unpaid can be just as valuable as a paid experience. If you can’t, like I couldn’t, then you have to balance a part-time unpaid internship on top of a paid job. It’s not either/or for most people.</p>
<p>If you don’t have to work to put gas in your car, feed you for the week, pay your bills, etcetera; don’t. If you don’t have previous work experience, then yes, get a job so you know how to conduct yourself in a work environment. If you are not new to the work environment, save your time during the semesters and pursue better things: research, volunteering, club work, hobbies and special interests. Jobs can take up a good chunk of your time (unless you have a job that is flexible). It’s better to not have to work through college than working because you think employers wants to see someone who has a job. If you find yourself struggling throughout the semester because you can’t juggle things and you have a job, quit it. School is first.</p>
<p>i like the first answer saying internships are jobs. and 4th or 5th answer was good too saying not to get a job if you don’t have to. if i don’t have to im never going to get a job. im going to live off the generosity of others. with so many people being generous towards me it won’t be so bad that i don’t have much in the way of material possessions. school may be first but jobs isn’t second. it isn’t third either. it’s most like 100th. incarceration in a jail comes before that. so does hospitalization in a mental hospital. yeah, before the job police ever came for me to assign me a job i would have a mental breakdown. because almost anything is better than jobs, whether the job is disguised as a career building “internship” or volunteering for the needy. its all the same. a job. and i don’t like those.</p>
<p>@enfieldacademy Thanks for a good laugh :)</p>
<p>If you are getting a degree in office administration, and wanted to officially get academic credit for your internship you’d have to specifically talk with your school about this…!</p>