<p>I need advice on my internship. >_< Basically, should I quit?</p>
<p>Description:</p>
<p>One day (7 hours a week) at the County Justice Center. I'm in the small claims/civil type of stuff unit, where the law clerks work.</p>
<p>Job:</p>
<p>Scanning. Filing. Copying. Shredding. (Honestly. I seriously shred like 3 feet of paper a week. You can not comprehend how BORING this is unless you've done it. I never would've known if not for this job. If there's one thing I walk away with: shredding is fail.) Stapling. </p>
<p>The reason I waited to ask is the first 3 days or so I got to watch trials etc. I COULD ask to do this again, HOWEVER I would be in the same court room over again, watching the same types of trials. People arguing over $300. >_<</p>
<p>Stick it out. It's only one day a week, and the experience will look great on your resume! Just being in the office should be great, especially if it's something you're considering for a career. I know that kind of "busy work" can be really boring and such, but try to remember why you wanted to do it. You're not going to get the amazing internships that don't involve the busy work right off of the bat.</p>
<p>Try thinking of it this way: if you stay there, your chances of finding a really good internship for the summer (or maybe ever next semester) are much greater.</p>
<p>I had an internship as an "engineer" this past summer. You will see why I put engineer in quotes.</p>
<p>I was hired on as an intern (just after my sophomore year and before my junior year) to do something interesting (according to my job description). What happened when I got there? Well, my job (and the other interns jobs too) were to watch OTHER people do their work and see how they could do it better... for 40+ hours a week. Now, you may think that this sounds fun and you're getting paid to SIT DOWN and watch them, take notes, but it is NOT fun after the 2nd/3rd hour. After the 4th week, I was ready to pull my hair out. You get completely bored. I had to sit and observe union workers put together a plane (it was for an aircraft company). Now, while what I did was essential for the groups project and survival, it was boring as hell for me. Didn't really learn anything technical, but I did learn how the system worked.</p>
<p>Now, after being utterly bored one week, I tried to seek out other jobs and I got some opportunities. I started to do real work after ** I TRIED TO GET REAL WORK **. That is the most important thing -- try to get work (and make sure you do it). I'm disappointed that I didn't think of that earlier (perhaps I was too shy?).</p>
<p>But I also kept along with it because my other friends didn't have internships and I feel like it will be of a BIG advantage for my internship search for this upcoming summer. I've gotten two calls already (IBM & Intel) for interviews, while my friends haven't (roughly same GPA) who also applied to the same job.</p>
<p>Also, this is random, but JOIN CLUBS/ORGANIZATIONS and HOLD E-BOARD POSITIONS. HR / Engineers LOVE students who hold leadership positions. I'm on the e-board for many organizations (VP and P of two organizations) and on numerous boards - and I think that it helped me A LOT. I'm not bragging here, but rather telling you how you can get a better job afterwards.</p>
<p>Stick with your job, seek opportunities, perform, and you're set.</p>
<p>I've decided that unless something clearly better for me comes up that I'll stick with it. I guess all that Law & Order I've been watching isn't what I should've based any expectations on. (xD I didn't really but, bleh.)</p>
<p>I want to say thanks for the advice, and it really made me feel better about going. I really appreciate it. Thanks so much. ^^</p>