Sunday, September 11th Getting Ready for your Mentoship

Summary and Reflections on "Getting Ready for your Mentorship"

Summary- The article starts out by telling the reader to do everything he can in his upcoming internship because doing so will only help you in the long run.  The article then leads into tips about your beginnings on the job, which include simple tasks such as being on time, talk to your employer, figure out what you will be doing, and how to act professionally.   The article also points out the obvious "dos and don'ts" of an internship.  The "dos" consist of being on time, working hard, being positive, respect others, etc, while the "don'ts" include being late, being laze, disrespectful, dress inappropriately, and so on.  Finally, how to end your internship is appropriately the last topic in the article.  It tells the reader that you can possibly earn credit for your internship and that you should leave with all paper work completed, at least a week's notice, and and "in the works" projects finished.

Reflections-  The article is pretty obvious for the most part.  Your internship matters because you can use it on a later resume to help get in colleges or jobs.  Everyone knows you should be on-time, show respect, and work hard in a professional setting.  I have had my internship for a few months now and have tried my best to adhere to this code from the get-go.   It is true that you should use your internship to learn about what it is you want to do in the future, so doing your best work and immersing yourself in the job will allow you to understand better what your future job may entail. One new thing I learned from this article was that you can get a certificate for your internship at career.fsu.edu/cip.  So, overall the article is good for general notes about an internship and how to act.