Will your summer internship be "it?" Take some steps today to ensure that you're gauging your internship and how it fits with your post-MBA goals! Read on for our pre-internship checklist.
The 100 Week Sprint team
To-do's this week
Got 5 minutes? Update your ProValues assessment with your internship role. Check how you expect it to stack up to your past roles.
Got 30 minutes? Contact your Advisory Board members to put time on the calendar (before the summer gets well underway).
Got an hour? Draft an update email, prepare for networking conversations, and set a weekly task to record your thoughts about the internship!
Internship checklist
Schedule time with your Advisory Board now! They will be able to help you evaluate whether or not your summer internship points to a post-MBA role that fits your strengths and interests.
Prepare for networking conversations by drafting an answer to, "What do you do?" How you respond may be telling about your initial thoughts about your role! Identify how you want to frame your internship experience, and how it fits with your goals.
Benchmark your internship expectations by using the ProValues exercise. We will check in with you throughout the summer to see how your role has progressed, because it's that important to have an idea of where you stand with your internship!
Draft an update email to your friends, family, Advisory Board, etc. Run the contents through a WordItOut word cloud. What words are highlighted? Determine if this represents your internship, and if there are words that you'd want to see changed, make note of them.
Set a weekly task to record your thoughts about the internship, answering some of these core questions:
Was this internship a top choice? Why, or why not?
Do you see potential for growth in your role?
List 1-2 things that excite you about your internship.
List 1-2 areas for growth that you want to address throughout the internship.
