2008 Woodie Awards
Seeking Employment
Caitlin Morski
Issue date: 4/19/07 Section: Entertainment
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With the end of the winter semester nearing, many students are seeking internship and job opportunities to support themselves through the summer. With job opportunities limited in the Marquette area, many students are turning to internships for paid positions and college credit.
Chris Leffler, a senior marketing major, interned at Wal-Mart last summer. Leffler said that if you start looking for internships early in the year, you are more likely to get the internship that you want.
"There are only so many in the area," he said. "Make sure you choose one that's in your degree area so you'll get job experience, as well."
Leffler described his internship as just like getting a supervisor position at the store, with similar responsibilities.
"I would spend a few days learning each of the three parts of the store: personnel, operations and merchandise," he said. "I was pretty much treated like a member of management from my first day there."
Leffler is one of many students on campus who decided to utilize the internships that are offered to NMU students, gaining class credit and real world experience for their effort. Internships can be included as experience on resumes and some of them include monetary compensation for the work done.
John Frick, director of the JOBSearch Center, said students shouldn't try to plan internships at the last minute.
"I think that students aught to plan on how they're including internships into their academic careers," he said. "They should start thinking about internships during their sophomore year, so they have more time to get themselves ready and get their resume ready."
Frick said he suggests looking at the JOBSearch Center Web site for listings of internships available to NMU students this summer. The internship listing is under the 'Students' tab on the main page.
"It's not difficult to find internships at all," Frick said. "The issue that NMU graduates or students face is distance. If the company you're looking at is in Grand Rapids, NMU students have to get their information in the hands of the employers. Other schools are closer and the students at those schools will be looking at the internships, too."
Chris Leffler, a senior marketing major, interned at Wal-Mart last summer. Leffler said that if you start looking for internships early in the year, you are more likely to get the internship that you want.
"There are only so many in the area," he said. "Make sure you choose one that's in your degree area so you'll get job experience, as well."
Leffler described his internship as just like getting a supervisor position at the store, with similar responsibilities.
"I would spend a few days learning each of the three parts of the store: personnel, operations and merchandise," he said. "I was pretty much treated like a member of management from my first day there."
Leffler is one of many students on campus who decided to utilize the internships that are offered to NMU students, gaining class credit and real world experience for their effort. Internships can be included as experience on resumes and some of them include monetary compensation for the work done.
John Frick, director of the JOBSearch Center, said students shouldn't try to plan internships at the last minute.
"I think that students aught to plan on how they're including internships into their academic careers," he said. "They should start thinking about internships during their sophomore year, so they have more time to get themselves ready and get their resume ready."
Frick said he suggests looking at the JOBSearch Center Web site for listings of internships available to NMU students this summer. The internship listing is under the 'Students' tab on the main page.
"It's not difficult to find internships at all," Frick said. "The issue that NMU graduates or students face is distance. If the company you're looking at is in Grand Rapids, NMU students have to get their information in the hands of the employers. Other schools are closer and the students at those schools will be looking at the internships, too."
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