Announcing 2 Fabulous Fashion Internships in NYC

These CEO's just contacted me for high school or college interns from our program.

1. West 21st St. Creative Marketing Agency with prestigious fashion clients:

• Research fashion trends
• Write blog posts
• Manage social media properties and support and maintain fashion sites (ecommerce and branding)
• 3-4 days a week with Fridays off!

2. Mid-town agency has created a new site for girls to share their shopping finds, beauty advice, and style tips with each other and the world.

Are you a High School Junior or Senior who has shopped at a mall?

In this part-time internship you will:

• Become part of a focus group for teens
• Work with online marketing + social media
• Watch, storyboard, and write short video segments on new trends
• Report to the Senior Directors

contact: carole@internshipconnection.com

Internship Connection featured in Scarsdale 10583

Dr. Jabbawy offers advice for teens as they look ahead to summer job interviews.

http://www.scarsdale10583.com/201104101552/parenting/job-interview-tips-for-teens.html

Internship Connection featured in Teen Life Media

Dr. Jabbawy discusses six steps to finding a summer internship.

http://www.teenlife.com/news/57215/Tips-for-Teens-Six-Steps-to-Finding-a-Summer-Internship.htm

Meet Dr. Jabbawy at the following Fairs:

Fairs are a wonderful way to learn about Gap Year and Summer programs. Stop by, say hello and tell us what type of internship you may be interested in.

USA Gap Year Fair
Sunday, January 23, 1-4pm, Nobles and Greenough School, 10 Campus Drive, Dedham, MA 02026

Teen Summer Program Expo
Monday, February 7, 5:30-8:00 pm, Newton South High School Cafeteria, 140 Brandeis Rd., Newton, MA 02459

Updates from Former Internship Connection Interns

It's so rewarding as an educator to keep in touch with our interns. We love to hear how their high school internship jump-started a career or helped with a college acceptance.

I was honored to help our former student, Jennifer Pierre from Roslindale, MA. We secured a government internship for Jen when she was a student at BB&N. She then went on to become class president at Bryn Mawr. I came to bat several times for her, recommending her as applied for and was accepted to several internships during her college years, from a position with the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development to an internship at the UN.

Ben Prawdzik, formerly a student at Philips Andover wrote to say that he is enjoying his freshman year at Yale. We placed Ben on an internship as a sophomore in high school with the VP of Technology at the fastest growing e-commerce business in the US. Ben was offered a paying job there his junior summer and made fabulous career connections.

I recently heard from Lauren Cohen. When she was the editor of the Newton North High School newspaper, we matched her to a journalism internship at Women's Business, Boston. She then went on to U Wisconsin and told us that her high school experience led to an internship at Dateline NBC in NYC.

As I tell my friends and colleagues, this is certainly the most rewarding work that I have experienced in my professional career. To my former interns, keep in touch and let me know if I can help you as you embark on your career paths.

-Dr. Internship

Winter is the time to think about a Summer Internship.

November has been a very busy month in our office, with many inquiries coming from college students home for Thanksgiving. The job market is still very tight for college graduates and those students in the know realize how important it is to describe internship experiences on their resume. These days, employers expect students to have multiple internships before they graduate.

For high school students, December and January are the perfect time to meet with Internship Connection to discuss career interests. Often students are not returning to summer camp, they may have already spent a summer traveling and college applications loom ahead.

We suggest taking advantage of Winter Break to begin the process of establishing an internship. Why so soon? The process is time consuming and actually involves the same steps as looking for a job:

1. Thinking about your innate talents and/or academic interests.
2. Researching which career fields would be relevant.
3. Creating and sending a business resume.
4. Prepping for a workplace interview
5. Contacting businesses and organizations.

Let us make the process easy for you. Over the last eight years, we have established hundreds of internships with workplace mentors who trust our program and the students we send to them.

We look forward to hearing from you!

-Dr. Internship

A Sampling of 3 New York Internships- Summer, 2010

Divya, from Old Westbury NY is a junior at Boston University and contacted Internship Connection about a summer internship in Public Relations. We matched her to an internship at Publishers Clearing House where her mentor crafted a thoughtful letter of recommendation. Certainly this letter will be valuable as she applies for jobs after graduation. "Divya has taken on individual responsibilities more often assigned to a full time associate. She diligently prepared the team for projects and attended numerous meetings, both internal tactical meetings and vendor appointments.Divya is not only intelligent, but she also possesses the intangible qualities of being adaptable, dependable and passionate about new opportunities."

Tanna, a high school sophomore from New York City, was interested in antique books. After much research, we connected her to a rare book dealer. In her recommendation letter, the owner described Tanna's experiences there. Tanna catalogued new arrivals and wrote catalogue descriptions, archived a NYC poet's body of work and personal library, working on location in the poet's residence. She participated in rare book field trips around the city, meeting professionals in the field. She went on book-buying trips and visited a professional paper conservator and book binder and even attended an auction of books and manuscripts at a prominent New York auction house. Her mentor wrote, "Tanna has the intelligence and ambition necessary to make a valuable contribution to the field of literature and rare books, or whatever field she chooses to pursue."

Jared, a high school sophomore from New York City, was interested in "helping people" and social justice. We matched him to a famous non-profit that empowers young people to change the world. In his Internship Connection Journal, Jared wrote that he executed write-ups on social networking, prepared for an award show on VH1, and researched and contacted every minor baseball team! He especially enjoyed the intern scavenger hunt because it was a great bonding experience.