Ann Blasick from Georgia Tech shares a common scenario that many college advisors and counselors hear when students return to campus in the fall. The key to this story and the important thing to remember is that ALL internships have value. Internships can either teach a student more about what they want to do as a future career; or in some instances, they help them to identify what it is that they absolutely don't want to do after college. Either way, internships teach an invaluable lesson.
If you have ever completed an internship that you felt was a huge waste of time, please take a moment to share your story and also let us know what you learned from the experience.
The important thing to remember is that it is much easier to learn these lessons as an intern rather than be accepted into a full-time job and then find out that it’s a job you really don’t like and not at all what you expected.