#internship

I ended up reflecting on this question more than I expected and saw how far I’ve come with the work I do, so I turned this question into a full post/article! Thank you to the person who sent this a long time ago, and I’m sorry for responding so so late!

Quick background: my first work experience happened way before COVID, but I also started a new job two weeks before our country went into lockdown. I’ll be anchoring my responses from these experiences. Please note that things may be different for anyone!

On a work desk tour
You can check out snippets of my desk setup on my Instagram Stories Highlights (filed under - work: upd, work: abs-cbn, and desk mini-tour)! My high school/uni study space is my dedicated work space now that I’m working from home (since March).

I’d love to do an official mini-tour as well because the way I currently use this space is way different from my school days, and it’d be nice to reflect on that! I’ll post more pics - or maybe make a vlog soon??

On first day jitters
Small disclaimer: some of these tips might depend on your employer’s hiring and onboarding process, and you know *gestures vaguely* COVID, but these are things that helped me a lot in my first job as well as my interns before their first day!

First things first, breathe! Although it’s normal to be nervous about starting a new job and stepping into a new environment, you can mitigate some of the anxiety by preparing days (and even weeks) before.

• Coordinate with your recruiter or HR. Aside from pre-employment preparations, ask them if they can give you a tour of the area and show you where the following places are: where to clock in and out, your work area, your immediate superior’s office, your teammates’ area, HR department, cafeteria, and the nearest lavatory from your office. These places are crucial to your survival on your first day. You can always familiarize yourself with the other surroundings as the days pass anyway.
• Refresh your memory about the company/organization. Sure you might have done your research for the job interview, but that doesn’t mean you no longer need that info. Browse their website and revisit their mission statement, org chart (if available), and other important details.
• Plan your outfit! The dress code is usually explicitly stated in the employee handbook/orientation (or you can ask HR about it). You can even get some outfit ideas from the people you come across in the building. It’ll help you adapt to the company culture and blend in.
• Make sure you pack a notebook and pens. And water! Check with your recruiter/HR if you need to bring other documents or supplies too.
• Optional: do a dry run of your commute to work. I usually do this early on (sometimes in the job interview and/or job offer stages) to make time adjustments.
• If it’s your first day and you’re already working remotely, try to have a plain background when attending video calls! This puts the focus of others on you and what you say rather than what’s around you in the room.

Lastly, try to relax the way you normally do. It’s easier than done, but remember that you were chosen out of the many candidates for a reason. You got this!

On making friends
Normally, someone else will make the first move to welcome you to the team. In any case, set a goal to talk to at least one person that day. This person can be your new teammate or someone who’s next to you/near your work area (okay now that I think about it, my first friends at work are always the receptionists and security guards rather than my teammates). You can make small talk (what do they do, how long have they been in the company, etc.) and even ask if you can get lunch together. Do keep in mind though that they may not be available to talk often or for a long time because of their own tasks.

People will naturally gravitate towards you the first few days. Take advantage of it and do be kind and respectful.

On showing up even if you’re tired
The first 3-5 months will be challenging because this is a period of adjustment for you. You’re navigating social circles and figuring out norms all while getting acquainted with your work. It’s a lot! But this also a good time to reconnect and remember your personal whats and whys - what is it about this company that made me want to work here? what is my favorite part of my job so far? what do i wish to achieve with this job? This may help you build purpose and motivation as you go to work everyday. Also, if things get overwhelming, it’s alright to take a step back and breathe. You have the skills to do the job, but it doesn’t mean that you need to have it all figured out at once.

In the long run, set clear boundaries, use your leaves or PTO, and use up that one hour ✨ unpaid ✨ lunch break. This is for your mental health and peace of mind. You are giving 7 or 8 hours (or more) of every day to your job but this is not all there is to it. A lot of people are very passionate about what they do and strongly identify with their job, and that’s okay too! Just remember to cultivate your inner life - make time for your hobbies and things that are important to you, hang out with your friends (ideally not your work friends + do this responsibly please), and take care of yourself.

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Felt like the previous paragraph was a pep talk to myself so yeah! We’re all just figuring things out one day at a time. You’ll be okay. I hope anyone who comes across this still finds this post helpful especially since COVID has drastically changed the way work works! For new or follow-up questions, don’t hesitate to reach out via DM or my ask box!

1.Internship at Microsoft

2.Internship at Google

3.Internship at Reddit

4.Internship at Apple

5.Internship at Comcast

6.Internship at EA

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SUMMER INTERNSHIP
The Asian Pacific Islander American Public Affairs Association (APAPA) is a national non-profit, non-partisan and grassroots organization founded in 2001. APAPA was established with the primary mission of empowering Asian and Pacific Islander (API) Americans in civic and public affairs through education, active participation, and leadership development. APAPA developed voter registration events, internships, scholarships, voter education forums, leadership, and networking programs designed specifically for the education, betterment, and advancement of the API community.
The APAPA-Southern California Region (APAPA-SCR) was established eight years ago to serve the SoCal community. The SCR currently has five chapters (Los Angeles, San Diego, San Gabriel, Youth, and Orange County). APAPA-SCR along with the Los Angeles Chapter, San Gabriel Chapter, and Orange County Chapter are awarding a number of leadership and summer internship positions for current Asian and Pacific Islander college and graduate school students.
The purpose of the internship is to help students better understand California state and local government and to develop future leaders in the API community. Each intern must spend a minimum of 50 hours in the assigned office between July 6 – August 14, 2015, working for a local/state legislator, congress member, or constitutional officer in Southern California. Upon completion of the internship, each intern will be awarded a $500 scholarship. There is also a week-long, all-expense-paid study-tour to Northern California to work and play together national and international student leaders from many other partner organizations.
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I was in a therapy session with an 8 year old client the other today who asked me what I was doing for the rest of my day and I said I had to stay at work until 5pm. She proceeded to tell me that if she had to work until 5pm she would scream. And like yeah, I get that on a visceral level.

May 17th 2022

First night in E.R. ✅

Hello everyone,

Here I am again with a new post on my study methods. During this last study session, I had to face semeiotics. It was one of my favourite subjects so far, but I had to change a few things in my study method since the exam involved a written part followed by a practical examination.

I know that the structure of the course of semeiotics is different among universities, so I’ll briefly explain what it consists of in my med school.

There were 14 lectures, each of them dealing with a specific topic, explained by a different professor (for i.g., there was a lesson for the semeiotics of the heart, one for neurological semeiotics, etc.)

Also, there was a period of internship in the hospital. There we could learn how to do a physical examination on the patient.

Last, there was a lesson in a simulation lab in which the professor could control a dummy to allow us to exercise in recognising heart and pulmonary sounds.

Theexam consisted of a written test on all the topics. Students who had passed the test could access the second part of the exam. It was a practical questioning in the simulation lab, during which the professor could ask further questions.

I decided to organise so that I had studied everything before the internship. Indeed, I wanted to make the most of my first experience in the hospital and knowing the basis was a fundamental prerequisite.

The material to learn was not that much, so I spread it a lot during the days. I had other subjects to study, which were much more demanding, so I decided to do semiotics in the evening. I managed to read all the material a couple of times, and I recalled everything before my access at the hospital.

I was at internal medicine, which is fabulous as a first experience. Indeed, it allowed me to do many physical examinations. All patients were distinct, and I had to check different organs and functions. Residents in my hospital ward were willing to answer all my questions and explain manoeuvres.

At the end of the day, I wrote in a copybook what I had learnt. It became a journal of my internship, and it was helpful afterwards. Explanations of residents sometimes were better than the professor. Furthermore, remembering what I did on a patient made remembering semeiotics easier.

During the week of the internship, I compared myself with a friend who was in nephrology. We recalled all the topics, sharing what we had learnt in the hospital.

After that, I recalled all the material again, with more awareness. This time I also focused on the practical aspects. I used many different links to auscultate hearts and pulmonary. There is a suitable app from Littmann, but videos on YouTube are good too.

Behind all these months of studying, I did not do anything the day before the exam. This exam was particularly a satisfaction since many of my classmates undervalued it. I am proud of how I faced a test different from all the others I did so far!

What do you think? How did you cope with your first internship? Let me know your thoughts and good luck to all of you with your studies.

January 11th 2022

I finally started my internship ‍⚕️ I’m assigned to internal medicine and I think that’s a great hospital ward to start, even though I don’t think it’s what I want to do in the future. My supervisor is cute and I’m learning a lot during these days

I got an internship at a funeral home!!

Day 204 of 366

2 weeks down for my Obstetrics-Gynecology rotation! Being on 24-hour duties every three days has been really tiring. Nevertheless, I’m blessed to be in one of the best OB-Gyne training institutions in the country! So so thankful for residents and consultants who go beyond their ways to teach us medical interns. I’ve practiced my PE and internal examination skills multiple times in the ER, labor room, and delivery room. In just a span of 2 weeks, I was able to deliver babies and do episiorraphies while being supervised by my resident. I can really say that there’s never a boring duty shift when you’re in OB! My day is always action-packed and full of pregnant mothers celebrating the beginning of life with their newborns.

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02.03.20 / A classical internship day

by Laura Juliano, NYU Graduate Student, Public History and Archives

The Textile Workers Union of America Scrapbooks WAG 249, is a collection in the Tamiment Library at NYU Special Collections. The Textile Workers Union of America (TWUA) was an industrial union of textile workers established through the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1939 and which merged with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America to become the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union (ACTWU) in 1976. 

Work in the Lab:

During my time in the NYU’s Barbara Goldsmith Preservation & Conservation Department, Book and Paper Conservation Lab, I was part of a project to complete the second step of the TWUA’s iterative process: creating access by opening up the scrapbooks from their bindings and rehousing the material.

Western Union Telegram, 1917; Textile Workers Union of America Scrapbooks, Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, WAG 249 NYU Special Collections. 

If a binding is too tight, the text is obscured. To fix this, we removed the bindings, the conservators removed the cloth covers and removed the text block from the board, and then each page was separated from the binding paste by peeling them apart one at a time.

 Original bindings of the Scrapbooks; Textile Workers Union of America Scrapbooks, Tamiment Library & Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, WAG 249 NYU Special Collections. 

Once the pages were separated, they were re-foldered and re-housed in archival quality boxes and folders and sent up to ACM for processing. The collection is now more accessible for researchers and is ready for its next step in processing.

After the Pandemic:

My time in the lab was cut short due to NYC’s quarantine and the global pandemic that has swept through our city. My hands-on learning was replaced with zoom interviews with conservators and archivists from around the country, discussing iterative processing and how to balance access with preservation at larger institutions. This is access I would never have had if my internship had stayed in the lab.

While the personal interviews and access to top industry professionals has been informative and useful, I am worried about the opportunities I am missing out by being unable to work in the lab, what hands-on experience I could have had if I could still be learning directly from some of the best conservators in the country.

While we wait to see how the pandemic plays out, I am finishing my semester remotely while the Special Collections library handles access and user interface remotely. In this age of remote learning and remote access, what are we missing out on and what are we gaining? 

Been working since the 28th and I finally got to meet Anna Wintour for the first time today. All I can say is that it was as intimidating as I have always imagined it to be. No words.

Sorry for the lack of posts friends. I finally started at Vogue on the 28th (Tuesday) and literally just NOW, 3 days later, I’m getting some time to breathe. As expected the interns are given loads of work, stock piles. I will read all of your confessions and post some later in the day!

Enjoy your weekends everyone.

Summit Public Schools is a high performing charter school organization with seven schools in the Bay Area, including two high schools in Redwood City, Everest and Summit Prep, and two in San Jose, Tahoma and Rainier.  Internships are a part of their unique Expeditions program and take place during the school year and school day. They provide an invaluable opportunity for students to get some adult work world experience, explore a possible career, develop confidence and strengthen their communication skills.

During internships students are required to submit journal entries weekly to their advisors. This week I would like to share Danielle’s journal entry.

Journal Question #2: Talk about something new that you have learned at your internship. Describe what you learned, how you learned it, and what it helped you understand or do at your internship.  Will you be able to use this new knowledge or skill in the future?

Danielle: While interning at the Marine Science Institute, I have learned a lot about what being a marine scientist might be like, and what goes on behind the scenes of the programs. When I did a trip out on the boat as a data collector, I learned how marine scientists figure out how many of a species are in a given area. When the kids in the class brought in a trawl, I counted and measured the fish, then recorded it in a data base. I also learned more about the life in the bay as I shadowed the classes that happen on shore. I shared the kids enthusiasm toward the marine life and was happy to help the kids learn to identify the different types of fish and invertebrates that they brought up. I am learning to identify the fish too, so I love to practice. I also learn about setup and cleanup, which is how to take out and put away the fish, and clean the buckets we put them in.

I also learned what the office work looks like. The first intern session I had I spent a lot of my time in the office cutting pamphlets and newsletters, and getting gifts ready to send to volunteers. That taught me more about how a nonprofit is run, and how much they are thankful for their volunteers. I also go the chance to see how the data that is collected in the bay is sorted and cleaned of unusable data.

I find that knowing these skills can be very useful. Right now I am working on a project for my school program that is allowing me to be at MSI as an intern. For the project, I am analyzing data from four years leading up to the El Nino, and comparing it to the last one. I realized that this can be important because the El Nino affects more than the weather.Learning the trends helps us understand more about these phenomenons.

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