This past Thursday was the annual internship fair for J/MC majors. I had never been there, but attended this year. I must say, I was not all that impressed.
There was probably about 20 maximum organizations there, which I gave my resume to, but no one was really interested in my portfolio. A few glanced at it, but they asked if my published pieces were online to view. It's great that they still may have been interested, but it seemed that no one was interested enough in spending time to get to know anyone, or really interested in anyone's work; they just spoke to you out of kindness.
I would think if these organizations were really looking for an intern, they would spend more time looking at student's published pieces and get to know the student him/herself. After getting dressed in professional clothes and getting ready to make a good impression, all it got me was a wasted day of talking to people who seemed as if they couldn't care less.
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