By Courtney Kilborn
As spring semester draws near, many SMU students are aimed at finding the perfect spring internship. Whether it is for course credit or to build your résumé, internships are a great way to gain experience and insight into possible career fields.
Living in Dallas opens up all SMU students to a plethora of opportunities for internships, but with all these opportunities can come some struggle. Below are just a few of the stages faced when entering a new internship told by everybody’s favorite business professionals.
Driving to your first day ready to take on the new job.
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Once you’re there, your new boss starts to introduce you to all the other employees, and you quickly realize memorizing all these names might be the most difficult part.
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Jim, no Joe, or wait was it John?
Then you get given your first assignment, and you feel very professional.
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I can do anything.
And after you finish it in record time, you can’t wait to impress your boss.
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When your boss enters into a three-hour meeting and leaves you with nothing to do.
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How many times can I refresh Instagram?
But then your boss lets you go early.
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#blessed
Except then you remember you have the whole semester in front of you…
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