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Show ____ The SaltLake Tribune BUSINESS Sunday, May30, 1999 SMALL BUSINESS E5 InternsGeta Preview ofthe Working World @ Tips on Finding an Internship To identify the best internship for you, first figure out what Hands-on experiencecan direct studentsto a career; it looks good on a resume ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER Manyofthe students who find and a grade-point average above 2.5, a requirement for the intern those who have gained experience RHONDA ABRAMS A Summertime Strategy for Work at Home In the next few weeks, millions of children will be let out of school for the summer. At the same time, millions of employees will take much-needed vacations. A good proportion of these kids and those employees who are my relatives are going to end up in my homeor your home, or so it seems. Summeris not only the time for trips to Disneyland, it’s also the time for the annualinvasion of home-based businesses, leading millions of home-based to pull their (rapidly thinning) hair out. It can be trial for those who run businesses from their homes: Child care demands go while your brother-in-law Sheldon (who is too cheap to spend money on a hotel) and your dearly beloved Aunt Anita (who you haven't seen in nine years) decide to comevisit. To top it off, you don’t really feel like working all that much, either, but you'vestill got to pay throughinternships. Students savvy enough to ex- said Ruggiero, who was unsure at plore a few internships get more ed. “That guided me towardthis learning with career-related ex- perience. “We facilitated their develop- She learned of the internship through an orientation seminar that she attended three months before she transferred to UCLA from Orange CoastCollege. Ruggiero reflects 80 percent of more, I should have taken more the primary caretaker. I also had to feed them, changediapers and put them to sleep.” According to Mary Ann McCarthy, internship academycoordinator at Orange Coast College. the hands-on experience allows students to thoroughly explore potential careers. “The important thingis the real-life experience of workingin the field you're studying about,” McCarthysaid. advantageof talking to the director and getting that aspect on Handling everyday duties also she will have completed at least oneinternship by graduation — a figure reported by VaultReports-comin its annualinternship sur- allowed Ruggiero’s superiors to see her in action. That kind of connection gives her, and other interns, an edge over other firsttime job seekers. Ruggiero found her internship through UCLA's orientation program, but there are other routes to internships. Film major Jacqueline Lofstromwasjust looking to get her vey. Soon after submitting the pa- perwork, Ruggiero interviewed, and landed the internship — one of 25 applicants chosen from 80. She earned the post with a well- written letter of recommendation constantly preparing. I might be getting another internship this summerwith the Jay Beach,” office during the next few months. Here are sometips to help: | W Structure your day and week: Having a workroutineis always important for a home-based businessperson, butit’s particularly critical during vacation time. A set routine makes you and your guests more aware that you're really working. Enroll your kids in camp, day care, or a program at the “Y” Don't expect to get work done with children coming in and out, and don’t imagine that you can hand them off to a neighbor. 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Microsoft Open License is a Volume Pricing Program designed to reduce the costs Through WEEKLY PLANNER WEDNESDAY (and children) about when you'll be with them and thelimits on youravailability. It's best to let The Microsoft Open License Is the by providing simple and flexible volume based pricing over a two year period. It's summeris also a good time to spend more time with your kids, soset aside times to be with Webpages with loads of information about themselves. to license Microsoft Office 97 Source: Salt Lake Convention & Visitors Bureau be in your back yard. Develop a structured routine for your chil- lists hundredsofinternship sites, and many organizations have easiest way for companies with 5 to 1000 PCs Runs Tuesday Salt Lake Marriott/ 2,000 Wyndham Hotel Snowbird Resort 60 Wednesday Little America Hotel 60 Thursday Little America 150 Nature's Sunshine Products to exploreentries with internship as the key word. The Internet Loftstrom said. “I got some advice from someone to get as much experienceas I can get, and that’s what I am trying to do.” | Planned Attendance Directory ofAdvertising Agencies, or the International Direc: tory of Marketing Research Companies. @ Use anInternetsearch engine, such as Alta Vista or Yahoo, Leno show because of the connections I made working on ‘Sunset Summeris a challenge, but Where brary. Most career libraries have extensivelistings of local organizations that are looking for interns Build yourown list of local, regional, national or international organizations that might have an internship for you. Use the Chamber of Commercedirectoryfromyour target city, the local yellow pages, national directories such as the Standard Although Loftstrom has a few years until she graduates, she is with a little planning andorganizOrganization connected with your field of study Locate your school's career-services office and career li things.” Loftstrom said. the bills. ing, you can lessen the difficulties presented by all those extra people dropping by your (home) or or department head tofind out about internship options ‘I just wish I could have done ment andturn the [journals] in to this year’s college seniors in that Use your campus telephone directoryto identify intern- ternship as she wasinfindingit write in journals on their develop- Ruggiero interned as a secondary caregiver for the Infant Development Program at UCLA. summer: ship offices on campus. @ Make anappointment with your adviser, guidance counsel- being as aggressive during the in- ment, and every week I had to June. @ Polish communication skills needed in the workplace. A little research and patience can unveil numerous intern- industry. Her chief regret is not and I played with them,” she said. fornia, Los Angeles. A senior from Costa Mesa, Calif., Ruggiero parlayed her internship into an informal job offer that she hopes to accept after graduation in @ Performa positive service for the community ship possibilities. It mightbe too late for this summer, but here are some ways to explore your optionsfor the fall and next Loftstrom believesthat just being in the environment of a major television network helped connect her moresolidly to the film “T interacted with the children : Psychology major Cristina Rug- @ Investigate organizational culture. @ Learn career-related skills, abilities directly related to job responsibilities. rectly].” She took on as many hands-on duties as possiblr, a strategy that many experts say is the best way to participate in an internship. giero discovered this truth while attending the University of Cali- @ Learn more about a chosenindustryor field | Become more knowledgeable about work functions. strom said. “A lot of people just don't think to call [a company di- internship.” whofail to connect their academic For example just to jump rightinto it,” Lof- first what kind of work she want- than a diploma upon graduation. Theyalsoget moreinterviews and field more job offers than those about what you hopeto learn and how youwish to be enriched foot in the door when she made a phone call to NBC studiosin Burbank, Calif., and landed a threemonth position as an intern for the soap opera “Sunset Beach.” “The best way to get started is ship. "Go to all the orientations and as many seminars as you can, success in today’s job market are you wantto gain from the internship experience. Bespecific ay be the trademarks of the Where do you want to go today?* f stupping & handing, anxt Dies tax w Way, Salt Lake International Center, Salt Lake City; Cost is $49.95. Call 621-1575. break. So give yourself permis- sion and enjoy the summer! Rhonda Abrams writes on Swing CD small business for USA Today. Readers can e-mailher at rhonda@rhondaonline.com or write to 555 Bryant St., (NU)180, Palo Alto, CA 94301 eR Cle CNmaToe STATE OF UTAH ADVERTISEM. MITED TIME ore Hap 5.50% 420 DAY CD A AMERICAN MM INVESTMENT BANK. N.A. 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