How To Survive Your First 'Proper' Internship.

Inspired by the amazing Economics & Management boiz that I lived with this year, I decided to apply for my first ever 'proper internship' in April and to my joy, I got one of the eight intern spaces! This meant that I was able to spend a month as an intern at the world's largest advertising company (!!) and it was absolutely incredible and one of the best experiences of my life to date. Before it began, I was super nervous, as I'd never done anything like it before. So, for people out there who feel as nervous as I did for their first internships, here's a Kenny guide on how to survive your first ever internship.

1) Alarms. Alarms GALORE, to ensure that you're never late.

2) Make sure that your phone/ iPod is fully charged so that you have something to entertain yourself with during long commutes.

3) If you can, try to get to the office before your boss. It's keen, but you'll definitely get recognition for it.

4) Drink tea. Lots and lots of tea (or coffee if that's more your kind of thing).

5) Make the most of the free breakfasts and snacks around the office, if you get them.

6) Don't be afraid to strike up conversations with people. Making connections is important and if you're genuine and friendly, people will remember you.

7) Ask questions if you get stuck (it really doesn't make you look stupid) and try to learn and soak up as much information as possible.

8) If you forget things easily like I do, make sure that you have a little notebook with you at all times, so that you can make key notes of things when you get set tasks to do.

9) Make friends with the other interns. Having an unfriendly, competitive attitude with them will not go down well with the staff who are observing you.

10) BE ON TIME TO MEETINGS! 

11) Do NOT leave the office until you're absolutely sure that there is no more work for you to do that day. Leaving the office at 5.30pm on the dot will not impress.

12) Get on the good side of the HR people because if you ever want to get more experience at the company that you're interning at, they're the ones that can make it happen.

13) If you don't have a LinkedIn, make one. LinkedIn is very useful, if you want to stay in contact with all the people that you'll meet.

14) Most importantly, HAVE FUN!




PS- I found out the other day that two friends of mine found this blog and I'm impressed, albeit slightly scared at the same time. If you're reading this, heyyyyy Phoebe frog and OP x