Succeeding in Your Virtual Summer Internship

In the best of times, the summer internship is a 10-week interview in which you get a front-row seat into the culture and norms of a new organization, and they get to meet you, see your work product and evaluate whether or not you’re a good fit for their culture.

In 2020—summer internships are turned on their heads, and you’re now joining a new organization, making a great impression, contributing to the team, learning, excelling and building relationships—all from home, behind a screen. How can you make the most of this opportunity— in uncertain times with unprecedented challenges?  

This program will empower you to successfully navigate the your virtual internship. Through bite-size, on-demand content, you’ll learn how to make great impressions, how to show up online as your best self, how to set, meet (and exceed) expectations, and how to communicate with impact in everyday situations—positioning yourself for a successful summer experience.

Video Topics:

  1. The GIFT of GOTJ / how to make people love you 

  2. Working virtually: best practices for managing your time and energy  

  3. Executive Presence behind a screen  

  4. Build your brand (online) 

  5. Setting expectations—then meeting and exceeding them  

  6. How to share information effectively  

  7. How to ask for help and sound smart 

  8. How to answer a question you don’t know the answer to  

  9. How (& why) to ask for feedback 

  10. How to get good work