Part 2 - Final steps in Applying for an Internship.

We took a little break last week so I could clarify something about the internship application process.  As it turned out there was a glitch with my paperwork! I wouldn't have realize that if I hadn't been writing this blog for all of you! So I'll clarify the mix up which I doubt you would run into since it was a bit of a freak accident.  (No worries it has been cleared up!)

Step 3 - Your Return Email from the Photography Internship Adviser

Shortly you will receive and email back for your Photography Adviser letting you know if it sounds like your internship will be approved.  The internship guidelines and next steps are reviewed as a reminder.

Here are the next steps and the guidelines!

1.  Find out when you can start.

The Silverhawks run at Football Camp 2015

You have to find out from your your Adviser or Financial Aid Adviser  when the start date of your 11 week billing cycle that falls the closest to your project start day of the internship.

This to me is the most important part! 

 My 11 week cycle date starts on May 14th and it ends on July 29th.  The Semi Pro-game season starts on June 6th and goes until August 2nd unless we make playoffs.  If I hadn't worked with my adviser to figure out my start date correctly and I thought I could start on June 6th I could have missed my chance to take this internship. As the next 11 week cycle date inn't until July 30th and I would have missed almost the entire season.

The question you might ask is what am I going to do during the first few weeks of my internship.  As you know I actually started shooting weeks ago.  I have several different things I will be shooting. I don't want to give out all the details in advance but we are working at making photography something special for our team this year since I'm doing my internship.  Would it have been a problem if I couldn't shoot or didn't have something worked out?

Not exactly.  It all depends on how you and your employer work it out.  The class lasts for 11 weeks. During hat time you have to put in 110 hours or on averaged of 10 hours a week.  If for some reason I couldn't shoot on one of those weeks and your employer didn't have work for you yet that is something that can be worked out as long as you put in your hours later in your internship.  If you are worried about that you can discuss it with the Photography Internship Adviser.


2.  Let your adviser know you are approved so that she can take the next steps required for your internship class.

The Photography Internship Adviser will ask you to let your adviser know you are approved he or she can take the next steps required for your internship.  About 4-5 weeks before the internship is supposed to begin you will be doing paperwork with the Internship Adviser.

Step 4 - Reviewing your approval with your adviser.

Once you speak with your adviser your adviser will either offer to keep track of when the next steps needs to be  done or ask you to keep track.  In my case my adviser offered to keep track of when we needed to take the next step.

In my case I had an adviser change so I actually brought up my internship to my new adviser. She confirmed everything was handled and scheduled me into the internship class.  At this point I thought everything was handled and only realized while writing this blog to you there was an error.   I had never filled out any paperwork with the Photography Internship Adviser.  Which leads me to Step 5.

                                              Step 5- Filling out your paperwork

This was just a slight clerical error but I want to give you guys the steps so it won't happen to you.   4 or 5 weeks out contact the Photography Internship Adviser if you haven't been contacted.  The adviser will send you paperwork to fill out about your internship and a list of rules to make sure you are successful in your internship.

                                                  Here are the some sample questions

• Brief overview of the company you will be interning for.
• Overview of the job you will be doing.
• Overview how this job relates to my major.

The other questions were about your schedule of work.  Any pay that you would be receiving, and your proposed end and start dates.

The paperwork is filled out with contact information for your employer.  You sign your contract stating you understand the terms of your internship.

                                       Step 6- Paperwork is sent to your Employer

Your employer will be sent an email with paperwork for them to fill out.  I was copied on this email.  It also stated that later on time sheets and other paperwork would be sent over as well.

Step 7- Your adviser schedules your Internship Class

We finally made it to the end of the line! When your adviser is told all the paperwork is in or possibly when the proposal is sent to you in Step 5 your adviser will get you scheduled in your internship class.

As I go through all the issues that arise during my internship I will be sharing them with you.  If you think of any questions that you have along the way be sure to ask! It can be about anything related to the internship, shooting sports, or any related topic that strikes you! I would love to see us get into some great discussions!

           Getting ready for Game time.  I'm ready for the 2015 season let's hope the team is too!

I look forward to sharing this journey with you!

Jessi

Here we go! The steps to take to apply for an Internship! Part 1.

Welcome all it is finally Friday so we continue our series on Internship!   Tomorrow is my team's first pre-season game.  I'm hoping we don't get rain and as crazy as it is that we don't get snow! I promise I will start to share some photos of these early days once we get past the internship application process! So let's get back to it.

So you are almost there! This is the exciting part!  You have finally found the perfect internship and you can't wait to get started so how do you get it set up with school.

If you start to ask other students it becomes pretty clear that many of them will never do an internship so they aren't really sure what you do.  Some will start telling you it is a lot of paperwork or that the process takes a long time.

 At this point you are starting to feel like maybe you should just give up! It already took so long to find an internship and then making sure it was the right internship for you.  You may start to loose hope and think about just let the little voices of doubt take over and have a party.  But wait...

Don't give up yet, no matter how bleak the situation looks! Ambassador Friday is here to help!

Here is a secret and you have to promise to not tell a soul!  This is the easy part.  Finding the right internship was the hardest part of process. Really! I promise you that I am not lying. I'll give you all the steps involved so you are prepared for the process of getting that great internship approved.


Step 1 - Contact your Academic Adviser

You can actually contact your adviser before you find an internship! You let them know you have potential interest in getting an internship and they will send you the internship packet before you even start looking for an internship. This is a smart way to handle the situation. Why?  Because not every internship would qualify as an acceptable internship.  I did not personally do it this way because I attended on of our amazing webinars that had taught me what would be an acceptable internship.

Since you have already found what you believe to be an acceptable internship, the first thing you want to do is email or call your adviser to let them know about the internship offer.  Your adviser will send you the Photography Internship Packet along with an email of questions that needs to be filled out and sent over to the Photography Internship Coordinator, Effi Karkaidos.


Step 2 - Initial contact Email sent to the Photography Internship Coordinator

After you have read over the PDF Internship Packet you will copy the template email sent over by your adviser and sent it to Effi.  It first asks for your contact information as well as that of your adviser.  The email has some important questions you must answer about your current status with the school as well as the internship.  Here are a few of those important questions.

• Have you completed 75 credits worth of core Photography courses?

          This one is a biggie! You need to make sure with your adviser at some point that you are on 

           track to do this around the time that doing an internship will work for you. There will be more           discussion about time in another section.

• Have you discussed your eligibility to enroll in the Internship course with your Academic Adviser?

          While Effi is glad to answer questions you do need to work with your adviser to make sure 

           you are fully able to do your internship before submitting this email.

• Why are you interested in an Internship?

          This question actually has 7 different reasons why you want to have an internship you choose 

          between 1 - 7 on what is the most important reason to you.  A few of those topics are as  to  

          earn 3 credits towards my degree, to earn a wage, to build my portfolio.  None of this has a

          wrong or a right answer so be honest!

                              There are three important foot notes on this email as well.

                   1. You must find your own internship. It isn't Effi's place to find one for you.

                   2. You can't intern for your own business or that of a spouse or close family member.

                   3. You must gain approval for your internship if you want to receive credit for it!

Not to leave you in suspense but just like I had to wait for my reply email from Effi the rest of the steps to apply for your internship comes next week! (Yes Effi's return email was faster)!

As always I look forward to your questions and comments!!