
Your End-of-Internship Checklist for Career and Professional Growth
Congratulations on completing your internship! Whether this is your first or your fourth internship, here are some tips to help you smoothly wrap up your internship.

Congratulations on completing your internship! Whether this is your first or your fourth internship, here are some tips to help you smoothly wrap up your internship.
We are meeting you where you are in your career journey. The career readiness tiers mean our Making Waves coaches can support you in reaching your post-graduation career goals – providing the right support at the right time.

During your internship or job search, you may be asked to provide a potential employer with a list of references. “Reference checks” usually happen at the end of an interview process, to which employers typically refer to the references you provided to carry out a “professional background check”. It’s a way for employers to fact-check information gathered from your resume and interview answers, and gain additional context about your work performance, skills, and fit for the role.

Every summer is a chance to grow outside of school. It doesn’t have to be a huge time commitment – a few hours a week is better than no time dedicated at all. Here are three ideas to make the most of your summer through networking, internships, and career exploration.

Let’s be real: career fairs can be intimidating. This Q&A between Wave-Maker Giovanna Barragan and Career Development Manager Kaitlyn Endo answers common questions on how to prep for and make the most of your campus’ career fair this spring.

You’re ready to get an internship and we’re here to support you! Here are upcoming internship search and application working sessions and 1:1 career coaching meetings.

Whether you’re beginning your internship or job search, looking to ace your interviews, making the most of networking opportunities, or thinking of your career journey longer term, we’ve got you covered!
What is career coaching and how can you make the most of FREE career support while you’re in college? Whether exploring your options, reviewing your resume, or connecting you with internships – your campus’ career center and our Making Waves team provide lots of support, unique to you.

We are meeting you where you are in your career journey. The career readiness index is a framework that means our Making Waves team of college coaches and career specialists can equitably support you in reaching your post-graduation career goals – providing the right support at the right time.

The STAR method is a useful framework to provide a straightforward, impactful answers in your job and internship interviews.

What to expect and how to prepare for phone screens, individual interview (or 1:1), panel interviews, group interviews, video or recorded interviews, teleconference interviews, and technical interviews.

Internships are everything. They lead to better jobs and higher salaries. But, Hispanic students from 2- and 4-year colleges and Black students from 2-year programs are most likely to miss out primarily because of not applying – so our team is here to help you find, apply for, and obtain an internship!
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