Tips for Pios applying for internships

1. 78% of 2016 DU graduates completed one or
more internships or research experiences by the
time they finished their undergraduate
education.

2. The Career Services office can be
found on the south end of the
Driscoll Student Center.

3. Students wanting for help on their application can schedule an appointment to meet with an advisor.

4. Quick
informational
handouts are
easy to access
in their office
as well.

5. Career Services bulletin board lets
students know about upcoming
events to help their internship
process.

6. “ You want to make sure
you know what company
you are applying for. […] If
they can see that you have
spent some time
understanding their
business, looking at that job
description and how you fit
with that job description
that time will be well
spent.” – Mary Michael
Hawkins, Director of the
DU Career Center

7. Many signs are posted
around campus to inform
students about upcoming
career events.

8. At the end of the day,
“you gotta want it,”
suggests Alanna
Giraldi, fourth-year
hospitality major.

9. Associate Professor and Interim
Director of Internships for the
Media, Film and Journalism studies
(MFJS) department Derigan Silver
says students should participate in
activities, “that [are] gonna show
your work product.”

10. Students can find the mass communications building, which hosts the MFJS department, at the south end of campus.

11. MFJS students looking for internships can find opportunities in Silvers weekly emails.

12. The NACE Job Outlook 2017 survey found
that 91% of employers who responded, “prefer
that their candidates have work experience,”
and 65% of them prefer that the experience be
relevant to the position they’re applying for.