do you find yourself using #internprobs from time to time? well I'm
Jenna Rein from The Intern Hustle and I am here to change that in this video I'm
showing you how to avoid or solve your internship problems because adulting
is hard but you may be making it harder than it actually needs to be hey
there i'm Jenna Rein from theinternhustle.com and this is Initiative
Muscle Monday helping you to start each week with an intentional step toward a
successful future let's do this i recently stumbled upon an old BuzzFeed
post titled problems everyone who's been an intern will understand or something
to that effect and as I was scrolling through it I realized a lot of these
so-called problems are just interns playing the
victim card no one likes to work with people who are coming from a victim
mentality so let's harden the eff up and change that you with me? I randomly
picked five of the internship problems mentioned in this BuzzFeed post and I'm
going to equip you with the info that you need to solve them no particular
order here just some of the bigger points that I want to get across to you
intern problem number one you're reminded of your lower status when
people at the office refer to you as "the intern" my solution engage in a regular
conversation with people in the office share your story and give them a
different something to remember you by for example I went to Ohio State and it
was no secret at my internships that I was a huge Buckeye fan and why did I
share this? because sports and sports rivalries they bring people together and
from there on out I was affectionately referred to as "Buckeye" instead of "the intern"
and when I walked down the halls people would strike up conversation with
me I sure didn't feel like I was in a position of lower status whenever that
happened intern problem number two being so bored that the mundane things start
to feel exciting my solution use this spare downtime to work on your own
professional development grow by learning a new skill or listening to a
podcast or brainstorming an innovative or new idea for your company or
department that helps them work more efficiently someday you're gonna wish
that you had one less project a hundred less emails and the time
to do something for you so focus on that growth mindset and embrace the time that
you have now intern problem number three being broke on the regular because
you're getting paid minimum wage my solution work a part-time job around
your internship schedule or do some freelance work in your spare time from
the comfort of your couch I created a video on how you can balance school a
part-time job and an internship and how it's all possible if you want something
bad enough you're gonna figure out how to hustle and make it work and I'm gonna
link that video for you in the description below so that you can check
it out next but all of my internships were unpaid I kept a part-time job and I
worked the hours that no one else wanted to because it worked around my
internship schedule just remember internships are only temporary so hustle
for eight to ten weeks and come out on top intern problem number four being an
unpaid intern working forty hours a week my solution capitalize on all of the
non-monetary value that you're getting out of this internship experience you
can't put a price on experience or some of the people that you're gonna have the
opportunity to build relationships with during an internship and many people
would kill to have the internship experience that you're complaining about
so suck it up and back to my last point find a way to make it work with a
part-time job or some freelance work to help pay your bills but most importantly
absorb as much as you can from the experience outside of the money make the
strategic connections observe the important meetings and develop the
in-demand skills that are gonna help you for your future intern problem number
five you're expected to work extra long hours or random days like everyone else
in the office my solution use this as an opportunity to demonstrate your value to
the company show up with the right attitude and do the job well chances are
most others aren't going to approach these extra long hours with a very
cheery attitude so if you do and as an intern especially you're going to stand
out in the best way possible also projects that you're assigned on random
days aren't always a bad thing sometimes the best and coolest opportunities come
from those projects that you're asked to participate in on weekends or into your
evening hours I got to work on activities for the NBA Draft on my
weekends I will happily step up to the plate any day for something like that
and let's just throw one more for good measure a bonus if you
will intern problem number six you stand in line for coffee thinking WTF am i
doing getting coffee for my boss my solution do this task well and turn it
into opportunities I recently released a whole video on the
intern coffee run topic and I'm going to link to that in the description below this video so that
you can check it out and get some ideas for how you can make the coffee run work
for you time to drop #internprobs and become #interninspo
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resume ready to go when you're applying for your next internship opportunity in
support of your hustle I'll see you next Monday