Your first internship is a crucial stepping-stone in your professional life. For many students, it is the very introduction into their professional life. Internships are truly invaluable experiences that directly show you the difference between a teenage part-time job and a “real” job, so to speak. Many of the elements that make these types of jobs distinct from each other are obvious, but there are also many elements that you can only understand by literally going through it. Landing an internship in the first place is no easy feat, so be sure to pat yourself on the back for accomplishing that step. Also, ...Read More About How to Prepare for Your First Internship

Students who participated in after-school activities for two or more years during high school were almost twice as likely to complete college than those who did not. This finding comes from professors at Columbia University, who also found correlations between participation in extracurriculars and increased high school GPAs. The key is not simply joining a club, but being involved for an extended period of time. The determining factor is persistence, or "grit". If you can develop persistence and passion for an activity, that mindset is likely to carry over to your academic pursuits. In contrast to the extrinsic motiv ...Read More About Why Extracurriculars Boost College Success

Federal and state regulators are becoming increasingly concerned with employers exploiting college students through unpaid internships, as a means for free labor, according to a New York Times article. There has been a sharp increase in unpaid internships because of the recent economic recession. Many employers have been forced to make cuts. They have been picking up the slack and cutting costs by hiring unpaid interns. Also, there is a strong desire for many college students to pursue unpaid internships to enh ...Read More About Regulating Unpaid Internships