Turn Your Internship Into A Full-Time Job

What is an Internship?

An internship is a major-related work experience that usually lasts one semester, may be paid or unpaid, full-time or part-time

A summer job, volunteer, or community service position that is related to your major could also be considered an internship.

The key in any internship is gaining experience that is related to your major.

Internship Benefits

1. Career Exploration
2. Building your Resume
3. Knowledge of Field and Industry Skills
4. Networking with Professionals
5. Increase chances of Permanent Employment

Internship Goals

1. Define your current situation:
1. Education (Fresher)
2. Current Grade    
3. Location
2. What field/industry interests you?
3. What skills do you want to acquire?  **List Skills**
4. Understand your limitations & Obstacles

Internship Search Strategies

Conduct research of field/industry, organizations, and internship posting resources
Two Approaches:

1. Search Job Postings
1. http://www.twenty19.com/
2. http://www.letsintern.com/
2. Proactively Contacting Employers

Internship Application Strategies

• Prepare all materials before applying
• - Resume, Professional References, Transcripts, etc
• Following Instructions completely & thoroughly
• Attend the interview

A Fulfilling Internship

1. Meet often with your supervisor to set goals, explore career paths, and create connections
2. Complete duties with professionalism & enthusiasm
       -This is in both preparation for your long term career as well as creating a lasting and positive impression
3. Take every opportunity (training, meetings, working with other departments, etc)
4. Absorb as much as possible from this experience
5. Obtain and note tangible results and accomplishments
6. NETWORK!

After the Internship

1. Create a lasting impression  - Thank individually all of the professional colleagues and supervisors summarizing your experience with them and obtaining their contact information
2. Document Experiences - Keep your contacts on file (LinkedIn) and record your experiences, accomplishments, and knowledge gained from the internship
3. Follow up - Periodically, contact your supervisors and colleagues for updates on the company, programs, and where you are in your career. 

Recommended Learning

1. Focus on basic coding instructions. Brush up your Computer Science Fundamentals
2. Learn to code in (at least) one object-oriented programming language (C++, Java®,Python®,C#)
3. Learn other programming languages - JavaScript, CSS & HTML,Ruby,PHP,C,Perl,Shell®script,Lisp,Scheme
4. Test your code
5. Develop logical reasoning and knowledge of discrete math
6. Develop a strong understanding of algorithms and data structures 
7. Develop a strong knowledge of operating systems
8. Learn artificial intelligence and machine learning
9. Learn Mobile development
10. Learn web development
11. Learn cryptography
12. Work on projects outside of the classroom
13. Work on a small piece of a large system (codebase), read and understand existing code, track down documentation, and debug
14. Work on projects with other programmers
15. Practice your algorithmic knowledge and coding skills

You can also refer to the following programs to brush your fundamental computer programming skills.

Google Technical Developer Guide

GitHub Education