Need a little inspiration?
So you’ve landed the internship… now what? Use the tools below to prepare yourself for the experience, or to keep yourself going mid-way through. Keep in mind that while all advice is intended to be helpful, it’s also intended to be situational! Do your best to take what serves you and your position, and leave the rest. If you ever have questions or want to understand some of these aspects more, our team is always here to help!
Before: Getting Ready
“What do I do now?” After landing an internship, it can be daunting to think about your first day. These tools will help set you up for success, both internally and externally.
The nuts and bolts
CAS Summer Internship Scholarships
International Student Information
UVM Connect – alumni and career connections
Setting yourself up for success
Google Digital Learning – an online booklet of many lessons/resources for things such as developing a resume, writing your cover letter, creating a goal-setting schedule, and more!
Tips for making the most of your summer Internship
Setting goals for your internship
During: Resources for Personal & Professional Development
“What am I getting out of this experience?” A great question. Taking the time to consider your organization’s impact on you, as well as your impact on your organization, is key to understanding the value of any internship experience.
Improve your work style
Kolb’s Learning Styles and the Experiential Learning Cycle
Identifying and Working with Various Workstyles
How to have a Growth Mindset (What is a “growth mindset”?)
Using a Growth Mindset to Develop Your Skills
What to do When you’re Bored at Work?
5 Ways to Boost Your Resilience at Work
During: Wellness Tools
Feeling overwhelmed? Taking on an internship can be exciting, stressful, overwhelming and wonderful all at once and it is important to take some time for self care! Follow Living Well on Facebook and Instagram for motivational messages and the latest self-care articles.
Meditation & Stress Management
How to Handle Work from Home Burnout
If You’re Too Busy to Meditate, Read This
How Meditation Benefits the Working Brain
Meditation Tools: UVM Guided Meditation on SoundCloud, Headspace, Calm
6 Relaxation Techniques to Reduce Stress
Maintaining a Positive Attitude
Realistic Optimism: A Key to Burnout Prevention (video)
How to Work While in College (video)
Podcast for your Commute
CEO Melissa Anelli and COO Taekia Blackwell of Mischief Management discuss the mistakes you have to make in order to grow and develop. This motivational, and at times hilarious, podcast is a must-listen for all women making their first forays into the world of work. Themes: women, personal development, POC, leadership.
The Accidental Creative podcast shares how to build practical, everyday practices that help you stay prolific, brilliant and healthy in life and work. Host Todd Henry (author of the books The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, and Louder Than Words) interviews artists, authors and business leaders, and offers tips for how to thrive in life and work.
Back to Work is an award winning talk show with Merlin Mann and Dan Benjamin discussing productivity, communication, work, barriers, constraints, tools, and more. Hosted by Merlin Mann & Dan Benjamin.
Interviews with experts across a myriad of fields about taking action and leveraging your passion with actionable steps that you can apply immediately to your life and business.
The Art of Charm is where self-motivated people come to learn about to how to master human dynamics, relationships, and becoming your best self. Johnny and AJ bring their 11 years of coaching experience from their famous Bootcamps, where they host clients in Los Angeles from all over the world and they share their stories, best practices and themselves on this weekly podcast. Not only does The Art of Charm help everyday people, including active members of the military, learn how to become higher performers, better spouses, partners, and coworkers, they dig deep into human behavior, the science behind it, and demystify what we do and why we do it.
A BIT OF FUN…
99% Invisible is about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world.
Part pub quiz show, part offbeat news, and all awesome. Do you relish beating your friends at Trivial Pursuit? Do you blab out the answers at the gym when Jeopardy! is on? Then this podcast, fellow trivia nut, is the ultimate mental nutrition for your very big brain. So eat up!
Jeff Cannata and Anthony Carboni talk about the personal philosophical concerns they find lurking inside everyday things.
After: What now?
After your internship ends, it may feel like you have been cast out at sea. Here are some tips for what to do next…
At the End of your Internship…
The Day After your Last Day
Still have questions?
Email cas.internships@uvm.edu — our team would be happy to assist.
