Use your internship as an opportunity to network with senior leaders and your fellow interns.

FORBES

My perspective, however, was quite different from that of my classmates and fellow interns.

FORBES: Internships Are Not Minimum Wage Substitutes

For example, within the first week of my internship, my fellow interns and I helped clean a local park, and over the course of the term, our service expanded to serving at food banks, supporting the elderly and tutoring schoolchildren.

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