A guide to creating a bespoke internship for yourself or your company
This playbook outlines a new approach to internships. The traditional approach is that students apply to existing, posted opportunities and wait to be chosen.
This new approach is a proactive one of creating your own internship by identifying the skills you possess, identifying potential organizations at which to intern, and approaching them with an Internship Proposal of how you can add value.
This approach requires more initiative, but you will likely learn more: a fuller set of skills, how to identify ways to create value, networking and relationship-building, business development, and building the infrastructure of your own company.
This playbook can be used by students, or by firms for guidance and ideas on creating internships themselves. It will be made available in both PDF and e-pub versions.
In this playbook you'll learn:
Chapter 1: Adapt Your Mental Model
Chapter 2: Self-Assessment & Skill Identification
Chapter 3: Identify Organizations & Contacts
Chapter 4: Create Initial Set of Ideas for Target List
Chapter 5: Setting Up as a Business
Chapter 6: Networking & Outreach
Chapter 7: Proposal Pitching & Follow-Up
Chapter 8: Formalizing & Launching the Internship
Chapter 9: Reflect & Document Your Experience
Appendix:
I. Value Proposition Ideas
II. Sample Internship Proposal
III. Sample Internship Contract