Online Internship

I got so many different references by doing some online work!
By Georgie Brownlow
 
I could have never imagined the amount of experience and references I would have received when I first began doing an online internship. You see when I first started I was strictly told that in no way would I be paid for it. This was a bit of a downer of course and I was quite disappointed that I wouldn't be earning money. However I would soon discover that all the experience I earned and all the references I would receive would soon make up for all the initial disappointment!
 
Working online can bring great things into your career, as well as having so much convenience! You see working at home can mean so much saved on certain things but you can still make contacts! I would have to write some stories about travel so I would then need to do some contacts with travel organisations to find out more information. When I did, they would then recommend I try out certain travel magazines to get a better insight to what was already done, and then I would actually get in contact with them. They would look at my work and praise what I had done, and then even sometimes offer me work for my trouble! It definitely worked out fantastic if you asked me!
 
And this was only one example! The amount of other contacts I received over the course of the internship really was incredible and you have the chance to do this also if you really look into it. Give yourself ample amounts of time to research your way around various positions and never be turned away by non-paying internships. I certainly wasn't and look how many contacts I got out of it? It's the best way to really get some great industry contacts that will further develop your career as you get older. And depending on your dream job, it could move you closer and closer to that everyday!