Tag: high school internships

  • Interested in a Fashion Career?

    If you’re interested in pursuing a career in fashion or makeup check out this internship. The internship is called Freedom and Fashion and there are different programs you can join. Freedom and Fashion offers a fashion mentorship program that allows you to create your own fashion line. The program teaches important skills like leadership, self image, and the ability to make different decisions. At the end of the program they host the Freedom and Fashion Annual Fashion Show. the show displays the student’s hard work and achievements.

    They also offer the Freedom and Fashion Beauty Mentorship Program. In the program they don’t just teach beauty skills They teach self value, inner beauty, and the power of self expression. The students in this program leave with knowledge of the beauty industry and the experience needed. At the end of the program they provide students with on set experience with the Freedom and Fashion Pro Studio Day. They partner with professional photographers and a high end studio. Students are able to leave with professional photos to start their portfolio.

    Another program they offer is Freedom and Fashion Stylist Experience. Students have the opportunity to partner with professional stylist that mentor and teach the students new ways to communicate through fashion.

  • Tips for Internships

    Internships help gain work experiences to help build up your resume, reach goals, improve team working, engagement, employability, communicating, and interpersonal skills, through trainings.

    First impressions are very important, so keep in mind that to be a professional you must dress like a professional, shake hands, make eye contact, smile, be friendly and confident. Don’t wait for the internships to come to you, besides the thousands on-line internship web sites and books, network through family, friends, friends’ family, and school contacts to find out about possible internships. While being an intern you will have a great opportunity to network with people working in your field.

    Treat your internship like its real job by showing up for work on-time and being prepared. Find a mentor in the same work field that will support you and provide you with advice. Establish good relationships with your coworkers.

    Stay off your phone and social media during shift hours, this will show others you are willing to learn, are motivated and have a genuine interest in your job, also ask questions when possible. Such internship programs, even volunteer opportunities, will provide you with real world experiences, and build a career foundation.

    Research shows that companies recruit about 85 percent of internships and similar experiential education programs participants to become full time workforces.

    So put all your effort in now and before you know it you will go from being an intern to an employee.