The Intern Journal By Antonia Omede

Surviving The Corporate Jungle: 7 Unwritten Rules To Surviving your Internship. So, here are some tips for surviving the corporate world. These may not include absolutely everything you need to know, but I promise you, they’ll come in handy. KEEP A WORK-LIFE BALANCE. It sounds impossible sometimes, right? But this is really important. If you want to stay sane on top of all the reports you have to file, data you have to generate, systems you have to master and people you have to work with, finding time for yourself can seem like an unattainable dream. It’s important that you find something to take your mind off work sometimes, whether it’s just a 15-minute cigarette break between meetings or a two-hour coffee date with friends after work. Find something else in your life besides work and home because that routine will get old quick. DO NOT COMPLAIN. I don’t mean that you keep your mouth shut even when you know that you’re being abused. In that case, you are most welcome...

The Internship Experience: Week One When embarking on a new experiences its customary to hear the phrase, "Just dive right in".However, diving is such an intense experience, particularly when the object directly beneath your dive is something so unknown. Even diving into a pool is an experience that is both physically and mentally stimulating. Likewise, “diving in” to a new situation or environment can also be a scary experience. The combination of the nervousness, the new environment, and the uncertainty that a new experience brings is something that is guaranteed to keeps you on your toes. Surprisingly, my first few week at my new internship did not bring me the expected sense of “diving in.Truthfully the job got off to a unexpected slow start, in fact, there were moments throughout the day that I wondered what it was I was actually doing. I guess in the days leading up to these moment, I had subconsciously constructed fictional reality that was far removed from...