Finding an Internship - What do you want to be when you grow up?

What do you want to be when you grow up? We give you three places to look, and ironically for a podcast, some visual ideas for finding your perfect internship. We also hear from The Intern Queen, Lauren Berger. Plus, there are tips on using your networks and some useful web resources.
Hosts, Buffy Gorrilla and Ben Pawson, talk with more experts, interns and counsellors to help spark the thoughts: What do you want to do, and where you can do it?
We cover how to identify your skills and preferences and recommend websites where you can find current opportunities. There's even a different approach to dreaming up your ideal career.
We look at how companies can use LinkedIn and social media to increase their exposure to the best of today’s Intern talent.
Two people who interned at the big 4 accounting and strategy consulting firms share their stories: an EY alumna and the fascinating route one grad took into AI consulting.


This episode features contributions from the following people and organizations.


Warren Freshe, Senior Advisor, Experiential Learning, Global Leadership and Employability, UoM
Lauren Berger, CEO/Founder InternQueen.com
Vivian Gleeson, Business Development Officer, Burnet Institute
Hamish Taylor, reporter at the Herald Sun.
Grace Chen, final-year student studying the Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne
Dhanuka Nanayakkara, Master of Engineering Candidate, University of Melbourne
Mary Trumble, Client Solutions Manager, LinkedIn Australia
Michelle Lau, Intern at Keep Left PR, Melbourne.


Some of the websites we mentioned in this episode:


Reviews of companies and interview processes.
www.glassdoor.com


A list of Australian companies that employ graduates or offer internships, some SME. Sponsored by the Australian Newspaper.
www.top100grademployers.com.au


As it says, intern programs, mostly formal.
www.topinternprograms.com.au


Global website, with Australian opportunities.
www.gradconnection.com


Overseas opportunities listings and resources.
http://www.goinglobal.com/


Reviews of overseas opportunities.
www.gooverseas.com


What colour is my Parachute?


Credits:


Starting Somewhere is produced by the University of Melbourne
Producers: Buffy Gorilla, Ben Pawson, Supervising Producer and original concept: Dr Andi Horvath,
Buffy Gorrilla is an award-winning audio journalist and a recent graduate of the University of Melbourne’s Master of Journalism programme. Buffy has been a producer at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) Radio National and ABC Radio Melbourne. Following a successful internship, Buffy is currently working with RN’s Blueprint for Living. She is also the producer for the Masterclass podcast from the University of Melbourne Centre for Advancing Journalism.
Ben Pawson is a communications professional that helps organisations and leaders connect to their stories. With experience across the education, arts, disability, science communication and technology sectors he did an internship in fundraising in Scotland after an MBA in France before that worked on blue chip design and marketing projects before changing careers.