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Originally Posted by asgdrew  I'm a major in communications and i'm going to be graduating college in December of '08. My G.P.A. has never been truly stellar (2.8-3.0) and unfortunately I could never commit to a job full time enough to get enough experience as supervisor or manager.
So I have the interview for the ERAC internship on monday. I know it's going to be grueling and I know i'll only be making $8 an hour and working 50-60 hours a week. But my plan is this: Work my ass for them, keep my mouth shut, suck up and kiss ass and even see if I can work during next semester as well. Do everything I can as well as I can, go out and have beer, suck up and play the good ol boy network. Even let them believe that I want to work full time after college.
Hopefuly, if i'm doing well, i wanna be able to suck a letter of recomendation (say its for grad school or something) or at least get some awards or something to show I did well there.
And then, start handing e-mailing applications (rather than posting them on line) to other places and show them my experience and try to snag a job as soon as I graduate and leave that hell hole.
But is it possible to do this? I know its good expereince and I don't mind putting in the work for less than a year and to put it in my resume and I do want to go into sales but how likely is it to get a letter of recommendation? Is it likely that this internship won't help me at all?
Or should I juts do my other possible intern and do campaign work for a local independent party and hope that pays off well too? |
I've worked alongside a few interns during my time in rental hell, and from my experience the interns were treated fairly well. I know myself and other MT's would pull them aside at any chance and talk them up
just enough so they don't quit right away since it's always nice to have another body around to help with cleaning cars, picking up customers, etc. On the other side of the coin, we'd also put enough doubt in their minds as to whether or not this would be a wise career move, since most of us had already made up our decisions that this absolutely sucked and it's about time we saved other people from making this mistake.
If this is something you're seriously considering, I would pay VERY close attention to everything and everyone around you your very first month. Renting cars for a living can be tolerable for indeterminate amount of time if you happen to have coworkers that you not only get along with, but can trust. Granted, I already graduated and was a full-timer, but the only thing that kept me there for as long as I did (a little over a year) was that for the most part, my "superiors" were okay and left me alone, and the majority of my coworkers were very cool. Trust me when I say even as an intern, this job sucks enough as it is; it is simpy not worth another fucking day "at the office" if you also have to look over shoulder or simply can't stand the people you work with.