Internships

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Internships

• Carla J. Kinslow, M.S
• NIEHS Pre-graduate Fellow
• Cell Biology program

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Introduction -

• What is an internship in Biotechnology/Bioethics?
• Full time job for a short period of time
• Get paid - mostly
• Usually in industry/away from academia
• Type of work technical, marketing, law, sales
• Variations of internships
• Externships
• Work-study programs (Co-Ops)

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Questions that Im going to address

• Where to look for internship opportunities?
• Companies that offer internships
• How are they different from one another?
• Brief description of the type of work, work
  environment, what is expected from you
• How much money will I make?
• How I get started?

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What kind of experiences can I expect?
You here?
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What kind of experiences can I expect?
You here?
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What kind of experiences can I expect?

• Learning the culture of a company
• Learning new techniques
• Making key professional connections for after you
  graduate
• Maybe a publication?
• Working on part of your dissertation while
  earning some cash!
• Pretend its a 3-6 month interview!

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How do I get started?

• Have an idea of what you want to do
• Go to the web and look at deadlines!
• Prepare your Resume AND CV
• Use someone elses at UTMB as your guideline
• Get a list of people you want for references
• Communicate with your school/family!

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Your Mentor what she/he thinks matters

• No challenges! you are on your way!
• Challenges you may face
• Too early in your degree may have to wait until
  after your qualifiers (full candidacy)
• Money constraints money now, no money when you
  get back
• Your mentor does not see the benefit

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They are afraid you may not come back!!!
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Tackle these challenges!

• Too early?
• Set goals to get where you need to be to go to
  the internship
• Work with your mentor to set these

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Tackle these challenges

• Money
• See if you can post pone activation of a
  fellowship/monies
• Save now, pay later
• Ensure them that you WILL be coming back and
  STICK to it!

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Benefits

• Your mentor can put it on her/his CV
• Gives them a dimension to their resume that
  others dont
• Possibility to collaborate with industry through
  you!
• You act as a liaison for the university
• THEY dont have to pay for you for a few
  months!!!

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Benefits

• Independent connections from your mentor
• Tests your ability to work independently from
  your lab/mentor
• Bring new experiences back to benefit your lab

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Your Committee

• Same challenges
• Get your mentor on board and let her/him help you
  with negotiating with the committee

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The graduate school

• Nothing (that I know of) has been standardized
  for a full time grad-student to take an
  internship
• leave of absence
• Registration
• Insurance
• EVERYONE must be on the same page

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Your family/your job

• You may have to be away for a few months
• Partner/Spouse/Signif-icant other may have to get
  a job with you
• Can you give up your apartment (sub-let)?

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Find and apply to a few internships

• Connections
• Conferences
• Mentor connections
• That sales rep that just left your lab!!!!
• When to apply
• Fall for Summer interns

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Locations

• Locations
• Houston
• US
• International

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Job type

• Technical
• learn new techniques that you can apply to your
  dissertation
• Marketing
• VERY hard to get VERY competitive

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Job type

• Sales
• Easier to get sell yourself, you can sell
  anything!
• Law Ethics!
• patent law (mainly), but look for others!
• Genetic Counseling!

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Big companies (on handout)

• Washington, DC
• Proctor and Gamble
• Johnson and Johnson
• National labs
• Dr. Tom Fredricks (RIT) website
• http//www.rit.edu/7Egtfsbi/
• http//www.rit.edu/7Egtfsbi/Symp/summer.htm

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• http//education.ca.sandia.gov/internships/index.h
  tml
• Technical areas. However, we do have some
  internships in business areas
• CO-OP
• Students who participate in a co-op take a
  semester/quarter off of school to work as an
  intern.
• Offered at the same time as most academic
  semesters/quarters
• begins the last week in August and ends the
  second week in December.
• Only American citizens
• Sandia does not assume responsibility for
  arranging housing for interns. However, if you
  check our web site, you will see some options for
  housing assistance.
• What is the typical compensation for interns at
  Sandia? from 10.25 33.26/hr (high school
  through all graduate levels) depending on the
  work you are performing and your accumulated
  school credits.

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• http//www.anl.gov/index.html
• https//international.dep.anl.gov/IAEACareers/docs
  /Internship20Flyer.pdf
• INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY (IAEA)
• Opportunities for Young U.S. Citizens
• IAEA Headquarters, Vienna, Austria.
• The Internship Program
• The IAEA accepts a limited number of interns each
  year at its headquarters in Vienna, Austria.
• The program
• Duration Three months to one year, a minimum of
  one month may also be accepted.
• Stipend Not paid. However, applicants may
  request financial assistance if necessary, which
  is available at the discretion of the hiring
  division at the rate of 1000 euros/month.
• Eligibility
• May apply for up to two years after the
  completion of a
• bachelors, masters or doctoral degree.

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Los Alamos National Laboratories

• http//www.lanl.gov/education/jumpstart/programs.
  shtml
• http//www.lanl.gov/education/
• The Graduate Research Assistant Program (GRA)
• A year-round program that provides students with
  relevant research experience while they are
  pursuing a graduate degree.
• Scientific and technical disciplines.
• In some cases, students can arrange to conduct
  masters or doctoral thesis research at the
  Laboratory.
• Appointments last from 90 days up to one year,
  with a renewal option based on program
  requirements.
• GRA students are selected on the basis of field
  of study, good academic standing at their
  college or university, and research interests.

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• An Intern
• Three-month, full-time assignment from May or
  June through August.
• Part-time internships may also be available,
  allowing students to work part-time all year or
  for a specific period of time while attending
  classes at their university.
• A Co-op
• Hired for a six-month, full-time assignment, from
  January through June/August or from June through
  December.
• Students generally take a full semester off from
  school for co-op assignments. Depending on the
  university, students may receive credit for their
  co-op work experience.

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Merck Co., Inc.

• http//www.merck.com/careers/university/internship
  s.html
• Our internships are paid positions.
• 10-12 weeks during the summer.
• Most are located at our facilities in West Point,
  PA Rahway, NJ and Whitehouse Station, NJ,
  though others are offered in Puerto Rico,
  Kirkland, WA, Charlotte, NC and more!
• We offer nearby housing accommodations that are
  arranged and subsidized.
• Diversity and flexibility are integral parts of
  our intern program, some interns may have the
  opportunity to choose their position or arrange a
  convenient flex-time schedule.

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Procter and Gamble, Inc.

• www.pg.com
• Strong record of retention
• Promote from within
• Career growth opportunities
• No Career Box
• Training programs

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PG

• Self-directed training
• Global training programs
• Internal technical symposiums
• Electronic knowledge sharing
• Technical/professional meetings

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PG

• Pre-screening standards
• GPA of at least 2.5
• Meets enrollment requirements of their campus
• Available to work full-time PG work schedule
• Paid transportation there and back
• Pay to move car
• Pay for one visit back to home
• Helps arrange housing
• Helps spouse/significant other job opportunities
  while youre an intern

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Occidental Petroleum

• http//www.oxy.com/Careers/internships/internships
  .htm
• Occidental offers a limited number of summer
  internships to students with backgrounds in
  Petroleum Engineering, Geophysics and Geology,
  Land and Health, Environment and Safety for our
  oil and gas division.
• We also offer a limited number of internships for
  our corporate operations.
• Looking for people who have a blend of excellent
  technical and interpersonal skills, integrity,
  clear vision, global sophistication, safety
  awareness and dedication to protecting the
  environment wherever Occidental operates.

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Ethics Group Internship Program

• http//www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2618.html
  
• AMA Headquarters in Chicago
• Internships are unpaid but participants
• Will receive course credit for their work in
  accordance with the requirements of their
  academic program.
• Researching legal, medical, or ethics literature
  and other resources organizing and summarizing
  research material and handling telephone
  inquiries or written correspondence.
• Winter/Spring internship
• Applications due Early November
• Start date Early January
• Summer internship
• Applications due February
• Start date Early June

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• http//www.washingtoninternship.com/sample_interns
  hips.html
• You dont get paid!
• But you get to work with
• NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY, TRAVEL
  MAGAZINESIERRA CLUBNATIONAL PEACE CORPSCENTER
  FOR STRATEGIC AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (CIS)FOX
  BROADCASTING (WTTG-TV)NATIONAL COALITION TO
  ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTYTERRORISM RESEARCH
  CENTER

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Web-site for international internshipshttp//www.
internabroad.com/search.cfmsubscribe_news
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Texas

• Paid Internships with overtime pay after 40 hours
  
• Typically in summer for 10-12 weeks
• Located at our U.S. offices in Fort Worth, TX
• Use of the Alcon Fitness Center and other
  recreational facilities
• Membership in the Alcon Credit Union

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Genetic counseling

• Fellowship Training Program
• The "training tracks"
• Summer Student Fellowships, Postdoctoral
  Fellowships for Neurologists and Postdoctoral
  Research Fellowships.
• Summer Student Fellows
• medical students in the pursuit of
  Parkinson's-related summer research projects.
• 10 weeks of laboratory work under a sponsor who
  oversees the project. 
• The maximum award for summer student fellows is
  3,000.

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Ok.Ive got some offers, but are they good?

• Offer letter

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Everything spelled out

• Salary
• Exact start and end dates
• Who will be your supervisor/contact person
• What department you will be in?
• Where exactly you will be working?
• Many companies have several locations in one
  city/region
• How much will I get paid?

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Call and ask - dont be shy!

• Housing costs information/help
• Moving costs information/help
• How to do my taxes
• State tax???...What the.!

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Im going!...now what?

• You have a short period of time to truly impress
  these people
• Learn the culture of the company
• KEEP IN CONTACT WITH YOUR MENTOR BACK HOME!

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Company culture

• Learn how the company is structured
• Meet with as many people as possible
• Interact with as many regular employees as
  possible
• Do you like the way the company operates
• Ethics?
• Hours?
• Is your boss overworked, underpaid, have there
  been layoffs?

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Im HERE!! what are they going to do to me????

• Orientation?
• Where do I park?
• Get to work!
• Get focused and set goals
• Many, many social opportunities

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Communicate with as many people as possible

• Let as many people as possible know your goals
  upon graduation
• Talk to people away from your group
• Marking
• Sales
• Communication
• Research
• You never know who knows who
• Learn to network!

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Ive finishednow what?

• Get names/email addresses of key people who know
  you and your work
• Stay in contact with them
• Maybe have another internship the next year?
• Can you get a publication out of your work?

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Im backnow what?

• Meet with the graduate school/your mentor
• After youve registered
• Re-instate your insurance
• Have a committee meeting
• Have a clear vision of where youre going next in
  your degree

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Conclusions

• Just do it!!
• It will take out 3-6 months of your degree
• But!
• You will get SOOO much!!!
• You will come out more focused and driven!!
• You will know where your going to be and will be
  more motivated to get there!!!