Who are all these people?!

My internship this semester is already more than half over, and I had been thinking a lot lately about what is most important for me to take away from the experience. My boss had been asking me what it was that I wanted to learn while I was there, and I was never able to give her a true answer. I sat down with her and said I would like to learn the stills that she would want to see in a potential employee. What she said surprised me, but made perfect sense. She said you can teach anyone a skill, but it’s the way you interact with those around you and the people you get to know that really helps you to get where you want to be with your career. Since then I have been trying hard to really build relationships with the individuals with who I work. The more contacts that I build the more confident I am that I will be able to find a job after graduation. How long that might take is a whole different question….and a blog topic of its own. So my point would have to be, no matter what it is they have you doing, or how much you hate it, getting to know those around you and building positive relationships will only help you in the long run. It is those individuals that can point you in the right direction of job opportunities and give you the reference recommendations that you need to get there.