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How to Kill It on Your First Day as an Intern

May 19, 2017 by Taylor Leave a Comment

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While my particular internship doesn’t actually start for another two weeks, it’s getting to be the time that most people start their summer positions. As you’re gearing up for the big first day, picking out that perfect business professional outfit and making sure all of your paperwork is in order, I’m blogging about some of the best ways to positively kill it on your first day. While first impressions aren’t everything, they can play a huge role in the way that the rest of your internship plays out. Make sure it goes as well as it can!

 

1. Dress the part (and then some)

If you know your office dress code, dress for it.However, for the first day, go just a tiny bit more professional than what your dress code requires. If you don’t, a) Google is your friend, and b) it’s better to be overdressed than underdressed. Terms like “business casual” can be so ambiguous that you’re not always sure what they mean, it’s better to err on the side of caution. Once you’ve been in your office for a few days, you’ll have a better sense of what the office dress code really means and what is and isn’t okay to wear.

 

2. Be on time

I genuinely cannot stress the importance of this enough. As someone who’s worked as a manager for a company, one of my biggest pet peeves was when employees would show up late – especially to their first shift! Getting there on time shows that you take the position seriously, so if you’re one of those people who struggles with getting places on time, convince yourself that your actual start time is 15 minutes before it really is. And if you’re someone who’s always early (like me), just resign yourself to the fact that your desire to be even earlier due to first-day jitters will result in you walking the block around your office building for like 45 minutes.

 

How to Kill It on Your First Day as an Intern - Espresso and Ambition

3. Take your work seriously

 Sometimes intern tasks are tedious (I’ve entered data for an entire 9-5 workday). Sometimes they’re a little ridiculous (I’ve gotten someone’s coffee out of their car for them). Regardless of what it is, do your work and do it well. If you’re the type of person that your boss and others in the office know that they can count on, it’ll put you in a good position for the rest of the summer.

 

4. Don’t be content just sitting there

 Always be the person asking “what can I do next?” Don’t just sit at your desk waiting for someone to assign you a new task. If your direct boss doesn’t have anything for you to do, ask if it’s alright to ask others in the office. Go around your entire department asking if anyone needs any work done. Even if they don’t, you’ve likely just put yourself in all of their good graces and when they do need a task done, they’ll probably start coming to you.

 

5. BE POSITIVE!

As someone who’s constantly being reminded that my resting face is on (how do I phrase this politely?) the angry/annoyed side, looking positive is something I have to actively work on. Don’t scowl at your desk, make an effort to smile at people as they walk by, and make small talk with some of the other employees/interns during your breaks. Positivity makes an office culture better, and it’ll more than likely put you in a better mood too (pretending to be happy, even when you’re not, actually can be a mood-booster). People like positive people better.

How to Kill It on Your First Day as an Intern - Espresso and Ambition

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If you’re starting your summer internship soon, good luck! I hope it’s everything you wanted it to be and you learn a ton. 🙂

xo, Taylor

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1️⃣ 12 long band shoulder presses to standing chest presses
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2️⃣ 12 upright rows to bicep curls
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3️⃣ 12 overhead triceps extensions per arm (the one leg stance is some bonus balance work!)
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4️⃣ 12 rear flies, featuring greg trying to fight my shadow
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5️⃣ 12 commandos
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6️⃣ 12 side-to-side pushups
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do all exercises back to back with no rest in between!
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1️⃣ 10 push-ups to renegade rows
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2️⃣ 12 alternating bicep curls
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3️⃣ 12 diamond front raises
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4️⃣ 8 sets of 3 tricep pulses to this lil cross-body weight move that doesn’t have a name {keep your core tight to feel it on your obliques!}
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5️⃣ 15 bent-over rear delt rows
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6️⃣ finisher!! 🥵 10 burpees with 2 shoulder taps and 2 toe taps in the middle of each rep
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repeat 🔁 for a total of 3 rounds!!
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circuit 1️⃣: 10 step-ups to reverse lunges per leg
10 reverse lunges to curtsy lunges per leg
20 lateral lunges
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circuit 2️⃣:
10 squats to surrenders (stop in a squat position before standing up at the end to really feel this one)
10 stagger-stance rdls
20 criss-cross squat jumps
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circuit 3️⃣:
15 leg lifts per side
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15 frog pumps
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