Be an intern is not easy as it seems! You just graduate, got your diploma after all your effort and dedication and Bam,,, realize you are not a student anymore (no more student discount..sad!! ) and are still not really an employee (Healthy insurance???Dental care?? LOL no..want benefits? ask your parents.. )! If the fact of discovering your paycheck has less zeros than your phone bill wasn't enough, i listed 6 "not cool" situations a fashion intern has to deal with.....it's a tough business after all!!!
#1- "The difficult" task of saying good morning!
....Because it's too complicated to some bosses brain to say
"good morning" to their interns. It's Understandable that sometimes we
wake up on the totally wrong side of the
bed, with two left foot, but please. Does it really takes that much effort to
say good morning to that young bubbling creature who cost you less than your
Chanel sun glasses? I don't think so... Education said hello and sent a tweet.
#2- Intern , the office "handyman"
You got the internship! It's your first day of work, you choose
your best cloth, all dress up hat to heels,
make up, walk inside the office
feeling like you waited your whole student life for this moment ....and your
looks and confidence last till the end of the first
day. As the days go by you notice that manual labor are more and more constant to the
point that you may find yourself sweeping the floor (maybe you'll find a fancy
fabric swatch, score!), organizing tables, and even getting free "work out" sessions
walking around the city carrying rolls of fabrics and heavy garments bags....(
i didn't sign up for that...why did they bother
to see my portfolio...and more important...where did i put my sneakers
again??)
#3- The first, the last
Your name comes easily when it's a coffee, errand, filling
or cleaning emergency. But when there's
a giveaway , free gifts, cookies at the office, your name is the last to be
heard..if not forgotten. Assistants, bosses and derivatives.. we like giveaways and get hungry
too! Share like your mothers taught you!
#4- "Errands" Interns worst nightmare
If you are an intern, "Running errands" is a
sentence that's probably giving you chills right now. There's always that super
mega heavy weight errand that all interns had to at least once, twice (or more!), deliver in a far
far away land that took one hour just to arrive there. Yes we got lost and no we
are not and not everyone own a GPS!
#5- Unpaid Internships
,,,Seriously? Do i need to say more? Unpaid intern is the new "slave 2.0 "? ..Come on people, be chic and fair.. PAY.
#6- An "eternity" as an intern
The last day of class seems already so far away. Months have
passed and you are still "the intern". Didn't conquer the right to have your beautiful name inside a
plaque on the table, nor even a company email with your name on it yet. Do you
often find yourself wondering when are they going to hire you? When they will allow you to show your skills
and use all the knowledge you have learned throughout your college life?
Well my fellow interns, patience is a virtue and your strong
will, intelligence and love for fashion
will conquer all! By the end your hard
work will pay off!
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