Comments on: Twinterns Anonymous

By: Virtual Internships in the Wall Street Journal @ Jed Cohen

Virtual Internships in the Wall Street Journal @ Jed Cohen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 14:22:43 +0000

[...] virtual internships yesterday. It mentions my experiences working as a virtual intern for both Careerealism and Squidoo. Both have been amazing experiences that have taught me quite a bit and also put me [...]

By: Biased Negotiations | Jed Cohen

Biased Negotiations | Jed Cohen — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:28:37 +0000

[...] already written about how I am a virtual intern for CAREEREALISM, a a blog/discussion forum focused on offering advice concerning the shifting concept of [...]

By: How Do You Do, Squidoo? | Jed Cohen

How Do You Do, Squidoo? | Jed Cohen — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 02:05:53 +0000

[...] this internship at Squidoo with Megan Casey, the Squidoo Editor-in-Chief. Seeing as to how my internship with Careerealism is ending soon, I’ve decided to go ahead and [...]

By: J.T. O'Donnell

J.T. O'Donnell — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:53:15 +0000

Hi Jed,

What do I think? Well, readers will think I’m biased, but I think you are nailing this internship! I designed the 10 week program to be a true learning experience. There is a phrase I have come to love that shapes everything we create at Careerealism.com:

Tell them and they forget.
Show them and they remember.
Engage them and they understand.

Unlike other company internship programs, the goal wasn’t to get free labor that would catapult our business to new heights (that would be nice, but not realistic). Instead, I wanted to host a project that would engage people and allow them to have an experience they could leverage in the future. 4 weeks in and I can tell by your post that you are someone who will put this experience to good use in the future. What will we get in return? Well, I’m hoping the experience gives our site/company more credibility amongst new professionals like yourself. The old, “If you build it, they will come,” theory.

Thank you for being a part of the program this summer and for sharing your thoughts here on your blog. Business tweeting is very different from personal tweeting, and both are valuable to learn. We are all businesses-of-one, so those that embrace and learn to use this technology now, will be ahead of the curve later. Very similar to those who learned to use computers early on in business, they all were able to demand higher salaries for their skills. I promise, learning to tweet will have it’s premium down the line!