Intern Queen Shares Tips and Insight

On Friday, Nov. 21 Lauren Berger, the Intern Queen herself joined UCF Business on Twitter for a live chat about careers and internships.

Graduating in 2006 with a communications degree, Berger left UCF with a grand total of 15 internships under her belt. She told people following the chat that she started her first internship in the spring semester of her freshman year.

She started InternQueen.com in 2009, three years after her graduation, when she was 24 years old.

There are many opportunities to find internships through UCF. One Twitter user tweeted at Berger saying that she found internship opportunities through KnightLink.

Throughout the half hour Twitter chat, the UCF Business account tweeted questions for Berger to answer. Such as:

She also addressed questions on giving advice to current college students, major things she learned from her internships and the importance of social media for employers.

InternQueen.com provides students with where to look for internship opportunities, inspirational articles and articles full of advice on how to ace an interview.

To read all of Berger’s responses to the Twitter chat, visit her Twitter account or UCF Business.