{"id":11301,"date":"2014-11-25T13:02:22","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T18:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.cos.ucf.edu\/?p=11301"},"modified":"2014-11-25T13:02:22","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T18:02:22","slug":"intern-queen-shares-tips-insight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/intern-queen-shares-tips-insight\/","title":{"rendered":"Intern Queen Shares Tips and Insight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Nov. 21 Lauren Berger, the Intern Queen herself joined UCF Business on Twitter for a live chat about careers and internships.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat5.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11302\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat5.png\" alt=\"InternQueen_Chat5\" width=\"491\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat5.png 587w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat5-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat5-299x88.png 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>She started <a href=\"http:\/\/www.internqueen.com\/\">InternQueen.com<\/a> in 2009, three years after her graduation, when she was 24 years old.<\/p>\n<p>There are many opportunities to find internships through UCF. One Twitter user tweeted at Berger saying that she found internship opportunities through <a href=\"http:\/\/career.ucf.edu\/knightlink\">KnightLink<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat6.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11303\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat6.png\" alt=\"InternQueen_Chat6\" width=\"588\" height=\"118\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat6.png 588w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat6-300x60.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat6-299x60.png 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Throughout the half hour Twitter chat, the UCF Business account tweeted questions for Berger to answer. Such as:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat3.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11304\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat3.png\" alt=\"InternQueen_Chat3\" width=\"364\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat3.png 574w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat3-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat3-299x193.png 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11305\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat4.png\" alt=\"InternQueen_Chat4\" width=\"400\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat4.png 594w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat4-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat4-299x178.png 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-11306\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat7.png\" alt=\"InternQueen_Chat7\" width=\"400\" height=\"116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat7.png 586w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat7-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2014\/11\/InternQueen_Chat7-299x87.png 299w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>InternQueen.com provides students with where to look for internship opportunities, inspirational articles and articles full of advice on how to ace an interview.<\/p>\n<p>To read all of Berger\u2019s responses to the Twitter chat, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/InternQueen\">her Twitter account<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCFBusiness\">UCF Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, Nov. 21 Lauren Berger, the Intern Queen herself joined UCF Business on Twitter for a live chat about careers and internships. 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