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INFORMATION AND TIPS FOR WRITING
YOUR FINAL INTERNSHIP PAPER
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Tips: Include the following in your final paper. Also, see the TIPS
FOR ACADEMIC ASSIGNMENTS page to make your paper more scholarly.
- Give a background description/history of the agency (include all
literature in an Appendix to your paper -- appropriately numbered and
referenced within the text and appendix/appendices. Put the whole paper in a
1" binder with each page holepunched and the various sections
identified by color coded tabs. Give it the neatest appearance you can.
- Describe your job details in full. Provide a copy of the job
description if available. Talk about how (if any) did your job details
differ from your expectations?
- What experiences on the job have related to your academic studies?
- What aspect of the job added to your personal development?
(Self-confidence, increased competence, perseverance, attitude,
determination, human relations skills, responsibility, etc.)
- Has your job experience affected your career choice? If so, how?
- Were you provided the opportunity to have discussions with your
supervisor? Or which any other employees of the organization, disgruntled
ones to successful ones. Did you come into contact with any of the agency
clients? Explain in detail your contacts and conversations.
- If other students were considering this job, what advice would you pass
on to them about this position?
- What problems (if any) did you observe with the agency, personnel,
etc.? How would you improve the agency if you had to restructure it from the
ground up?
- What suggestions/recommendations would you make to minimize any
problems/concerns? How would you slightly modify the agency to improve on
what it already does best?
- Note any other comments or suggestions (concerning internship, course
offerings, supervision, etc.)
- Provide an overall statement concerning your degree of satisfaction
with the internship.
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Last updated: 01/03/2006