{"id":3344,"date":"2015-03-20t09:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-20t09:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/sat\/?p=3344"},"modified":"2015-07-30t20:43:20","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30t20:43:20","slug":"its-never-too-early-for-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/its-never-too-early-for-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"it\u2019s never too early for experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

think you’re too young to start job searching? think again!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

internships, volunteering, job shadowing \u2014 there is no such thing as too early in your education to think about these words. whether you\u2019re a freshman in high school, a senior in high school or senior in college, these are the experiences you need to help you reach your dream job.<\/p>\n

the trend seems to be that most kids don\u2019t intern or do anything hands-on in their field of study until their last two years of college. a main reason may be because most colleges won\u2019t even give you credit for internships until your junior or senior year. perhaps this is because it is assumed that you do not have enough experience until this time to be of value to the place you\u2019re interning, or just because you may not be prepared maturity wise. <\/p>\n

this is something i strongly disagree with for two major reasons.<\/p>\n

first, internships, job shadows or volunteering in the field you believe you want to have a career in is the only way to find out if it is really what you want to do. you will learn if it\u2019s actually an environment you want to be in, a schedule you like and if it\u2019s the type of work you expected. if you wait until late in your college career and realize it\u2019s not what you thought it was\u2026it may be too late to switch majors. the sooner you know a career path is not right for you, the better.<\/p>\n

secondly, your out-of-school experiences in the field you want to work in are what you want to focus on your resume when it comes time to apply for a job. employers are not going to be interested in your gpa or how long you spent working at the local grocery store. beef up your resume with relevant, timely experiences related to the job you\u2019re applying for. the best way to do that is to gain experience as many times and in as many places as possible before graduating from college. that way, you\u2019ll have tons of quality work experiences to choose from \u2014 ones that employers really want to see.<\/p>\n

even if you don\u2019t get credit for an internship through school or any type of paid compensation, the hands-on experience you get outside of the classroom (good or bad) is something that will be of exceptional value later in your career.<\/p>\n

for more information about internships, major and career advice, visit nextstepu.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n

by annalise cosco. annalise was born and raised in fairport, n.y and attended st. john fisher college in rochester, n.y. she recently moved to nashville, tenn., and has a love and passion for writing and is a complete \u201cnews junkie.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

think you’re too young to start job searching? think again! internships, volunteering, job shadowing \u2014 there is no such thing as too early in your education to think about these words. whether you\u2019re a freshman in high school, a senior in high school or senior in college, these are the experiences you need to help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[24888],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nit\u2019s never too early for experience - magoosh blog | high school<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/its-never-too-early-for-experience\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_us\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"it\u2019s never too early for experience\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"think you’re too young to start job searching? think again! internships, volunteering, job shadowing \u2014 there is no such thing as too early in your education to think about these words. whether you\u2019re a freshman in high school, a senior in high school or senior in college, these are the experiences you need to help […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/its-never-too-early-for-experience\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"magoosh blog | high school\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/magooshsat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-03-20t09:00:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-07-30t20:43:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"nextstepu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@magooshsat_act\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@magooshsat_act\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"nextstepu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"article\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/its-never-too-early-for-experience\/#article\",\"ispartof\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/its-never-too-early-for-experience\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"nextstepu\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/#\/schema\/person\/469d22f12859237693569fd7aca4dbc0\"},\"headline\":\"it\u2019s never too early for experience\",\"datepublished\":\"2015-03-20t09:00:35+00:00\",\"datemodified\":\"2015-07-30t20:43:20+00:00\",\"mainentityofpage\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/its-never-too-early-for-experience\/\"},\"wordcount\":475,\"commentcount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/#organization\"},\"articlesection\":[\"college admissions\"],\"inlanguage\":\"en-us\",\"potentialaction\":[{\"@type\":\"commentaction\",\"name\":\"comment\",\"target\":[\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/its-never-too-early-for-experience\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"webpage\",\"@id\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/its-never-too-early-for-experience\/\",\"url\":\"\/\/www.catharsisit.com\/hs\/college-admissions\/its-never-too-early-for-experience\/\",\"name\":\"it\u2019s never too early for experience - 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