Weekly Spotlight: Get the Intern Scoop

Ah, the highly coveted internship. Maybe you have your dream internship lined up for this summer, or perhaps you are still desperately calling human resources for insight on the status of your application. Whatever your internship status, there is a resource out there for you (besides Life Before Noon, of course). Hello Intern Memo.

Wait! Intern Memo isn’t a blog!

I know. Intern Memo is an e-mail newsletter. According to the managing Web site,

“Intern Memo is a free e-mail newsletter with a mix of event listings, intern stories and career advice specifically for interns–basically all you need to land the perfect internship and then to get you through it.”

So…how does it work?

Two times per week, Intern Memo sends information to subscribers about internship searching, interviews, company internship profiles, how to choose your internship-worthy city and other relevant topics.

Intern Memo was started by brothers Will and Theodore Bressman, two Harvard graduates who had several summers of internship experience. The newsletter launched in summer 2007 and focused on interns in the New York City area. After a summer of e-mail newsletters in New York, Intern Memo started Intern Memo National in September.

I became an Intern Memo subscriber this past fall after a friend referred me to the site. The newsletter gives useful information, but what’s even better is that Intern Memo and MonsterTrak recently combined forces so that more internship search information will be available in the near future. Also, Intern Memo specifically for D.C. and L.A. are coming soon.

Whether you are an intern or young professional, Intern Memo is a great resource in addition to your blogging readings.

-Carla