{"id":2654,"date":"2020-04-24T18:37:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T18:37:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/?p=2654"},"modified":"2020-05-07T12:33:30","modified_gmt":"2020-05-07T12:33:30","slug":"covid-19-puts-hold-on-students-futures-as-summer-internships-get-canceled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brie.hunter.cuny.edu\/hunterathenian\/2020\/04\/covid-19-puts-hold-on-students-futures-as-summer-internships-get-canceled\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Puts Hold on Students\u2019 Futures as Summer Internships Get Canceled"},"content":{"rendered":"

COVID-19 related budget cuts have resulted in the shut down<\/a> of nearly all businesses leaving 22 million<\/a> people temporarily out of work and canceling about one million<\/a> internship opportunities for students, according to a group estimate by Pay Our Interns.<\/p>\n

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Willson participating in a conference<\/figcaption> Photo by Laura Willson<\/span><\/figure>\n

\u201cI got rejected from the Whitney Museum, and the Guggenheim and the MoMA can’t move forward with the application process since the summer internship program was canceled,\u201d said senior Laura Willson, a studio art major. \u201cIt feels like it will be harder to find internships or even have the confidence to apply because we are unsure how much longer this quarantine will last.\u201d<\/p>\n

College graduates are being forced to recalculate their futures as they graduate into a recession without work experience. With the coronavirus outbreak<\/a>, there is a greater chance of coming to a global depression which would greatly affect the financial markets. Consequently, this would put at risk all summer internships and full-time jobs for the rest of the year, according to the financial magazine Mergers and Inquisitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has definitely become harder to apply to internships since I\u2019m already taking into account that most of these companies are already letting people go because of the virus,\u201d said Jhoy Saca, an emerging media student.<\/p>\n

Internships provide work experience and set students up to thrive in post-college work. However, this pandemic could jeopardize the future of college students as a 2017 study from Gallup said that those who have had experience and relevant internships are twice<\/a> as likely to find a job after graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was looking into applying for hospital volunteering positions because I wanted to work with patients,\u201d said Shazia Peters-Steele, a senior in Hunter\u2019s public health program. \u201cI was looking into Mount Sinai and New York-Presbyterian Children\u2019s Hospital but once my friends who had volunteering positions there were told they can no longer go in, I had to reevaluate my plans.\u201d<\/p>\n

In response, Hunter College\u2019s Career Development Services offer students a virtual interview module allowing them to follow a checklist<\/a> of recommendations when preparing for internships during COVID-19.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important to remember that the present situation is a temporary one,\u201d said Paula Wicklow, internship coordinator at Hunter College. \u201cAlthough there will continue to be remote internships, I believe most will return to in-person and on-site opportunities once the health crisis has passed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The guidelines on the CareerHunter website are specifically set up for the students presented with the new challenge of applying to internships during COVID-19. Prior to this, students like Saca looked forward to the Career Fair to help them narrow down which internship they would benefit from the most.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m looking to apply to summer internships and was planning on going to the career fair, but it was canceled before I got the chance to go,\u201d said Saca. \u201cIf I can\u2019t get an internship or job in my field, I\u2019ll most likely go back to lifeguarding again so I\u2019m not left out without a job.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A bar graph showing the amount of graduates who are in jobs related to their undergraduate studies.<\/figcaption> Photo by Gallup-Purdue<\/span><\/figure>\n

With the demise of in-person advising, community events and internships being canceled, students, like Saca, could have to resort to taking jobs unrelated to what they\u2019ve studied. However, internship advisors are supplementing<\/a> students with online workshops to review and practice skills for remote internships, and even host a virtual career fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Large corporations are going through a lull period as they finish out spring internships and decide what to do about summer internships, so \u201cfor now the best advice I can give is to bone-up on additional skills that you may need for remote internships,\u201d said David Pavlosky, a film and media internship advisor.<\/p>\n

To better prepare his media students for remote internships, Pavlosky advises his students to participate in free online tech workshops<\/a> like Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, and Animated Photoshop to improve their tech skills and feel more confident in their work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m fortunate enough to work from home in my current internship, so I’m using this experience to hone in on my tech and time management skills to make sure I complete tasks on time,\u201d said Willson, the art major. \u201cAs easy as it sounds to work from home, it can be difficult to stay on top of all my assignments.\u201d<\/p>\n

Some days, Willson feels \u201cstuck.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I know every day is a new day and there is always something to look forward to, so I’m trying to take it one day at a time,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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