Internships

One the unanticipated difficulties with this assignment has been coming up with interesting things to write about with regards to my internship. Being an intern is not a glorious position. Most of my day is spent performing meanial tasks that nobody else in the office wants to do. In addition, when I accepted this position I was asked to sign a confedentiality agreement that precludes me from discussing a lot of the information that I am exposed to on a daily basis.  I spend a lot of time going to meetings, some are interesting, while others are not. However, I have enjoyed my time at ARPA and I have gained exposure to members of the industry that I otherwise would not have had the opportunity to meet.

 Moving forward I am not sure how my internship will benefit me in finding immediate employment. The Construction Industry has been hit hard by the economic downturn and the primary advocacy groups that serve the industry are not adding any staff. Hopefully by the time graduation comes around things will improve, otherwise I might be enrolling in the Masters Program.