{"id":9333,"date":"2013-09-16T13:25:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.conservators-converse.org\/?p=9333"},"modified":"2013-09-16T13:25:46","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:25:46","slug":"how-to-make-the-most-of-your-pre-program-internship-online-resources-from-ecpn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/2013\/09\/16\/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-pre-program-internship-online-resources-from-ecpn\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make the Most of Your Pre-Program Internship: Online Resources from ECPN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Landing a conservation internship or fellowship is tough at any stage of an emerging conservator\u2019s career, but securing a position is only the beginning!\u00a0 Remember, internships are a two-way street and, whether or not your position is paid or unpaid, there are certain steps you can take to make meaningful contributions and enrich your experience (and portfolio!).
\nTo complement ECPN\u2019s upcoming webinar How to Make the Most of Your Pre-program Internship <\/i>scheduled for Tuesday, September 24 at 12:00PM ET), we\u2019ve collected a number of online resources that we hope interns and internship supervisors alike will find helpful.
\nIf you would like to register for the webinar, please visit: https:\/\/www2.gotomeeting.com\/register\/766549178<\/a>
\nFor Interns:\u00a0 <\/b>Express enthusiasm and gratitude.\u00a0 Network within your institution.\u00a0 Always be professional and behave like an employee.\u00a0 These are just a few words of advice for making the most of your internship that you will find among the resources compiled below.
\nChecklist for Interns: Getting the Most out of Your Internship<\/a>, Virginia Association of Museums
\nMaking the Most of Your Internship(s)<\/a>, Quintessential Careers
\nKey Advice for Young Creatives from Four Nonprofit Professionals<\/a>, NYCreative Interns
\nInternship Dos and Don\u2019ts for College Students<\/a>, Quintessential Careers
\n10 Tips to Get the Most out of Your Internship<\/a>, U.S. News
\nFor Supervisors: <\/b>Thinking of taking on a pre-program intern but not quite sure?\u00a0 Interested in freshening your approach to mentoring emerging conservation professionals?\u00a0 Take a look at these resources and learn a few ways to maintain a mutually rewarding internship program!
\nNon-profit Interns<\/a>, <\/b>National Council for Non-profits
\nHow to Manage Interns<\/a>, Inc.com
\nCo-operative Education: 6 Steps to Hire an Intern<\/a>, University of Arkansas
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\nFinding an Internship: <\/b>Still searching for a pre-program internship?\u00a0 Don\u2019t forget to regularly review the following sites for paid and unpaid internship opportunities!
\nJobs, Internships, and Fellowship Listings<\/a>, AIC\u2019s Blog Conservator\u2019s Converse<\/i>
\neNews<\/a>, International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Conservation of Cultural Property (ICCROM)
\nJob and Fellowship Listings<\/a>, International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC)
\nInternship and Job listings<\/a>, Art Conservation Department, University of Delaware
\nCareer and Job HQ<\/a>, American Alliance for Museums (AAM)
\nListings<\/a>, Indigo Arts Alliance
\nFunding for Pre-program Interns<\/b>: Art supplies are expensive, chemistry courses are not free, and an intern has to eat! Despite the invaluable experience you will receive through your pre-program internships, we all know how difficult it can be if your position is unpaid. Recognizing this challenge faced by many emerging conservators, the Indigo Arts Alliance has established a grant in honor of Denese L. Easerly to support pre-program students and interns as they complete the numerous pre-requisites required for admission to a graduate-level training program.\u00a0 If you are interested in applying for a pre-program training grant or making a contribution to the support the award of such grants, please follow the link below.
\n\u00a0<\/b>The Denese L. Easterly Conservation Training Pre-program Grant<\/a>, Indigo Arts Alliance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Landing a conservation internship or fellowship is tough at any stage of an emerging conservator\u2019s career, but securing a position is only the beginning!\u00a0 Remember, internships are a two-way street and, whether or not your position is paid or unpaid, there are certain steps you can take to make meaningful contributions and enrich your experience … Continue reading “How to Make the Most of Your Pre-Program Internship: Online Resources from ECPN”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":174,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ccs","category-ecpn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/174"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9333\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/resources.culturalheritage.org\/conservators-converse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}