{"id":1556,"date":"2014-02-17T17:46:40","date_gmt":"2014-02-17T17:46:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internships\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2024-01-30T13:59:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T18:59:54","slug":"12-successful-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/12-successful-people\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Successful People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/blog-monday.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1557\" alt=\"blog monday\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/internship\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/blog-monday.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"210\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>An internship can encompass many things and it often means something different to just about everyone who has ever had one.<\/p>\n<p>For some it is a way to gain valuable work experience.\u00a0 For others,\u00a0an internship allows them to obtain additional knowledge in their field of study.\u00a0 Some may use it to make connections to add to their professional portfolio.\u00a0\u00a0Lastly, some will indirectly find that their calling is in something completely different.<\/p>\n<p>One thing every intern has in common is the drive to better their chances at achieving success.\u00a0 Here is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/12-famous-people-who-paid-their-dues-as-interns-2011-6?op=1\">small<\/a> sample of 12 successful people who started as interns.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow internship news at SPC on Twitter at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search\/realtime?q=%23spcintern&amp;src=hash\">#spcintern<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An internship can encompass many things and it often means something different to just about everyone who has ever had one. For some it is a way to gain valuable work experience.\u00a0 For others,\u00a0an internship allows them to obtain additional knowledge in their field of study.\u00a0 Some may use it to make connections to add &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/12-successful-people\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">12 Successful People<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[10],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-1556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-internships"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\r\n<title>12 Successful People - Careers &amp; Internships<\/title>\r\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\r\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.spcollege.edu\/careers-internships\/12-successful-people\/\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"12 Successful People - Careers &amp; Internships\" \/>\r\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An internship can encompass many things and it often means something different to just about everyone who has ever had one. 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