{"id":7422,"date":"2022-10-07T14:52:02","date_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/?p=7422"},"modified":"2022-10-07T14:52:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T14:52:03","slug":"initial-internship-intensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/initial-internship-intensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Initial Internship Intensions\u00a0\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When searching for an internship it is important to find a position that fits your interests and career goals. It can be overwhelming to find the perfect experience that will benefit yourself as well as the company. As a freshman last year, I was on the hunt for my first agronomic internship. I was intimidated because most of my past work experiences were livestock based. I wanted an experience that would literally get my boots into the field, and I could walk alongside an agronomist.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559731&quot;:720}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">My first steps toward an agronomic internship began prior to the College of Agriculture Career Fair. I had plans to work from home this past summer, so I used my connections from FFA and 4-H to look for an opportunity within driving distance of my house. I spoke to a past chapter officer from my high school because I knew that she worked for an agronomic consultant firm. She explained to me her position and how I could get into contact with the senior agronomist with the intension of interning this summer. From there I took it upon myself to reach out and got an interview scheduled. After the interview and job shadowing, I knew this is where I would be working.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">It was a predominantly crop scouting internship which was beneficial for me from a learning perspective. The senior agronomist was willing to teach me and listen to my perspective when it came to relaying solutions to producers. I was also able to not only immerse myself in different row crop management practices but, I was also able to study the fresh produce aspect of farming along the way. This experience gave me the agronomic experience that I was determined to pursue during my first summer post high school graduation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When searching for an internship it is important to find a position that fits your interests and career goals. It can be overwhelming to find the perfect experience that will benefit yourself as well as the company. As a freshman last year, I was on the hunt for my first agronomic internship. I was intimidated&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogposts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7422"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7422\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7424,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7422\/revisions\/7424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/agry\/ambassadorblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}