Describing an Internship on my Resume

[Mr. B]

I am currently interning at a local TV station and I am unsure if I am doing a good job describing the internship on my resume. A lot of what I do there is just observation so I'm hard pressed to come up with good action verbs. I hang out in the newsroom, enter press releases, answer phones and sometimes help out PAs... spend time in master control, watch the broadcast with the director and producer in the control room.

If anyone would be willing to comment on what I have so far, I would greatly appreciate it.

Newsroom Intern
· Worked with AP ENPS newsroom workflow system
· Accompanied reporters and photographers in the field
· Assisted newsroom personnel answering phones, running scripts, etc.
· Familiarized myself with master control operations and broadcast automation software

 

[sidious618]

It's pretty good, I think. I'm not all that familiar with resumes so maybe I'm of no help but it does sound like you did a bit and I think that's what you're going for.

 

[sbk1234]

I might change accompanied to assisted in the second bullet.

I would think that people in that field would be fairly familiar with internships, and the work they entail, so it may not take as much explaining as you think. However, don't be modest. You need to sell yourself pretty hard. Don't lie, but really accentuate the positive.
Mind you, I've never worked in - or desired to work in - that field, so what do I know?

 

[Mr. B]

The first people who will see this is the very station I am currently working at (hoping for a permanent position), so they will indeed know exactly what I have been doing there... no padding the facts here. I would put "assisted photographers" but that just means carrying the tripod and i have assisted on the next line. I have replaced "familiarized myself" with "Studied." I was not thrilled at the idea of having the word myself in my resume.

[edit] now that i think about it, i've actually interviewed people while out with photogs... guess something does need to happen there.

 

[WillsBabe]

The first people who will see this is the very station I am currently working at

Don't forget that you can (and probably should) have more than one version of your CV, depending upon where you're submitting it. You can chop and change to suit your market. If I were writing this, I would change the third line to something more like "answered newsroom phones; assisted running scripts". I'd get rid of "assisted" in regards to phone answering and "etc". Maybe find another example rather than use the word "etc". I'd get rid of "assisted" because although you were assisting, you were actually answering individual phones. I just think that makes it sound a bit punchier. I'd also change "familiarized" and "studied" the master control systems to "have experience of" . I think "have experience of" makes it sound as if you understand them and have used them.