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The beginning of June marks the start of Summer internships. Offices everywhere will open their doors to bright young minds, eager to experience their first taste of the businesses and industries they hope to work in one day.

It is very likely that potential employers will ask for references from you. If your internship experience isn’t particularly strong and doesn’t serve as a source for references, these three examples are great alternatives.

As winter begins to wind down, we start to approach summer internship applying season. Although it is tough to be overly selective since competition is rife, no candidate should accept a summer internship merely for the sake of it; especially if it is an unpaid opportunity that could lead to an intern being taken advantage of.