Special Post: Link to 7 Websites Every High-schooler Should Get to Know

Remember the Intern Queen post? Well, I just found a link on the blog dedicated to high school students! Perfect timing!

The post includes sites that surely everyone has already been introduced. Craigslist, Fastweb.com, and Skype. Yes! Video chatting is a great tool college students use both professionally and personally. So, get familiar if you haven't.

Well enough said, here's the link:

http://www.internqueen.com/blog/2011/06/7-websites-every-high-schooler-should-get-to-know/

Any questions or comments, just mention me twitter.com/ariam_alula!

Looking for an internship? Head over to Intern Queen!

For all of my high school students (seniors, pay close attention), if you haven't heard, the Intern Queen is a great site to connect with internships in a variety of fields!

Intern Queen was founded by Lauren Berger, who juggled 15 internships throughout her college career! Whew! I'm feeling the pressure as I'm typing across this keyboard. She created the site primarily for college students (high school, too) to score internships and learn how to get career experience.

Recently, I became the campus ambassador of my school. Read my blog intro for the Intern Queen. I have been exposed to a world which was once foreign to me. The reason I'm spreading this knowledge is for you to become familiar with this site, as well as, other internship-based websites that open doors to high school students.

Whether you are looking to gain skills in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, Marketing; there is a wealth of information on this site that is important for your future.

Here's how it works:

The employers/companies looking to get interns post on the site. It's the potential interns job to fill out the information and place yourself in a pool of applicants. If desired, the employers will contact you.

I know it may seem overwhelming, but I got my first internship the summer after my freshman year of college. If you're close to graduating, you may want to educate yourself about the application process. So, when next summer is here, you'll have a few resources available to you.

Other sites:

internships.com

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/plan/high-school/8382.html

urbaninterns.com

Good luck, and if you have any questions feel free to e-mail me at frezghi91@gmail.com!

Step Up Your Game with a Mentor!

The Gye Nyame Empowerment Project, a non-profit organization that creates programs for teens, is providing with dynamic mentoring opportunity. The organization is selecting female, high school sophomores and working with them over a two-year period to reach their goals. This is great chance to be paired with women, who are executives and entrepreneurs and learning how they achieved career or business success. It will also give teen girls an open forum to discuss challenges and talking to someone, so they can work through those moments and move forward with confidence.

If you're interested, send in the application below:

For questions about this program, email the GNEP team:s2sstories@gmail.com