Writer Jamie Fedorko has written a book on how to get, keep, and make the most of your internship and mb has published an excerpt from it:

BAD NEWS FIRST: Most people rarely, if ever, get exactly the internship they desperately want. Some people want Real Time With Bill Maher, but they end up with The McEnroe Show. Others want to intern for Larry King but end up on a press tour with Don King. It happens.

The good news is there are tons of resources available to help you find something that fits with your goals.

First, explore your connections. Who do you know, how do you know them, and have you slept with their children who are your age? Key questions. Let's say you want to work in the record industry, and that your top three choices are Def Jam Recordings, Bad Boy Entertainment, and J Records. First: Rack your brain, your black books, your cell phone numbers, your e-mail contacts, your friends, and your family to see if you have a connection to anyone at these companies. Even if you don't know anyone personally, maybe there are two degrees of separation between you and a low-level staff member at one of the three companies. The truth is that most people get jobs through these more distant connections than through close ones.

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