Taking an Internship... it's important!

As I was browsing through the PRSSA website, I came across an article that staff writer Shanna Williamson wrote about taking an internship.  

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I agree that having that experience will do wonders for your future!  For the last two summers I have participated in a great internship with a small company called Jay Geier's Scheduling Institute.  I worked with the marketing and advertising department to get real experience in this field.  There is only so much you can learn in a classroom!  At the internship, I got to put everything I learned to good use.  Since I got real world examples of everything I learned, I remembered it better.  In Williamson's article she stated that employers use intern's time as a learning experience.  They know that you are not a professional yet, but they still want to give you all the experience possible so maybe one day you will be qualified enough to take on a job like theirs.  While working a an intern, I was able to help put together marketing pieces for their potential clients and see how the whole process works.  It was very beneficial to me.  

Since I am majoring in advertising and public relations, I would love to take on another internship.  At this point in college I still don't know if I prefer advertising or public relations.  Hopefully I can find an internship for the summer that can help me decide.  Williamson said by taking an internship, she was able to "try on" all the different areas of public relations.  I think this is what I need.  I want real experience so I can make an informed decision.  I want a career that I love.  An internship is the ideal way to see if public relations is for me!