How To Use Your Internship To Make Contacts Outside Of Your Workplace

How can I use my internship to make contacts outside of my workplace?

That might take more time than necessarily your summer. What's bound to happen is that people move from job to job, and you'd be surprised that by the time you do your internship, by the time you graduate, the people that you've met have been moved to other companies around the industry. You don't necessarily need to meet people right now, that second, outside. But if meetings do occur outside of your company, don't just say, "Hi, nice to meet you, can I have your card?" Usually, you'll need to help with this or that. Ask them if it's okay if you can contact them later if you have any questions or anything along those lines, and then use your boss in the sense of a rabbi to say, "Hey, I really liked that person and would really love to work with that person, and maybe would even like to intern with him next year. Do you think you have his number, do you think you can hook us up?" That's what this sort of rabbi is for, to make those connections and to help you move along. People are willing to share contact information if they know that you're a rock star.