Contents -- Internships: Your Vehicle For Success -- Overview -- Goo d Market/Bad Market -- Internship Outlook -- The Bottom Line -- Get Ready: Identifying the Value of Internships -- Do You Know What You Don't Know? -- The Employers' Perspective -- Career Development 101 -- Benefits of Internships -- Aim: Targeting Opportunities -- Ty pes of Internships -- Where Are the Internships? -- Timi ng the Search -- Which Track Should I Take? -- Making Your Own Internship -- Get Hired: The Process -- Be the Ideal Candidate -- International Students -- Americans Pursuing Opportunities Abroad -- Getting the Yes -- Refusing to Take 'No' as the Final Answer -- The Employers' Perspective-Ability, Possibility, and Fit -- Stay Hired: Turn Your Internship Into a Job -- Make the Most of Your Internship -- Start Working Before You Start Working -- Maximize Your Internship ROI -- Improving Your Career Options -- Internship vs Summer Project -- Internship Timeline for MBAs -- Options Beyond Internships -- For Your Reference -- Real Intern Profiles -- Recomended Resources -- In Closing.