Nothing to do during internship

I'm interning at a BB in there brokerage division, and 4 weeks in I really haven't done anything. 80% of the day I'm asking for something to do or just reading things of interest to me. The other 20%, maybe, I'm doing filing or other admin stuff. The team I work with half the week doesn't ever assign me anything. I was really hoping to learn a lot this summer, but this far it seems like I'm getting paid to twiddle my thumbs for 8hrs. I don't even know what I'll be able to put on my resume at the end of the summer.

So my question is: What do I do? I keep asking for work but am not getting assigned anything. Should I come up with projects and ask them if I can go ahead with them?

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agree with the above.

Don't give up. And don't just accept a bullshit task like alphabetizing a client list simply because it's better than twiddling your thumbs. My two cents is to focus on shadowing the best guys: taking notes while you listen to phone calls, sitting in on meetings. You might have to get a little pushy, but it's worth it.

 

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