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?
speak with someone, explain situation, have 3 ideas of things you think you could do that might be valuable. they'll probably throw them out the window, but may come back with one of their ideas, and will remember you very positibvely. either that, or you're so shit noone trusts you with even getting the coffee order right.
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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