“An internship was never something I thought of as an integral part of my college education until I came to Cabrini College. However, every professor spoke about the importance and benefits that came from participating in the Co‑Op program, but the benefits I experienced were greater than I could have ever imagined.
“During my senior year at Cabrini, I signed up for an internship. The internship I was assigned to acted as a great supplement to the topics I was learning in class. There is absolutely no substitute for “real world” experience, and my internship through Cabrini provided me just that.
“I graduated in December 2009 and was fortunate enough to be offered a full-time position at the accounting firm where I interned and have been working for that company ever since.
“Since graduation I have been involved in multiple mergers and acquisitions, valuations, bankruptcy cases, profits plans, audits, tax planning, and tax return preparation for a wide variety of corporations. None of that would have been possible without the opportunity I was given at Cabrini.”
David Korpel ’09
Staff Accountant
MargolisBecker, LLC
 “I knew my internship experiences were an advantage, but I didn’t realize how valuable they would be until I found myself interviewing for full-time positions as I approached graduation.
“Through my interviews, I found myself feeling confident and prepared to tackle the entry-level jobs at hand.
“Furthermore, I had a portfolio chockfull of applicable projects that served to not only back my resumé, but proved that I had already successfully handled many of the responsibilities expected of the entry level position. I had two and half years of diverse internship experience at the region’s top public relations and advertising firms.
“Because of the structured program put in place by Cabrini’s co-op/career services team, I found that my internships were of superior quality, and that made a significant difference when I began my job search.”
Laura Van De Pette ’07
Senior Account Executive
Brownstein Group, Philadelphia
Some alumni from Cabrini’s Communication Department discuss their careers and how co-ops/internships gave them their first steps into the professional world during the 50th anniversary celebration for The Loquitur.
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