Illini Internship Connections

Illini Internship Connections Today was my first day at Motorola Solutions, the leading telecommunications equipment provider in the world. I worked hard in school and with my Registered Student Organizations (RSOs) to set myself up for my internship. However, I owe it all to the University of Illinois. The reason I even got this internship in the first place was because of the universitys job board just for U of I students. Its called I-Link. Back in December, I saw a position on I-Link that said Marketing Intern at Motorola Solutions. Whats great about this service is that I already loaded in my resume into I-Link (which is the best part), so all I had to do was click Apply and it was all done! Just 2 weeks later, I got an interview offer, and the rest is history. During orientation today, the speaker who went to U of I asked, How many Illini do we have here? and literally half the room full of interns raised their hands. He said that most interns and people that work at the company went to U of I, which is just so cool. Whatever company you end up working for, theres a good chance youll see Illini there. Me and a few guys before orientation were talking about where we lived freshman year and what we like to eat on Green Street. It made my first day at the internship much more comfortable knowing that Illini were with me the whole time. Illini are working all over the world at the biggest and best companies, and you will never have to look too far. It may even help you that you went to school at Illinois because we are known as an elite institution with the best students, so employers know that we are capable of the jobs we are interviewing for. Always remember that Illinois will help you get far in the workplace; it did for me! Daniel Class of 2018 I’m an Advertising major in the College of Media. I’m from a northwest suburb of Chicago called Buffalo Grove. I chose Illinois because it was the first university in the entire world to offer an Advertising major, which is pretty cool!