This text accompanies CAR 398 Internship at Ensign College. Its purpose is to help students develop competencies in implementing and completing individual and team project-based internships in a professional manner. These same competencies can be utilized throughout their careers as they participate in teams and in projects. The content is designed to reach the professional objectives of: 

• Demonstrating the ability to complete professional project management and communicate effectively in an internship setting.

• Identifying opportunities to work in teams established to work on a project or creating teamwork opportunities with co-workers and peers. 

• Gaining real-world work experience in the industry of the student’s program/major. 

• Developing meaningful and useful professional relationships that may open doors for future opportunities. 

• And, strengthening the student’s career management skills by articulating the effect of their internship experience on their individual marketable value in their professional portfolio. 

The topics and resources available in this text may also be helpful to students after they have completed the course or after they graduate. This book has been made available so that it can be referred back to later. 

This book can be downloaded for access offline or used online. You will be able to highlight sections and create annotations for future reference (see the instructions below). You can continue to visit this online textbook after you graduate by going to ensign.edtechbooks.org. You can choose to listen to the audio version of this book by clicking on the headphones under the title of each page. You can choose to watch the embedded videos or read the transcript under each video. 

Annotation Instructions

You may find it valuable to make notes or annotations in the online textbook that you can refer back to after you have completed this class. To set up your annotative notes, follow the directions below. 

• On the right side of your screen, select the “Annotation Sidebar” menu.

• Click on the Sign-up button and follow the directions to set up an account with Hypothesis.

• Once your account has been set up, you will be able to highlight and make notes that will be there whenever you log in.