I think here at Stephens, we have what the Twitter world would call “Stephens Girl Probs,” or better yet, “Stephens Girl Solutions.” Yeah, our professors put a lot of stress on us with group projects and presentations. Yeah, we have to do internships to graduate. Poor us, we have to basically do everything but get a real job before we graduate…and many even walk straight into one by graduation day if not right after.

I still remember the day like it was yesterday: the day Creative Ink came to my Principles of Management class the first semester of my sophomore year. You can all probably imagine how I felt when I raised my hand for an application. Being the only one to do so only made it harder. I never thought I was talented enough in marketing to be selected into this group. But I was!

Enough about the glory days. Fast forward into April of my sophomore spring semester. I was on a phone interview for an internship in New York City with a Stephens alum. I really did not know a ton about the company, which, if you know anything or actually WANT to get a job one day, is clearly the worst possible thing you can do, but from my résumé, she knew that I had marketing experience. Thus, nearly the entire experience section of the interview was based on Creative Ink. She asked me to tell me about what I do in Creative Ink, and this is what I was able to tell her:
Meet deadlines, write, give feedback, work on a team, work by myself, confront people in a professional way when things aren’t going smoothly, learn quickly, work on a tight budget, do nearly any different kind of project, be positive and let things go when they aren’t going my way. You can’t put all that on a résumé, but you can say that these things are implied by firm experience.

I might also mention that these things actually DID help me out quite a bit at my internship at Axis Promotions. Knowing how to do all of the aforementioned things helped me in all of my projects-from designing their seasonal trend report to helping accounts stay organized. I loved my internship, and Creative Ink has created a seamless transition into the professional world.
I went recruiting with Brittny and Bree, the firm directors, and I was proud talking about how much Creative Ink has really helped me out.

If you are a potential Inker reading this and aren’t sure if joining will help you out professionally-I can assure you that it will.