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For the Unitarian Church of Silver Spring (UUCSS) Auction, Eidolon Career Solutions donated seats to a seminar entitled, “Secure an Internship and Make it Count!” I purchased a seat and attended with my daughter. My daughter is a high school student thinking about pursuing internships.

Ebony is the perfect person for introducing this topic, especially to young people. She has a great deal of in-depth knowledge and personal experience, and she delivers the information in a way that’s meaningful and relevant for young people. Many people do career workshops, but I think it’s exciting for teenagers to learn about these topics from someone close to their age who can relate to them on their level.

The seminar was very well organized. Ebony presented a lot of information that really helped the girls get a sense of what the possibilities were and look at some alternative ways of thinking about things. I was impressed by how much she knew about internships in general: private and federal, paid and unpaid, school credit or no credit. She also taught the girls how to create their own internships. Ebony shared from her personal experience as well as her professional background, and it was exciting for the girls to hear how she did it. Before the seminar, my daughter was tired and did not want to go. Once she was there, Ebony had no problem getting her engaged and my daughter really perked up. I think that meeting Ebony and hearing what she had to say was very inspiring for my daughter. As soon as we got home, she immediately got online and started following up on the resources and strategies that Ebony presented.

From my perspective, I found this to be an excellent seminar. Ebony's advice to maintain a portfolio notebook reminded me that I need to be more proactive about getting recommendation letters for my own business. I currently get business by word of mouth, but you can’t always count on that. I attended the seminar for my daughter, but I learned a great deal myself.

Deborah Thornton, MSW
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