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Georgia Department of Transportation

Transportation Intern

May - August 2023 • Tifton, GA

What I liked

GDOT allowed the interns to rotate among all of the offices, allowing interns to get experience over a wide range of areas.

What I wish was different

I did a lot of observing and not as much hands-on type of experience.

Advice

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Emergency Operator

August 2018 • Georgiana, AL

What I liked

Helping People

What I wish was different

Advice

Its a good opportunity
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Environmental Delivery Support

June - August 2019 • Atlanta, GA

What I liked

The comoany was very welcoming and prsented a relaxed work enviornment. I had the chance to experience different departments and experience new things

What I wish was different

The internship was longer

Advice

Get to know as many people as you can
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Communications Intern

May - August 2018 • Atlanta, GA

What I liked

I made a lot of great connections and I was able to meet a lot of big names (like the governor of GA and the U.S. Secretary of Transportation). I also got an inside look at how big government agencies operate. I was able to see things happen onsite, like a controlled bombing of an expressway and look inside the Georgia 511 operations center.

What I wish was different

Since I was only interning, there were lots of instances where I didn't have any actual assignments and I spent the majority of the day watching my supervisor or simply monitoring social media, which got boring after awhile and I felt like I wasn't contributing anything.

Advice

Don't expect to be doing super exciting things everyday, be okay with learning simply from being in the atmosphere and taking in your surroundings.
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