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I have to admit, that I’ve only recently boarded the “Green-ternship Train”. I’ve recently been in contact with the lovely founder of EcoStileto.com (http://www.ecostiletto.com/) and I’m now trying to learn different “green-friendly” ways to run my business.
Students should really understand the growing trend of “Green Careers”. I recently termed these internship opportunities, “Green-ternships”.

Intern Queen Dictionary: GREEN-TERNSHIP – An internship associated with an environmentally friendly company.

Thanks to some great Green Websites, (www.environmentcareers.com, www.greenjobs.com) , I recently added a bunch of great Green-ternships to my website. I tried to make them as spread out around the country as possible, to provide more opportunities for more students. The Green Industry is growing daily. Employers around the globe are spending millions of dollars turning their workplaces into Green Environments. Get on board the internship and in this case, make it a Green-ternship!

Get a Green-ternship Today.

•US Green Building Council Internship, http://www.quarterlife.com/internship/details/3602
Location: San Francisco, CA

•Nova Columbus Environmental Graphic Design Internship, http://www.quarterlife.com/internship/details/3592
Location: New York, NY

•Island Press – Publicity, Development, Marketing Internships, http://www.quarterlife.com/internship/details/3582
Location: Washington DC

•Green Market Fundraising Internship, http://www.quarterlife.com/internship/details/3582
Location: New Jersey

•Conservancy of SouthWest Florida Internship, http://www.quarterlife.com/internship/details/3562
Location: Naples, FL

•Clean Power Finance Internship, http://www.quarterlife.com/internship/details/3552
Location: San Francisco, CA

•UrbanGoGreen Event Planning Internship, http://www.quarterlife.com/internship/details/3542
Location: New York, NY

•Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy Internship, http://www.quarterlife.com/internship/details/3532
Location: San Francisco, CA

•Green Corps, http://www.quarterlife.com/internship/details/3522
Location: Boston, MA and San Francisco, CA

I asked my friends on Twitter what they thought about “Green-ternships”

OhHeyJamie@InternQueen that’s awesome! green internships!

suecwebber@InternQueen Count me in for Green Intern!!!

mrtoodamngood@InternQueen absolutely. All the money that the Obama administration is pushing into the green sector is where a good future is.

You got the letter. You got the email. You received the notification. You did NOT get the internship. You think the world is over.The Intern Queen has news for you. Not only is the world NOT over but you can also use this rejection and turn it into a future opportunity.

How to Turn Rejection Into Opportunity
1. Find the Rejection Notice. Open the letter or email that you received stating that you didn’t get the internship. Try to decide if the letter has been personalized to you or if it’s a template form letter. Look for specific notes that apply to your resume. Most of these letters do tend to be template forms.

2. Find the Rejector. The email or letter you got, should be signed by someone. This person is usually in the Human Resources department. Make note of their name, email, and phone number and add it to your list of professional contacts (that you should be starting).

3. Contact the Rejector. Send an email to the person who wrote the rejection letter. If the person’s email is not on the letter. Do some investigation and figure out what the company email is. Your letter should be short and sweet and ask the person if there is anything to do in the future to better your chances of getting the internship. Thank them for their nice letter and let them know that you will stay in touch. This could be a future wonderful internship experience.

Lauren Berger, The Intern Queen, speaks with Business Week’s editor about intern abuse and what’s going on in the internship space.

http://www.businessweek.com/careers/managementiq/archives/2009/05/intern_abuse.html?chan=top+news_top+news+index+-+temp_news+%2B+analysis

Check out a great new site that I’ve partnered up with, http://www.internshare.com, and the best part ? The brains behind this amazing internship site belong to college students. One of the students behind this is a great intern and he’s interning with Facebook this summer !

Get internships with the Intern Queen (http://www.quarterlife.com/intern) and rate them with InternShare.com (http://www.internshare.com).

Check out my feature with them “Intern Queen For InternShare! ” on their homepage for more blogs and more fun !