Intern Queen Lauren Berger is Our Featured Guest 3/18/09

Lauren Berger is called “The Intern Queen” after completing 15 internships during her 4 years of college. She started her own company with the goal of connecting college students with their futures. Lauren currently runs, www.quarterlife.com/intern, a FREE resource for students to apply for internships at hard-to-reach companies like SONY, NASCAR, NBC UNIVERSAL, and 350 others.

The site also features Lauren’s Blog, I AM INTERN, which provides students with all kinds of internship advice and updates. Lauren tours the country speaking to students, employers, professors, and parents about the importance of internships, how to get internships, how to benefit interns while providing them with a worthwhile experience, how internships are changing and increasing in today’s economy, how students and employers need to control their social networking, engage in social media monitoring, and how students can make the most of their internships.

Over 70 % of college students graduate college with internship experience. Students all over the world are currently looking for summer internships. Lauren stands out from other “career experts” because of her age and ambitious personality. She speaks from her own experience and can relate to the student’s and what challenges they are experiencing. Lauren’s site, www.quarterlife.com/intern, gets approx 20,000 unique visitors each month.

*Berger won Best Young Entrepreneur in 2007-2008 for the Stevie Awards for Women In Business and is currently an official blogger on Women Entrepreneur.com with her blog “A Savvy Start”.

Lauren has previously been featured in Los Angeles Business Journal, E!Online, Pink is the New Blog, One Day One Job, Yahoo TV, Hollywood Reporter, Chicago Public Radio, Young Money, JobRadio, Seventeen, CollegeRecruiter.com, UniversityofDreams.com, Wetfeet.com, WomenEntrepreneur.com, Women’s Business Online.

I have had the opportunity to spend some time on the phone with Lauren and have to say that she is a dynamic lady.  You will not want to miss her on DivaTalkRadio.

When:  Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Where:  http://DivaTalkRadio.com/live

Until next time, wear your heels well & I’ll see YOU at the show!