Lauren Berger
Founder & CEO Of InternQueen.com; Best-Selling Author; Nation's Leading Internship & Millennial Expert
Lauren Berger is a best-selling author and the founder & CEO of Intern Queen Inc.
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Lauren Berger is a best-selling author and the founder & CEO of Intern Queen Inc., an online internship destination that helps students find and apply for internships while also educating them on how to make the most of their experiences. Her debut book, All Work, No Pay (Random House), was released in 2012, and within two days went to #1 in Job Hunting on Amazon.
Berger’s second book,Welcome to the Real World: Finding Your Place, Perfecting Your Work, and Turning Your First Job into Your Dream Career (HarperCollins) was released in April 2014. The book moves her audience past the internship world and into the job market—a career guide written for Generation Y by a member of Generation Y, teaching the reader how to use personal branding to find their ultimate passion, rather than following the traditions of corporate culture.
Berger participated in 15 internships during her four years of college and, subsequently, adopted the title “Intern Queen” before launching her business of the same name. She interned for top-notch companies across the country such as MTV, FOX, BWR Public Relations, and NBC.
Now, as CEO of Intern Queen, Inc. and a prominent international speaker, Berger works with over 500 employers located all across the U.S. and Canada. Her site, InternQueen.com, reaches nearly 100,000 different students, parents, and employers each month. She has connected hundreds of students with the internships of their dreams and has spoken to thousands of high school and college students across the country. She has a weekly advice column with the Washington Post website and has been recently featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, FoxBusiness, New York Post, and many more.
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Internships A-Z with the Founder of Intern Queen, Inc.
Hear personal stories of how Lauren Berger made the most of her opportunities and managed 15 internships during her four years of college. Her take on the internship application process, resumes, cover letters, interviews, social media, internship trends, managing a job and internship, handling paid versus unpaid internships, making the most of an internship, and turning an internship into a job is like NO other! Just as students leave her presentations motivated, career centers see an increase in internship participation.
Welcome to the Real World: Careers in the New Economy
In this presentation, Lauren inspires students to take advantage of every situation, to network 24/7, to think about merging passion with purpose, and to find motivation by constantly exposing yourself to new learning experiences. Through her own unique lens, Lauren provides millennials with unfiltered advice about how to turn their current realities into their dream careers. Whether it’s effectively managing rejection, networking like a pro, navigating sticky office politics, maintaining a healthy work/life balance, or getting promoted, Lauren teaches audiences how to live, and thrive, on their own terms.
Capturing Gen Y: How to Engage and Retain the Elusive Millennial Market
In this compelling presentation, Lauren demonstrates how to develop and maintain relationships with key influencers, showcasing the same key principals that she regularly utilizes to gain unlimited access to exclusive demographics that are highly desirable to any organization, for-profit or nonprofit. In this talk, Berger explains how she created a brand that students trust, how she maintains relationships with these students, and how she uses her savvy to leverage these relationships in a variety of high profile marketing campaigns. And more importantly, she shows us how we, and our organizations, can do it too.
Videos
Closing Keynote: Welcome to the Real World
Career Planning Tips with Lauren Berger
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Testimonials
Lauren was flawless!
Tulane University
The Intern Queen is the first place we look to provide our production company with incredible candidates. She always delivers!
Sony Pictures
She was very personable and an engaging speaker. Lauren was easy to work with, and we really enjoyed hosting her for this great event!
Ohio University
To say that she is an engaging speaker is an understatement. Lauren is articulate, energetic, passionate, not to mention hilarious. She is full of concrete, actionable tips for college students seeking internships or looking to convert their internships into full-time jobs. Lauren’s message resonates with students because she is current, relevant, and relatable.
Syracuse University
Lauren’s energy is infectious and she quickly energizes a room of quiet student into active participants. She offers advice that students may have heard before, but provides powerful personal examples to back up the words. When students see that Lauren has walked the talk, students are given the courage and permission to go out and pursue their dreams.
Carnegie Mellon University
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