Summer internships provide experience, competitive edge for Myron Osburn
Sallisaw alumnus Myron Osburn is an employee under the Cherokee Nation Work Experience, a six-week program that allows high school and college students in the federally recognized native tribes to work in a field of interest to help build their work experience in the realm of their career path and passions.
Sallisaw alumnus Myron Osburn is an employee under the Cherokee Nation Work Experience, a six-week program that allows high school and college students in the federally recognized native tribes to work in a field of interest to help build their work experience in the realm of their career path and passions.
Osburn, who works for Megaphone Pro Solutions in Sallisaw, says that on a day-to-day basis “[he] is usually editing videos that [his] bosses film,” which entails taking out “all of the excess clutter and making it into as much of a concise project as possible.”
Osburn also occasionally films local events, such as last week’s Sallisaw NOW Coalition’s CARE Conference held at Indian Capital Technology Center. Throughout the program, Osburn, as well as other participants of the program, average 35 hours a week on the job.
So is the program beneficial?
“It can be beneficial to anyone who can apply,” Osburn says, “because they help you find internships in the field that you intend to find a career in.”
Work experience is invaluable for young people, and Cherokee Nation is allowing students of varying ages to discover their career-related passions in educational and consequence-free zones.
