About
The people behind After 5 Intern Program, how each article about internships and early-career growth is put together, and what we will not publish.
After 5 Intern Program is a blog, and the line under the logo, Build your career after five, is the whole editorial brief. New articles go up when they are ready, and everything we have published stays available in the blog archive.
After 5 Intern Program is what happens when you spend enough money getting internships and early-career growth wrong that you start keeping records. The records are the site.
Nothing gets filed under three headings at once. If a piece does not have an obvious home, that usually means it has not been thought through yet. The busiest sections are internship life, first job and workplace skills.
Every article carries the name of the person who wrote it, and every name links to a page listing everything else they have written.
Rachel Kim, Founder and career writer. Rachel spent five years as a campus recruiter before switching sides. She now writes about what she saw from the hiring seat and what most candidates never find out.
James Okafor, Workplace skills writer. James managed intern cohorts at two agencies before going independent. His writing focuses on the unwritten rules that experienced colleagues rarely explain.
Sophie Lander, Applications and early career writer. Sophie completed three internships before landing the role she stayed in. She writes about the application process with the clarity that comes from having done it wrong first.
What we do not do is predict outcomes. Nothing about internships and early-career growth works that way, and pages that pretend otherwise are selling something.
We write from notes taken while doing the thing, not from a summary of other summaries. Where we are unsure, the page says so in plain words.
We are not neutral about quality, but we are honest about incentives. Where money is involved, the page says so.
The full process, including corrections and commercial links, is set out on the editorial policy page.
Hosting and research come out of the same pocket that buys the things we write about. That keeps the running costs honest and the pace slow.
Tell us which line is wrong and why, at info@after5internprogram.com or through the contact page. Small errors are corrected the same week. Anything that changes the advice gets a dated note at the bottom of the article.
