From start to finish, to apply for a job through the career service office it took me 24 minutes. I went through 8 different pages, filled out a profile, and entered my phone number and email address. Wow.
Continue →I have heard this over and over from college recruiters and several university career centers. I immediately want to vomit. Wow, this is so incredibly backwards. Unbelievable. Do these recruiters really think students don’t want great jobs or care about their own future?
Continue →Campbell Mithun, a Minneapolis ad agency, is getting creative with their internship recruitment. From February 13-25, students apply via 13 tweets.
Continue →Take a look into two leading computer science internship programs.
The site is literally this simple: black out your name, upload your internship resume, and then send it off to people for review.
What are you waiting for? Go vote for your favorite internship!
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Following a template for your internship resume screams that you are being fake. Be real and be yourself in your internship resume. Format it however you want. Be creative. It won’t kill you.
There has never been a more difficult time for finding journalism internships.
Using the template that career services gave you and filling in the blanks won’t cut it. Start with a blank page and do what you want.
You are a brand. The person reviewing your internship resume is your consumer. You are marketing yourself.
With the flood of internship resumes that companies receive on a daily basis, it is extremely difficult to differentiate yourself from other internship applicants.
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And it makes me frustrated to Google “internship resume” and find a bunch of terrible, formulaic resumes that will without a doubt get turned down.
I’ve lived in DC for college these past three years. Earlier this year I got my first opportunity for a summer internship in the nation’s capital. For a town that is basically run by young professionals, I was shocked to see the overall lack of respect many employers in this town have for their interns. [...]
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Internship interview thank you notes can be very important. After all, how many emails do you get each day vs letters in the mail?
Google has created a Youtube channel for students to learn more about their programs. Below is a sample video.
The one great question that Google asked.
The three intense interview questions I received during my JP Morgan interview.
There are many things to remember when you interview for an internship. The first is be on time and come prepared. Being comfortable is worth arriving to an interview early and making sure you don’t have to deal with any type of hassle. I remember struggling to find a parking spot for my car before [...]
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You spent a hot, humid summer in Washington DC interning for a firm. The fall is rapidly approaching, and you don’t know what to do next.
To write a great internship cover letter and think outside of the box, you need to go deep and focus on your strengths. Find a relevant experience or story that makes you a great fit for this internship. That’s right, tell a story.
Internship interview: a balance between professional and personable.
You don’t know the people who are looking at your resume, and all you have is one sheet of paper to sum up your entire life.