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Monday, April 27, 2015

How to End up getting the Perfect Internship

Hello Readers,

I am back with a new post . I am writing about how to end up getting a perfect Internship!!

The most important thing to get an internship is to start early. I cannot emphasize more on the fact that starting early and searching for an internship is the most important thing.

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Recruiters ( Usually Campus recruiters ) start recruiting for internships starting September ( for Internships starting in next  summer May - July ) .

Never miss your school's Career  Fair. Below are few things to keep in mind regarding Career fair and how you can ace through it and bag an internship :

1) Go to a job fair with a strategy in mind. Make sure you have the list of companies which are attending the job fair. Short list the companies in which you want to apply.

2) Dress formally and properly. Recruiter do look the way you have have dressed up and its important to dress up in a formal manner.

3) When you meet a recruiter , have a firm hand shake. Introduce yourself and keep a smile on your face all the time.

4) Remember you have not gone to a career fair to collect freebies. Freebies might give you some joy for a moment , but this is not what you want. It looks really odd when your hands are full with the bags of freebies and you are not even able to hand over your resume to the recruiter.

5) Research about the company . Most of the times recruiter would expect you to know about their company and the first question they will ask you is : So what do you know about us ? You don't have to know everything about them but ya a little bit of what they do would help. If you don't know about the company , just smile and say I would love to learn from you.

6) Print enough resume copies and make sure that you don't run out of them.

7 ) Usually employers in US and Career Center employees prefer that we should prepare a one page resume. One page is good but if you have things to put on your resume , don't hesitate to make it a two page resume. There is no hard and fast rule that you should have a one page resume. I myself have always used a two page resume and I believe it is just fine. Try to print a two page resume on one page ( front and back ) .

8) Smile is the key. Throughout your conversation try to keep a smile on your face. Career fair can be tiring as you would have to talk to lot of recruiters, stand in line for hours ( sometimes) and cover some distance. Try to stay hydrated .

9) You can always ask for a business card from a recruiter. This would help as after you go home from Career fair you should write him or her a follow up email stating something like :


It was really nice meeting you at the ________ University Career fair today .I am interested in the _________ position  we had a discussion about . Really looking forward to hear form you soon."

Don't be pushy . Try to follow up not more than once in two weeks.

Now coming to the part where you would want to search for internship positions online.Most companies post their internship positions online. Go to companies career page and search for internships. Apply for a lot of positions because there is a lot of competition. Don't be disheartened if you apply for 30 positions and hear back from none. I repeat there is cut throat competition out there. Don't lose hope and keep on applying. 

You would also want to look at my post : How to Search for Jobs  

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