The question "How to find a summer internship?" is often quite
stressful. You have your studies to worry about and don't have enough
time to look for an internship until you look at your calendar and you
realize that you have only 1 month left to find a summer internship that
have to both please you and fit the requirements of your
school/university.
So you start feeling the pressure, go and surf
on the internet and you end up losing a loooot of time. OK you will find
a summer internship, but after all, you're like "why is it such a
headache?", "do I really have to waste hours on the internet to find
it?" If you want to find a summer internship, whether a summer or any
kind of work experience, that's easy, what requires preparation and some
work is to find one that you will enjoy.
There are 6 things you must care about if you want to be efficient in your research:
1. What are you looking for? Which sector? In which country? Which tasks?...
2. Your CV
3. Your cover letter
4. Which internship search websites are worth a visit
5. How to use your network? (and we all have one, believe me)
6. Your interview
The
first thing, which is of utmost importance, is often neglected,
especially for summer internships, since we think: I don't want to
bother (i.e. think) to much, it's just for 3 months..." but it is a
mistake. You have to know what you want to do to find it.
So don't
be too open, focus, focus and focus on what you want so that you can
find a summer internship that will bring value to your skills, knowledge
and CV.
I learnt a lot from my mistakes, and I saw the other side
while working as a recruiter for a company. So I know how it works and
want you to benefit from my experience to avoid the mistakes I did, gain
time and be able to proudly and loudly "Yes I did!" to the
10-time-a-day-asked-by-mum question: "did you finally find your summer
internship?"
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