I just realized how much I hate technology. This realization developed slowly over the course of the day, and it began when I woke up from a TERRIBLE nightmare in which a Blackberry was stuck to my face.
The Intern Memo is a free email newsletter with a mix of event listings, intern stories and career advice specifically for interns—basically all you need to land the perfect internship and then to get you through it.
So the “most e-mailed” story of the day on The New York Times website is A Primer for Young People Starting Their First Job. If any NYT editors are reading this, listen up: If you want to compete with Gradspot.com, you’re going to be picking up your teeth with a broken arm. It’s not the type of party
Purpose – Your cover letter should explain why the employer should hire you. It shouldn’t regurgitate your resume, but instead highlight a few elements of it. It should also encourage a follow-up.
Format – Be conservative and use business letter formal. There’s no reason to be creative here. Also, keep it to one page.
Content – Show the skills you’ll bring to the company by using examples from past work experiences, explain why you want to work there, and display your personality. It’s also a tool to explain why, for example, you attended law school but are applying for consulting.
Customize – Since you’re competing with hundreds if not thousands of other people for the job, make sure you customize your letter to each company. Employers can tell if you spent the time and it will pay off.
Review carefully – Employers are looking for any reason to ding a job applicant because there are so many. So, before finalizing your cover letter, be sure to check for typos (especially in names) and poor grammar.
It’s damn hard to get that resume in the right hands, and then even harder to get those right hands to not immediately toss it into the recycling bin. Seeing as you probably spent the last four years sleeping through classes instead of working at a Fortune 500
Another commencement season has come and gone, leaving in its wake the collective words of hundreds of eminent writers, politicians, and thinkers. (Also, Chuck Norris made a speech.) Since graduates are generally too dizzy with excitement
Cast a wide net – Your family, on-campus outlets, alumni networks, and social networks and organizations are all good places to start searching, but don’t count out your aunt’s dog walker who has a great consulting contact!
Preparation is key – You wouldn’t go into a job interview unprepared, so you shouldn’t pick up the phone without doing your homework either. Do a Google search on the potential contact in advance and maybe even dig up some dirt that you can use to blackmail him into giving you an interview (only joking).
Be respectfully aggressive – If they don’t answer the email, call. If they don’t return, call again. The person whom you let slip between your fingers is one more person you won’t be getting a job from.
Informational interview = good networking – Contrary to common opinion, informational interviews are not a waste of time. They’re a valuable opportunity for you to get your foot in the door of a particular industry, make a good impression without the pressures of a real interview, and establish a contact with someone at the company where you want to work.
Mind your P’s and Q’s – Anyone who talks to you is doing you a favor. Follow-up with a thank you letter or call within forty-eight hours of talking to them
We all had that friend in college who was fanatical about taking the best professors and the most notable classes, even if he had to wake up at 8:30 on a Friday. While the rest of us were shuffling our schedules to keep three-day weekends and one o’clock wake-ups
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