Picture me a few years back, fresh out of UC Santa Cruz, decked out in my uber professional business casual outfit and strutting into a big publishing company in San Francisco for my first day of work. It was the kind of company us lit. majors dream about working for. Creative types lined the halls. You could choose which books did and didn’t see the light of day. And with no experience whatsoever, I had a desk waiting for me there.
So how did I swing that one, being a total rookie at the time? I’ll tell you: it was an unpaid internship I heard about, applied for and landed. Why, in this era of spendy gas and spendier groceries would anyone work for FREE? Because it’s an awesome way (sometimes the only way) to get experience and make contacts that you need to land the job of your dreams.
So from your been-there, done-that buddy at What’s My Score, here are a few handy tips for getting the right internship for you:
• First, make a short list of cool companies in your field that you can contact about interning. Think about where you want to end up and the skills you need to get there.
• Talk to your career counselor, look online, and hit up friends and family about internships in your field.
• Stay on it. Landing a great internship can be as tough as getting a job. If you can’t get your foot in the door the first time, keep trying.
• Earn it, with a professional resume and cover letter and the right clothes and attitude for the job.
• Go big. Once you’re in there, ask questions and do the absolute best job you can.
• Make contacts at your internship and make sure to keep in touch.
As for my stint at the publishing house, my boss there wrote me an awesome letter of recommendation that helped me get my next job. I learned some tricks of the trade you couldn’t learn in school — like how to write a rejection letter and what kinds of books really sell. And man, the name looks good on my resume.
To start your internship search, check out at internships.com.
And for awesome advice about acing any job (or internship) search, visit WhatsMyScore.org.
— Liz R.
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