| In order to get a job, it is important to have experience | | | | volunteering experiences that you have had. Then, |
| to show on your resume. In order to get experience, it | | | | after typing your resume, proofread your resume very |
| is helpful to do an internship. An internship is a | | | | carefully to make sure there are no spelling or |
| supervised experience where you work in a particular | | | | grammatical errors. |
| setting under the supervision of someone already | | | | Get Good References |
| established in the profession that you want to pursue. | | | | In order for you to get an internship, you will need to |
| Getting internships and placements can be difficult. | | | | have references or letters of recommendation. You |
| However, it is necessary to do an internship if you | | | | could start by asking some of your professors for |
| want to have sufficient experience on your resume to | | | | recommendations. If you are nervous about asking the |
| impress future employers. The following steps will be | | | | professors in person, you could email the professors |
| useful in helping you to find internships and placements. | | | | and ask. Particularly if you did well in your classes, it |
| Be Specific in Your Selection of Internships | | | | should not be too difficult to ask for letters of |
| There are various kinds of internships and placements. | | | | recommendation from your professors. Others that |
| Thus, it is necessary for you to know exactly what | | | | you should ask include former employers or individuals |
| type of work you want to do during your internship. | | | | who have supervised you during community volunteer |
| For example, if you are majoring in human resources in | | | | activities that you have done in the past. |
| college, you are likely aware that human resources | | | | Finding the Internship |
| persons can specialize in staffing, compensation | | | | To find internships and placements, start your search |
| analysis or labour relations. Thus, if you were a human | | | | early and start by contacting the career services |
| resources major, you would have to choose one of | | | | department at your college because typically they |
| those specialties within human resources and then you | | | | have internship listings. Also, you could talk with your |
| would plan to do an internship in that particular | | | | professors to see if any of them are aware of |
| specialty. If you had some other major, you would | | | | available internships. Or, you could do an online search |
| likewise choose a particular specialty within that | | | | for internships at the company websites of companies |
| academic major and you would plan to do your | | | | that you think you would be interested in working for |
| internship in that specialty. | | | | after graduation. |
| Put Together a Good Resume | | | | Finding an internship can be challenging. However, it |
| The importance of putting together a good resume | | | | should not be an unhappy experience. After all, you |
| should not be underestimated. Of note, there are | | | | are seeking an opportunity to gain supervised |
| numerous websites that describe and show examples | | | | experience that will hopefully improve your career |
| of how a resume should look. Go to one of these | | | | prospects. You should see your internship search as |
| websites and look at an example of a resume. Type | | | | an adventure. The steps mentioned above can help to |
| your resume accordingly. Make sure to list all of the | | | | make your internship search more manageable and |
| employment, academic, sports and community | | | | help you find the internship of your dreams. |