When searching for an internship, it is important to surround yourself with job tips. Being well-informed on job tips will allow you to gather your favorite tips and create your own strategy of excellence.
To start, two good blogs to follow, along-side this one of course, are Intern Queen and The Savvy Intern.
Intern Queen specializes in insights into long distance internships. Many of her blog posts are about how to find internships according to location, how to land an internship without face-to-face interviews and standing out among local prospects. This website is great for those studying abroad or wanting to travel while getting experience. She does a great job on providing a variety of topics in an interesting format. One fun thing she offers is an interactive section to her Instagram site that allows readers to get to know her on a more personal level. Additionally, she offers internship opportunities and a place for employers to post their internships. The down side to the website is it is not well organized so it is hard to read. Additionally, most of her focus is on traveling internships, so those who want to keep their internship local do not get much insight.
The Savvy Intern features a wealth of important and helpful information. Their posts range from getting your resume rejected to understanding the difference between confidence and arrogance. This website is great for any intern in the hiring stage to the final stage. They do a great job in keeping posts relevant to the season and time period. For example, their most current post is titled “Winter Warm-Up: What Must Be Done Now to Get a Gig by Summer.” One fun thing they do is make it engaging through Twitter by allowing people to ask questions through hashtags. They then use Storify to write the stories and incorporate the questions into the writing. One thing they can improve on is making it more visually appealing as it uses a plain white background with sublime black font and blue links. Even though their content is spot on, it is not visually engaging so it is hard to keep the reader’s attention throughout the articles.
To start, two good blogs to follow, along-side this one of course, are Intern Queen and The Savvy Intern.
Intern Queen specializes in insights into long distance internships. Many of her blog posts are about how to find internships according to location, how to land an internship without face-to-face interviews and standing out among local prospects. This website is great for those studying abroad or wanting to travel while getting experience. She does a great job on providing a variety of topics in an interesting format. One fun thing she offers is an interactive section to her Instagram site that allows readers to get to know her on a more personal level. Additionally, she offers internship opportunities and a place for employers to post their internships. The down side to the website is it is not well organized so it is hard to read. Additionally, most of her focus is on traveling internships, so those who want to keep their internship local do not get much insight.
The Savvy Intern features a wealth of important and helpful information. Their posts range from getting your resume rejected to understanding the difference between confidence and arrogance. This website is great for any intern in the hiring stage to the final stage. They do a great job in keeping posts relevant to the season and time period. For example, their most current post is titled “Winter Warm-Up: What Must Be Done Now to Get a Gig by Summer.” One fun thing they do is make it engaging through Twitter by allowing people to ask questions through hashtags. They then use Storify to write the stories and incorporate the questions into the writing. One thing they can improve on is making it more visually appealing as it uses a plain white background with sublime black font and blue links. Even though their content is spot on, it is not visually engaging so it is hard to keep the reader’s attention throughout the articles.