Applying for Internships – Round Four

Over the past few weeks, we’ve created lists of 2-3 internship sites a week, researched each site, prepared tailored application materials for each, then submitted applications.

This week:
By now, you’ll likely be able to guess our first goal for this week – follow up with any Round Two or Three internship applications. Then, create a list of your Round Four internships; research each, prepare application materials then submit.

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The Top 10 Worst and Most Common Interview Mistakes

Guest Author: Nikki Ruth, CV writer and founder of job interview coaching company My CV and Me. Nikki has over 10 years experience conducting job interview coaching and she is an active blogger.
Website: My CV and Me

A big part of a successful interview is avoiding simple mistakes. Below are some of the worst and most common interview mistakes that even the most intelligent graduates make and how you can avoid them.

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Here are some sample closing questions to ask a company before the end of your interview.

Guest Author: Matthew Warzel, MJW Careers
Website: http://www.mjwcareers.com

Here are some sample closing questions to ask a company before the end of your interview.

You always want to make sure you research a company prior to attending an interview, so you can be as educated as possible. Remember, your competition is doing this legwork. On top of finishing with verbage relating to the company, industry and specific job you are interviewing for, you want to add some of these below questions in the mix to make you that much more effective. Nothing is worse than having no questions at all.
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Acing Your Interview, Part 2

As I mentioned last week, I am writing a series for @LUCareerCenter’s blog about Acing Your Interview. This series discusses ways students and recent grads can use skills garnered from the classroom to ready yourselves for interviews. Part 1 dealt with developing your interview’s thesis. In Part 2, I describe preparing your evidence.

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