Job Hunter Newsletter
What They Never Tell You About Internships
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IN THIS ISSUE:
- -Job Search Tip of the Week - "What They Never Tell You About Internships"
-Help Spread The Word!
-Job Search Links
-Free Job Search Book
-Sponsor: Free Career Analysis
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- Job Search Tip of the Week, by Brian Krueger, author of "College Grad Job Hunter," the #1 book for entry level job search:
"What They Never Tell You About Internships"
While internships can be the single best differentiator for you in achieving job search success, it does come with some attached baggage. Namely, why would you want to work anywhere other than with the company you interned with?
The opportunity often exists to work for the company you interned with after graduation. That is, if you were a good employee. While accepting a position with your intern company can make your job search infinitely easier, it also limits your scope of opportunities to just one company. Would you consider marrying the first and only person you ever dated? Probably not. Yet that is what many students are doing when they go to work for the company they interned with. If the company is everything you ever wanted, if they provide you with opportunities for growth and advancement, if they are the realization of all your hopes and dreams--go for it. But then why are you reading here at this site? Probably because you want to know if there is something better out there.
For most students, the company you intern with is just one of many potential employers you should be considering in your job search. Yet the other employers may wonder why you are choosing not to work for the company you interned with. You need to have a ready answer or you may end up looking like the unwanted leftovers from another company's internship program. If there is an offer to return full-time after graduation, make sure you mention this fact in your correspondence (written, verbal, and during the course of the interview) and why you decided to consider other employers.
The strongest hand to play is when you have an open offer from your intern employer to return as a full-time employee after graduation. Not only will it provide you with an offer in the bank which can only be beaten by better offers, it will also intensify the competition for you as a prospective employee. Use your time wisely while the offer is still open, but do not put off a decision beyond the requested response date.
Next newsletter: "The Volunteer Intern Technique"
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- Help Spread The Word!
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Job Search Links:
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http://www.CollegeGrad.com/jobs - Setting up a job alert:
http://jobs.CollegeGrad.com/JS/Form/SearchForm.asp?alert=y - Post your resume:
http://jobs.CollegeGrad.com/JS/Form/SignUpForm.asp - Update your posted resume:
http://jobs.CollegeGrad.com/JS/Form/LoginForm.asp - Creating your resume:
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/resumes - Quickstart resume templates:
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/resumes/quickstart - Creating your cover letter:
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/coverletters - Career information/exploration:
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/careers - Employer research:
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/employers - Top Entry Level Employers:
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/topemployers - Interviewing techniques:
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/intv - Salary info--how much are you worth?
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/salaries - Job offer negotiation:
http://www.CollegeGrad.com/offer
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- Job Search Book Online
There are at least two other entry level Web sites that offer books on job searching, proclaming that they will tell you everything you need to know about entry level job search.
However, there is a very important point about these books they don't mention up front: they cost money.
At CollegeGrad.com, we give you two things they don't:
- 1. The #1 entry level job search book ("College Grad Job Hunter").
2. It's free.
It's that simple. So don't buy the hype. Read the real information you need for FREE:
Don't ever pay for books or reports or resources of lower quality when you can access the very best quality information for free.
P.S. Yes, you can buy "College Grad Job Hunter" in hardcopy format as well at Amazon.com for $15 (actually, 30% off that price), but the online version is better. Why? Because the version at Amazon.com (the 2003 edition) is being continually updated at CollegeGrad.com. So the most current version of the book is actually the online, free version.
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