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For far too long you have blamed the college, the companies, the government, the society, the fate, and the neighbour’s dog as reasons for you still not finding an internship; may be it’s time for a little introspection and see if you yourself have some blame to share.
In our experience, following are the 5 most common reasons why students do not get an internship. And no, lack of enough opportunities is not one of them.
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Managers or bosses are really nice. Really nice subjects of jokes, that is. These jokes make it seem like bosses have been terrorizing employees for generations. Since it is likely that for most of you, an internship this summer will bring you in contact with your first ever boss, it is helpful to know what real bosses are like. We hope these tips help you manage all sorts of bosses, from jovial to evil dictators: Read more…
Most of the corporate internships have a mid-term review where you, the intern, are expected to make a presentation to senior management (people above your manager/mentor’s level) on your internship. This is also an opportunity for you to impress them (i.e. senior management) with your work which hopefully would translate into the much desired PPO.
For many students this may be their first ever presentation inside a corporate environment and it is natural to feel a little nervous; however these 10 tips should calm your nerves and help you sail through this important milestone of your internship smoothly.
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PowerPoint presentations, class presentations, farewell speeches…there’s no escaping public speaking. There’s also no reason to start shaking every time you see a stage. We’ve compiled some helpful tips to make your public speaking experience as pleasant as possible. Read more…
This is one of the commonly asked questions on Internshala and until recently even we, just like most of the other folks in the industry in India, used both the terms interchangeably thinking there was no difference.
But it turns out there is indeed some important and noteworthy difference.
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A college student prepares his or her first resume when applying for an internship and it’s natural to feel a bit clueless about how to make one. You often wonder what you should write in your resume and what you should not. How do you present your resume in a way that impresses a company to offer you the internship or invite you for the interview ? Due to lack of awareness and experience, most of the students make many basic mistakes in their resume which may hurt their internship/job prospects.
To help a student understand if his or her resume also contains these fundamental mistakes and how does his or her resume compare against other students; Internshala has prepared a free Resume Score Calculator that you can use to get a score on your resume.
We hope this calculator would help you improve your resume and build an awareness among students about importance of a good resume. You can access the calculator here
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We’ve all heard it – it is important to do your research about an organization before your interview. Employers state candidates’ lack of research as one of their pet peeves. Research is important, not only because it makes decisions like how to answer “Why do you want to work with us?” simpler, but also because employers now consider it a necessity. We’ve made a helpful guide on how and what to research about an organization: –
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Ever since the launch of Internshala EDGE (a service where you can get your resume reviewed by experts), we have received several requests from students for a sample internship resume. Please note that while there are no rigid rules on what exactly constitutes a great internship resume, we have tried our best to come up with a format which we believe can be a good starting point.
Without further delay, you may download the Internshala recommended template for a sample internship resume here
If you would like an expert’s help to improve your current resume, subscribe to Internshala EDGE
What’s supposed to be fun, a way to unwind and get to know one another better can be confusing if not nerve-wracking. How do you behave at an office party? Should you drink or not? Who do you talk to, about what, and what do you wear? Internshala answers all your questions!
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As a general rule, ‘quirky’ interview questions may seem odd, unfair and even annoying, but there’s a thought behind most of them. They’re designed to gauge a specific aspect of your personality. Even if that explanation doesn’t seem good enough, many top companies (Apple, Goldman Sachs, AT&T, Google) ask candidates strange questions at interviews. What is important to remember is that weird interview questions are stressful because they’re supposed to be stressful. They’re supposed to evaluate how you react in situations of pressure. So treat them like fun puzzles that you want to solve out of curiosity and not because you want the internship/job, and you should be fine. The eight types of weird interview questions you may want to be ready for are: Read more…
Among all the ‘social’ media platforms, LinkedIn is used the least by students. Majority of the students while do not even have a profile on LinkedIn, those who do treat it like a big, grumpy distant uncle in family whom you know you have to say hello but you do not want to.
However boring it may feel, truth is, having a professional presence on LinkedIn helps. It will help you discover many opportunities, connect with professionals and stay ahead of the competition in your career quest. Here is a list of things that students can include in their LinkedIn profile to create an effective online presence rather than leaving it all blank.
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The last day at an internship is as important as the first day, and sometimes has more influence on your colleagues and boss than your entire internship itself. How you leave office is your last impression and determines how they will remember you, and to make sure it’s a good impression, do not forget to do the following things.
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LinkedIn can be confusing at first, being quite unlike any other networking website. So we made a checklist that we hope helps you in your endeavour to find an internship, a job, or simply to network. If you have any more helpful tips, do share!
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For many students, an internship is their first opportunity to make a formal power point presentation. While it’s natural for you to feel nervous, but armed with this essential life saver Power Point info graphic guide, winning over your audience should be easier than you think! Read on…
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Sandeep ‘Rigid’ Reddy was full of emotions when he nervously woke up his teammates. True, he was the only one who had at least an ounce of consciousness left to keep going when they all succumbed to sleep one by one. But that is no excuse for single-handedly destroying half a day’s work by drilling a hole in the wrong place when Robocon was just a day away. His teammates woke up and went back to where they left it, to rebuild the robot, not showing any sign of what just happened. While Sandeep was extremely lucky to have been in the right team, all of us might not be as fortunate as him. Read further for some tips on how to make whole more than sum of parts. Read more…
Remember the first day of school and how whiny you were? You would have never thought that any day can beat it on scale of the mess you created. But the first day you actually start to work in an organization can get messier if you commit a few faux pas. Here are some tips to get it right first time itself.
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Many of you may have now started with your summer internship and after initial few days of settling down and feeling happy, the actual work may have now begun. As goes with any real life project, you need to interact with a variety of people in the organization, including your manager, people in your team, colleagues in other departments, senior management, external vendors – the list goes on!
Soon you’d realize that email is the most widely used form of communication in an office environment because its the most convenient. But if not done right, your email etiquette (or rather lack of it) may jeopardize your project at the least and your internship at the worst! Here are the top 10 email etiquette which, if followed, will not only save you from any potential trouble but would add a golden feather to your communication skills.
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If you are interning in Delhi this summer, do not forget to attend InternSaturday, an exclusive career guidance event for interns in Delhi
With summer vacations starting off, most of you have either already started or are about to start your internship. And the timing is ideal for us to dish out some worldly wise gyaan on how to make the most of your internship. But nobody reads the ‘good advice’ these days and hence may be telling you contrary would drive the point home :). So here go 10 sure shot ways to ensure that your internship is a forgettable experience.
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In today’s age of rapid growth and development in almost all sectors of life, people want to optimize their output in every way they can. Even when it comes to organizations hiring employees, the officials have found a new means to enhance their recruitment procedures via ‘Telephonic Interview’. In this peak time of placements for jobs and internship applications, Internshala brings to you the key points that one needs to focus upon so as to be geared up for ‘The Call’. Read more…
Have you been searching for that ever elusive internship for months now? Have you applied to almost every possible place (many of them on Internshala) but have not got a positive reply yet? Do you wonder what is it missing in your application that would make it stand out amongst 100 other applications? Are you curious what do the people who finally get the internship do differently than you?
Well, after having screened and seen thousands of internship applications on Internshala, and with a set of new changes in the application form brought in; we present for the first time, Top 5 secrets of how to make a winning internship application on Internshala.
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