Marketing Your Internship to Find a Job · internship? • What 1) hard skill 2) what soft skill...
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Marketing Your Internship to Find a Job
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Introduction• YES
– Non-profit– In existence for 20+ years– 3 department: Entrepreneurship, Artist and
Job Search• Internships
– Not everyone has the opportunity to participate in an internship
– Highlighting your internship is one way you can set yourself apart from everyone else
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1st Individual Activity:• What was your biggest takeaway from your
internship?• What 1) hard skill 2) what soft skill did you
strengthen the most?• Did you have a mentor during your internship?
(were you mentored during your internship?)• Did you participate in weekly meetings?• Did you have to write a log or keep a journal?• How has your internship affected your goals?
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• Go over answers as a group
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Ways to Market your Internship
• Résumé• Cover letters• Interviews• LinkedIn (headline, summary, messages)• Networking• When you introduce yourself• Informational meetings
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Résumé• The Education section or• The Experience section• Create a section called “Internship
Experience”• Key words from your internship• Mention other organizations and the
Governments you worked with during your internship
• Sample resume
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Cover Letters• Mention contacts’ names• Key words from your internship• Mention other organizations and the
Governments you worked with during your internship
• Through examples from your internship, persuade the reader that you deserve to be invited in for an interview
• Persuasive essay• Compare (not contrast) essay
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Interviews• Key words from your internship• Mention other organizations and the Governments
you worked with during your internship• When you are asked behavioural questions, give an
example from your internship (prepare this beforehand)– “Tell me about a time when you solved a
problem” “Tell me about a time when…”– Practice your answers before the interview
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2nd Individual Activity• Write out your answer for “Tell me about
a time when solved a problem”• Be ready to share it with the group
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LinkedInHeadline & Summary & Messages
– Mention other organizations and the Governments you worked with during your internship
– Key words from your internship
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3rd Individual Activity• Write your summary using first person (I)
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Networking
• Key words from your internship• Mention other organizations and the
Governments you worked with during your internship
• Mention contacts’ names
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4th Individual Activity• Write out how you would answer the
question “what do you do?”
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When You Introduce Yourself
• Workshop• Meetup• Networking event• Key words• Mention other organizations and the
Governments you worked with during your internship
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5th Individual Activity• Write out how you would introduce
yourself at a networking event
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Informational Meetings• The person who you are asking questions
to might ask you to tell them about yourself
• If the person mentions that they did an internship, you can mention your internship
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Interesting ResourcesUnique Entry-Level positions available through:• Mitacs Career Connect Portal• Eco Canada• Canadian Government (Career Focus paid
Internship program, jobs at Fed. Gov’t)• Quebec Government (Jeunes Volontaires)• Angel List
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One-on-One Guidance• McGill Career Planning Services (CaPS)Alumni have access to all the CaPS services free for up to one year after the end of the last semester in which they paid their Student Service fees.
• YES (Government funded)Free Drop-In appointment (M-F, appt. between 12pm-1pm)Free short/long term Career/Job Search Counselling
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Any Questions?