Quintessential Careers Press: The Quintessential Guide to Finding and Maximizing Internships Chapter 3: Applying Job-Search Skills to Obtaining an Internship Page 11 Developing Marketing Materials You'll need a resume, cover letter, and interview skills, covered in greater depth later in this chapter. Finding Prospective Employers Chapter 2 provides suggestions for finding internship employers. Here are a few more avenues to explore: leaders in your career/occupation best companies to work for matching corporate values/culture companies for which you have a previous connection How do you research prospective employers? Go to our Guide to Researching Companies, Industries, and Countries. How do you know the companies you find are a good match for you? Take our Workplace Values Assessment. Seeking Career and Internship-Search Advice If you're struggling in your internship search, turn to the many resources available through your college or university -- specifically your professors and your career center. Consider reading: It's Never Too Early -- or Too Late -- to Visit Your College Career Office. Using Network for Uncovering Internship Leads The collection of people you know -- and who know you (or know other people in your network) -- amounts to your career network. And while the concept of networking is sometimes a mystery to internship-seekers, it shouldn't be. Networking -- by a very vast margin -- is the very best way to track down internship leads and career opportunities. Take all the socializing you typically do as a college student, crank it up a few notches, and you have networking of the sort that can truly help you find an internship and later land a job upon graduation. When you first enroll in college, you don't necessarily think about the kinds of hard-core networking activities that will really benefit your job search later on. But the earlier you start, the better off you will be. Previous Page Next Page Back to The Quintessential Guide to Finding and Maximizing Internships Index Page