- It’s not too early to start looking now.
- First, update your resume and polish your cover letter template and get your interview attire ready.
- Contact your College Career Center to have your resume and cover letter critiqued, conduct a mock interview, review their job and internship postings, learn about on campus recruiting events and how to conduct informational interviews, review internship directories and books about internships in their library.
- Complete job applications completely, neatly, and accurately.
- Attend job fairs and meet and network with employers.
- Search Job Boards using terms such as Internship, Temporary Job, Summer Job, seasonal job.
- Call companies or organizations and network with the manager for the department you are interested in working for and ask about opportunities and request a short meeting so you can learn more about the company, industry and career field. Your Career Center may have contact information for the company you are interested in working for. You may also search their website or call and ask for the contact person's name.
- Do research on the company or organization before you call, visit or go for an interview.
- Let professors, family and friends know you are looking for an internship or summer job.
- Review association and professional organization web sites that are related to your career field as many of them have job listings and opportunities to network with professionals in your field.
- Check Linkedin and Zoominfo to find individuals who may be working in your career field or company and network with these individuals.
- Review blogs for your career field and blog about your quest to find a summer job or internships. Many of them have job boards. Consider setting up your own blog and featuring your skills, abilities and, if applicable, samples of your work.
- Contact local non-profits who might have summer job opportunities. Your local United Way’s website probably will have a listing of non-profits in your area that they help fund.
- If you are willing to volunteer over the summer, check out volunteermatch.org, Idealist.org, and other similar web sites or contact organizations you are interested in volunteering for.
- Create your own opportunity by starting your own business by using your talents and abilities and seek out other students who might be interested in partnering with you.
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