Looking for a Summer Internship?
Looking for a Summer Internship?
Have you started looking for your summer job or
internship? Are you doing all you can to start positioning
yourself for career success once you graduate? U2 is the
ideal time to develop a plan of action that starts with securing a
relevant summer internship especially in areas of Consulting,
Financial Institutions & Information Technology. Don't
procrastinate as positions in these industries are up on myFuture
and deadlines to submit are in January with interviews usually in
February.
The competition is fierce and you should be prepared to alter your
schedule to better suit that of the employer. This is the time to
take advantage of their availability.
Before you opt to participate, ask yourself two questions:
- Is your candidacy strong enough to propel you to an interview?
- Can you dedicate the time required to compete?
To help you better prepare to successfully participate in the on-campus recruitment for these positions and be asked for an interview, consider these recommendations:
- Start with a self-assessment: you need to know what your skills, interests, values and abilities are.
- Research the industry and life style: These industries require long hours and others require you to be constantly up-to-date. TIP: Informational interviews are a great way to find out about the culture in these industries.
- Create a resume and cover letter; without a shining application how can they see what a great candidate you are? TIP: CaPS has CV Drop-in daily or make an appointment with a Career Advisor to go over your CV & cover letter.
- Practice your interview skills: your amazing application has their interest - now you need to keep them interested. Can you answer the question, "Tell me about yourself?"? TIP: CaPS offers workshops on interview skills, and you can book an appointment for a mock interview.
- Don't forget that you will probably have to do a case interview. Are you familiar with what a case interview is? TIP: Research and practice case interviewing in order to become more familiar with the process. Case examples are available at various consulting firm websites, including The Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Co. Check out the Vault Guides as well and see an advisor.
For up-to-date information on deadline dates, information sessions and workshops, please login in to myFuture. Check out the Quick Guide on myFuture's OCR (i.e. how to search, upload documents, apply, sign up for interviews, etc.).