Internship Students

Internship Launch!!!

GrouperEye- Start the Revolution! Join a talent community. Get a job or internship. Gain a reputation.

The future of college recruiting is here.  September 15th marks the day that everything changes.  GrouperEye.com, a new website dedicated to changing college recruiting forever, has launched with a sexy new makeover.

What is GrouperEye?  It is a solution to the status quo.  It is a new way for students and companies to connect.  Most importantly, it is a better way to find the perfect job- or the perfect student to fill that job. GrouperEye allows companies to build talent communities.

How does it work?  Companies create profiles, run challenges, and post updates that students can follow.  Students are able to follow the companies they are interested in, impress them with their smarts in case challenges, and get their foot in the door with the companies they really care about.  Sure beats going to a career fair and throwing your resume into the pile, huh?

Students- get an internship or entry level job because of what you can do.  Not what you look like on your resume, not where you went to school, and not how much you can charm someone in an interview.  Companies- find better talent.  Identify those diamonds in the rough that you would have missed using your conventional tools. And do it in a new, exciting, and scalable way.

The future is here. Join a talent community!

Need To Be Found? Internship Student Tips From Arbita

Great article from: Arbita

How to Optimize your Social Media Profile

Posted August 3rd, 2009 by Nicole Bodem

I often get asked how social media and search engine rankings can be used together. For the most part I can tell you that most SEO professionals use social media mainly as a channel to help people discover content and link to it as well as for brand management and online reputation management initiatives.

But what about just getting your profiles listed in Google?

In a recent interview, Dana Todd of Newsforce and also a SEMPO board member talked about how social media frequently accounts for up to half of the top ten search results on Google for any given query

That said, ensuring your social media profiles are optimized will increase the likeliness that they will appear within the search engines results pages. Optimizing your social media profiles is no different than optimizing a website. At the end of the day SEO is really all about keywords, quality content, and links.

Learn more in my upcoming webinar: SEO & SEM for Recruiters: An Introductory Guide to Improve Your Online Visibility

Tips for Optimizing Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter Profiles

Facebook SEO Tips

• Use a vanity URL if possible – read FAQ’s Here
• Fill out all your information as complete as possible (basic info, personal info, contact info)
• Join groups and participate in their discussions
• Become a fan of pages – Become a fan or Arbita
• Ensure your profile Picture is up to date
• Use the Facebook notes section for posting blog posts
• Use the shout box for sharing links and tips
• Use the links box to share important links to your website other profiles
• Under Privacy > Search settings select “create a public listing for search engines”

Twitter SEO Tips

• In your Twitter Settings update your name to read “First Name, Last Name” IE: Nicole Bodem - No one searches for “Nicole_Bodem” or “NicoleBodem”
• Optimize your twitter bio line – it appears in the search results. Use keywords that you want to be found for. If you are comfortable talking about yourself in the third person, your name will be bolded within the search results. IE: Nicole Bodem is a Global Search Marketing Strategist
• Build followers – Twitter will internally link your followers to your profile. This means that search engines will see your followers as “links” to your profile. Links of course help with search engine visibility. Additionally, if you tweet high quality content you’ll naturally pick up additional outside links.
• Link to your twitter profile using your name as anchor text, IE: "follow Nicole Bodem on Twitter"

LinkedIn SEO Tips

• When completing your LinkedIn profile remember to use words and phrases that you hope will be picked up by those searching for people in your field. Your goal is to have a profile 100% complete.
• Get a vanity URL – your name if possible & make sure your profile is “public”
• Your past work history should go back 10 years . Explain what you did at each company.
• Fill out the summary section, add substance consider it your “elevator pitch”.
• Write/Get Recommendations & Ask/Answer questions
• Continually build on your connections
• Comment on the LinkedIn blog and link back to your LinkedIn profile

Don’t forget the additional information section – When adding websites, click on the “other” section. You can name your website and that will act as anchor text for the link.

I'll be demonstrating this and much more in my upcoming webinar: SEO & SEM for Recruiters: An Introductory Guide to Improve Your Online Visibility

Students: Breaking Into Industry Through Internships

Internship Students: Breaking Into Your Field

So you’ve taken a handful of classes in the field you plan to pursue.  You think you’re ready to apply your knowledge in the field, but you’ve never had an internship before.  All the experience you’ve achieved has been in a classroom.  This isn’t a bad thing, although it can be difficult to find an internship you enjoy doing with this lack of experience.  It’s hard to blame companies for not wanting to take a risk on someone who’s never done real work in the field before, but it is still very unfortunate for every competent student in the world who is eager to get out of the classroom to learn things firsthand.  It’s not easy, but there are many ways you can land that first internship without any of the experience they are looking for.

If you’ve taken classes at a college level, it is more than likely that you’ve done some impressive work at home for the curriculum.  Obviously you feel foolish putting this particular work on your resume, but that doesn’t mean the person interviewing can’t find out about them.  If you’ve put together a powerpoint presentation that you’re particularly proud of, print out some slides onto a page and show what you’re capable of at an appropriate part of the interview.  If you think you really impressed a professor you’ve had, ask him or her whether it would be doable to get a recommendation letter on your behalf.  If they see how dedicated and determined you are to get this first internship, in addition to samples of the in-class work you’ve done, it might not be so impossible after all.

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For more internship information, go to internship cover letter, internship resume, and intern jobs.

Student Internship Work

Internship Students: Writing Your Paper for Academic Credit

If you’ve ever completed an internship for college credit from your university, you know what a headache it can turn out to be.  Very often, you may even ask yourself why you’re bothering to go through the trouble of getting credit.  Many institutions have made it mandatory for students to write an extensive paper about the experience they got from the internship they’re getting credit for.  The problem is how vague the instructions are (especially when the professors reviewing these papers are so critical and know exactly what they want!).  There’s no magic bean that will make this process painless, but there ways to make the paper much easier on you and anyone reading it.  As much as it may have annoyed you to write this credit paper, any person reading it would definitely be able to pick up on it if you half assed it with a bitter resentment.  Here are some tips on how to take some of the hassle out of your paper:

 -Interview your boss and co-workers.  It may seem ridiculous to you, but professors and academic departments yearn for in-field work.  A simple two minute conversation between you and your boss about the on-goings of the company can not only take a couple of pages, but it requires virtually no work and is guaranteed to satisfy.

-Find a topic that actually appealed to you.  It may take more than five minutes to think of a good topic, but it’ll be worth it while you’re writing.  The quality of the paper will drastically improve if you genuinely enjoy the topic you’re discussing.

-Write it as you go along.  If you write a little bit each day during your downtime at an internship, the paper will improve in almost every way.  You don’t want to be sitting at your desk into the wee hours of the night before it’s due.  Take it step by step and you’ll get an A for your internship for sure.

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For more internship information, go to internship cover letter, internship resume, and intern jobs.

What kind of internship students would YOU want?

If you’re searching for internships, you want companies to know that you are the best student for the internship.  How can you do this?  Put yourself in their shoes and think about what kind of internship students you would want.  If you were running a summer internship program, what are some qualities that your ideal internship students would have?

Internship students should be eager to learn, but not overzealous.  Internship students should be confident, but they shouldn’t be cocky.  Internship students should be driven and motivated, but not cut-throat.  Being a great internship student requires balance in many areas.  Make sure that you are striking this balance so companies can see that you are a great internship student.

These are the qualities that companies look for when they’re searching for internship students.  Think about what experiences you’ve had as a student convey these qualities that good internship students have.  Your clubs and other extracurricular activities will show that you are involved and motivated.  But a lot of these qualities are intangible, and the best way you can show that you have them is through your internship application and your interview.

It’s only through your interview that you can show companies that you are a great internship students.  Interviews can make or break internship students in the eyes of the company.  In your internship interview, you can show that you are confident and eager.  It really is the key to you showing that you are the ideal internship student. 

You should always be thinking about what makes great internship students in the eyes of companies.  Figure out how you fit into this ideal mold of the internship student, and do whatever it takes to show companies that you are this ideal internship student.

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For more internship information, go to internship cover letter, internship resume, and intern jobs.

What kind of internship students to companies want?

Say you’re working in HR for a company.  The company wants you to hire 10 students to fill internships.  What kind of students do you want to hire for these internships?  What kind of qualities would you look for in the best internship students?

Think about these things when you’re applying for internships as a student yourself.  Put yourself in shoes of HR and think like they think.  What do you have to offer that HR would like?  What can you do to make them say, “We need to hire this student for our internship program.” How can you convey your strengths in a way that makes you a great fit for the internship?

When you’re doing this, also keep in mind what you can do to set yourself apart from other internship students.  Think about what most internship students are doing to get internships.  Think about what they’re saying in their cover letters and how they’re writing their resumes.  What can you do to break the mold and connect with your employer?

Don’t do what everyone else does.  Your goal is to be different than other internship students.  You need show your strengths in a unique way to be the best student possible for the internship.  Keep in mind that most internship students won’t get the internship.  So don’t do what most internship students do!  You need to be one of the few students that get the internship.  Be unique and creative.  Do your own thing, and do whatever it takes to connect with whoever is reading your cover letter.

These are the things you need to keep in mind when you’re applying for an internship as a student.  Most internship students aren’t even thinking about these kinds of things.  Think about this advice and how it applies to you.  Good luck in your internship search!

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For more internship information, go to internship cover letter, internship resume, and intern jobs.