Approaching companies Advice from the Career Committee Would you like to incorporate an internship in your Bachelor’s degree or gather relevant work experience another way? Approaching companies can be scary, especially if you’re being brave and taking a leap towards bigger businesses. In collaboration with our very own Career Committee, here’s some tips to become a wanted candidate!
NETWORKING Use networking possibilities, such as career events or networking events Knowing someone on the inside, or even knowing someone that knows someone on the inside gives you a huge advantage! Even contacts that might not seem directly useful at first might come in handy, sometimes it turns out it’s a small world after all. Add people you have met on LinkedIn and be active on LinkedIn This gives you two advantages: the first is again, networking! Adding someone on LinkedIn gives more of a feeling of connectedness than just haven spoken once. This also gives you an easy way to message any of your carefully networked contacts. Make sure your LinkedIn profile is always up-to-date Your LinkedIn doesn’t only show your past work experience, but also gives an impression of how engaged you are with certain topics and what you value. Next to what is actually on the page, just the degree to which your LinkedIn is up-to-date and orderly already gives away quite a bit about you. Be proactive—are you interested in a company, get in touch This shows your genuine motivation and interest and establishes you as someone who takes initiative. Regularly, a company might not have information on open positions on their website or they might not be hiring. But they might want to make a spot for an indispensable asset such as yourself. Do your research about the company: do their values and goals match with yours? You don’t want to find out after getting hired or at the job interview that you want to go a completely different way as the company wants you to. In order to feel at home in a company, it has to feel like you’re working
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