The Calm Before The Storm

I know that the very timing of this post may cause it to fall upon deaf ears, but I hope that it may be of use to some of you after finals. I wanted to write about appropriate strategies and actions for the winter holidays. This can be a great time to prepare for the upcoming season of internship recruitment without the pressures of school weighing you down.

I have spent the past few weeks sending out several internship applications (and I am by no means finished!) and I am going to use the holidays to tie up all of the loose ends. I am going to follow up with companies about my application materials and make sure that I did not leave out any necessary documents. More importantly, I will spend time preparing for interviews. Part of that involves company research. Also, the Career Center has a number of valuable resources available to students for interview preparation for everything from behavioral to case interviews. I want to brush up on my skills so that when I return to WU in the spring I can have a productive meeting with one of our highly trained career advisors. After preparing with an advisor, it will be about time to start company interviews. I will post again about the status of those applications when I find out more information. Until then I will:

1) Keep applying.
2) Follow up with companies about existing applications.
3) Research companies and positions.
4) Individually prepare for interviews.
5) Make an appointment with a career advisor.

Good luck to all of you, and have a very happy holiday season!