Undergraduate & Graduate
Before your first internship search
Understand what you can contribute before deciding where to apply.
- Choose two or three target roles. Compare responsibilities, skills, and experience requirements instead of selecting employers by reputation alone.
- Review coursework, campus activities, and research. Record your responsibility, actions, and verifiable results.
- Maintain an application list with deadlines, document versions, interview progress, and follow-up dates.
- Prepare a concise introduction and genuine examples of collaboration, problem-solving, and learning.
Parents & Families
A shared career conversation for families
Align expectations, resources, and the student's own direction.
- Understand the student's interests, strengths, and preferred locations. Distinguish their goals from family expectations.
- Discuss time and budget, allowing room for preparation, applications, and adjustments.
- Review completed actions and genuine feedback. Avoid treating short-term hiring outcomes as the only sign of progress.
- Obtain the student's authorization before sharing personal materials or search information, and agree clear boundaries.
Employers & Hiring Teams
What belongs in a strong hiring brief?
Align the requirements before starting the search.
- Define the business problem, reporting relationship, and outcomes expected from the new hire.
- Separate essential capabilities from trainable skills, with a business reason for each requirement.
- Confirm location, working arrangements, compensation range, hiring timeline, and interview process.
- Agree who owns feedback and how candidates will be assessed, so communication stays consistent and timely.
