Sophomore Advice Needed!!!
Hello everyone,
I am currently a sophomore at a non-target and I don't have an internship for this summer yet, I feel like no one wants to hire me and I'm even willing to work for free. Does anyone have any advice? It would be much appreciated.
When did you start looking for internships? Not asking to reprimand but your tone indicates you’ve applied to many positions and didn’t get any. If so is it an issue with your GPA? Can you provide details on your major/minor; would you be interning near a major urban area?
If your school has an online career site, filter the available internships to applicable items (i.e. Sophomore, field of your interest, location, etc). I personally would apply to those ASAP.
I would also visit in person your career office - if your school has one - and ask if they know of any internship openings that are still not filled. Finance professors and the career office probably have a few informal openings they know of that might not be online. So that being said if you’re close to any finance professors ask if they know of any opportunities and stress that you’re apparently willing to work for free.
The obvious: check other job sites such as LinkedIn... ask friends and family. It is really a numbers game in my opinion if you don’t have connections and come from a non-target (which I personally identify with).
Don’t give up hope - in my opinion I would do something this summer..... an internship would be ideal but if not see if any finance professors have a project you can work on..... maybe get ahead on your classes.
If you are dead-set on the internship, understandably so, stress that you are willing to work for free. I’m surprised you haven’t found anything.
started applying in Feb. (Long story), I have a 3.8 gpa, applied to about 20 internships so far and got a no to all, Finance and Entrepreneurship, Im applying everywhere and anywhere,
20?
How are you applying 'everywhere'? Send out a lot more applications.
Send out hundreeeddddssssss.....
That’s a great GPA.
20 is what I would apply to over a single weekend.
As the other poster said, apply to way more. I personally applied to over 100 when I was in your position. By the end of the school year my desktop was filled with different cover letters for different companies.
Having been in your position last year, there are a few things I can recommend. Not saying it's the perfect strategy, but it's something that can help.
If you have more questions, feel free to PM me. I've been there and know what it feels like.
Ya I would recommend not only applying to BB's, but also every bank and PE firm (if your interested), that you can possibly find.
Emailing higher ups in these smaller firms will not by any means hurt you, unless you decide to say something really dumb. So do that for sure.
You can do it!
Do you think a financial advisor internship would work?
Well it depends what kind of company and what you actually would be doing. If you have absolutely no other offers, something is better than nothing.
Some financial advisor internships can be a real drag and completely useless experience. I know of some who would try and get the interns to just call up their parents friends to get them to use the company and really accomplish and learn nothing.
But again, being able to put at least something on your resume will help
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