spectrum: Professional

When you are applying for summer internships, it is important to use every resource you have at your disposal. LinkedIn and Handshake are great tools to use to make connections, find new networking events, and potentially secure internships. However, you may not know how to make the most of each platform. Check out our guide to using LinkedIn and Handshake effectively!

Interviews are undoubtedly an essential part of any application process, and with summer right around the corner, many students are looking for opportunities to work or intern in the city. While bringing up attendance at Columbia or Barnard might be a given in an interview, what exactly sets a student here apart from others at similarly distinguished institutions? What about Columbia is unique to making better future employees? Below are some pointers to help convey exactly that to those interviewers.

Whether you’re an incoming first-year or a rising senior, it’s never too late nor too early to start scouting for job openings during your time at Columbia or Barnard. Not only can it be an enriching experience to prepare you for life after graduation, it can also serve as a good source of financial support.

If you’ve ever applied for an internship, you know how long and frustrating the application process can be. After countless resume workshops, networking sessions, and practice interviews, getting rejected from an internship you spent months preparing for can be quite devastating.

As you progress through the first half of this fall semester, you may have a certain thought lingering at the back of your mind: How can I obtain an internship for the summer? This is something that many students probably worry about, but most don’t know that the Center for Career Education offers internship programs!

Do you need to update your résumé? Practice for your upcoming interviews? Want to know all the different resources for getting an internship? Look no further than Beyond Barnard. Although it’s fairly new, the Beyond Barnard Initiative is an amazing resource for students’ professional needs.

You have two first-round interviews next week, have a cover letter due at 11:59 p.m. that you haven’t began writing, and want to improve your resumé but don’t know how.

Sure, you might be able to bang out a cover letter in your pajamas at three in the morning, but there’s no place to hide during an interview. Interviews are perhaps the most nerve-wracking part of the job or internship application process because you have come across as sophisticated, eloquent and, well, an adult, to hiring managers and prospective bosses. While we admittedly can’t teach you how to temporarily disable the sweat glands in your palms, we here at Spectrum have some tips to help you ace your next interview.

Whether you’re looking to explore different fields, make some extra cash, or build a relevant skill set for your future career, you’ve probably thought about getting an internship. However, internships don’t fall from the sky, and despite how much we talk about the internship search up here at MoHi, it’s normal to feel confused and overwhelmed by the internship search. But no need to worry: Spectrum has you covered with a step-by-step guide to the internship hunt.

Balancing academics, extracurriculars, and an internship all at the same time can seem pretty daunting to most students. This is why many choose to intern over the summer and focus on academic and extracurriculars during the year. Although June may seem like an eternity away in the heart of this never-ending winter, starting early on your internship/job hunt is always a good idea!