It didn't seem to matter whether they were from an investment bank, a law firm, an advertising agency, a TV soap opera, a design firm, or an entertainment magazine, they all turned out to be looking for the same thing. Those jobs all require different qualifications. Sure, these employers all may have been looking for different kinds of summer work experience, and some were looking at GPAs while others were more interested in coursework-but they were all basically hoping that the same kind of young woman or man was going to come walking through their door. Here's what they said they wanted. Experience Having found a way to get some previous experience, even before you finished college, indicates your passion for a career.
Real experience helps, whether it's on a college paper's copy desk or as an intern at a newspaper.
I'd like to see some clips from a community newspaper, or a college newspaper-even a term paper if it is particularly well written. Flexibility Times being what they are, if you are sincerely interested in a particularly sought-after field, you may have to start at the very bottom. Take my secretary now. He's wonderful, a college grad, and has all the determination and energy to get on. He's working as my secretary because it was the only way to get in the door.