With it being the start of the spring semester, I feel like everyone is scrambling to apply for a summer internship if they haven’t already done so during the fall semester. Having a summer internship is especially important if you are a rising junior or senior in college because it helps you form connections to hopefully get a job out of college. In my first ever blog post, I wanted to talk about this topic because I just received another part-time job offer. I think something that is never talked about is how to apply properly and how to interview correctly (these will be coming as a blog post soon!) for a job.
When looking for a job or an internship while being in college, I think it is important to apply to three different things: a job/internship that you are overqualified for, a job/internship that you are under qualified for, and a job/internship that you are exactly qualified for. I personally think it is better to have the mindset of “go big or go home” when applying for a job/internship that you may want. Being under qualified for a position does not mean you cannot be an ideal candidate for that specific role. When I say under qualified, I mean in the sense that it is still attainable with your experience. To make this make more sense, I think it would be beneficial to pull up three roles that fit these criteria for me:
Above, I have chosen three jobs/internships that I have found on LinkedIn. When looking at these jobs/internships, I considered my resume and my skillset when deciding on which category each of these went into. For the overqualified internship, I think I am overqualified after reading through the job description because I am proficient in the Adobe Suite (I am certified in both Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere Pro while having experience with using Adobe After Effects, all apps that they named in the description), I am able to assist in long-form edits (at my last internship I worked on editing together 30 minute long episodes). I am not going to go through all the reasons that I think I am overqualified for this position because that is not the point of this post.
The point of this post is to help you understand the first stage of finding a job/internship that you should be applying for. I don’t think anyone should ever sell themselves short when it comes to job/internships, but I also think you shouldn’t be cocky. I mistake I’ve seen far too often is that when people think they are overqualified, they got cocky and think they are above a job/internship. When starting the process of looking for a job/internship I highly recommend (and I cannot stress this enough) to never think you have something in the bag. No matter how qualified you are for something, it never means that you have it. I think this is a good mindset to have from the very start so you don’t feel disappointed if you don’t hear anything back, don’t get an interview, etc.
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