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Building Brands | Carving Careers
Building Brands | Carving Careers
GreenHat Ventures Pvt. Ltd
How to get an Internship in INDIA? Abroad??
Rajesh Kumar Naidu Yabaji
Vishnu Komma
Manager, Campus Relations
Is it true?
You’ve networked on Orkut and Facebook…
You’ve explored the world through India Today and Outlook…
Maybe, you just got an SMS from 54321 about a contest…
But, when it comes to information and networking for YOUR
career, you don’t have a one-stop solution
We all are confused when it comes to career choices…
NOT ANY MORE…
About Us
A start-up venture by a group of IIT Kharagpur Alumni
Vision: To empower the young talent to make
better and more informed career decisions To connect employers to the right talent
and help them earn “the employer of choice” tag among the talent
Solution
SpotChoose the right career path
Be SpottedShowcase yourself before employers
GrowMake yourself industry-ready
FastrakTM: Virtual Industry tours Employer Profiles Career Doctor TM : Self-Assessment Tool Networking with peers/alumni
•e-Career Fairs• Scholarship/fellowship opportunities
• Resume Builder• Interview simulator TM
• Interactive industry simulator courses
Our Media portfolio
CQ (Career Quotient) is the first exclusively campus career publication in India.
You Choose is the Web 2.0 version of a career portal—a first of its kind career community on the Web
Partnering with Affle, we provide contextual career information through their SMS 2.0 product
You Choose!www.youchoose.in
Our current campus network
Internship?
What is an internship? Why do you want to do an internship? When do you do an internship?
Outline
Where an Internship? Resume/Cover Letter Scholarships/Sources of Funds How to go about it?
Where an Internship?
Internship Abroad Industrial Research Centers/Laboratories University Independent Consultants NGO’s
Internship in India Industrial Research Centers/Laboratories University
Scholarships
Scholarships of governments of different Countries (DAAD)
Scholarships floated by Labs University Undergraduate Research
Programs Organizations Promoting Research Company Compensations Professor’s Funds (Student
Worker’s) Many…..
Resume/Cover Letter
Why? Why this field? Why this organization? Your Goals? How will this help you get there? Period for your internship? Position Specific Resume. (Use variants of your
resume) Get your resume reviewed as many times
as possible CQ can of course guide you..
How to go about it? (Company)
What not to do Most of the leading Companies follow on
Campus Internship Recruitment US Industrial Internships are very difficult,
Europe relatively easy Opportunities posted on Job Portals of the
company website – lowest probability As a last option fill the form!
What to do? For Indian Companies, reach to the phone number
of the HR on the website Local Companies have local requirements
Visit the career website for each country Germany – de (www.unilever.de) France – fr Australia – au Canada – ca
As far as possible search for e-mail contacts [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Navigation Language tools of google Switch language option in the website
Full version is not available Master some keywords like
Praktikum – Internship Stages – Internship Karrier – Careers
E-mail your Cover Letter with a CV attached.
How to go about it? (Univ)
Google – List of Universities(>30) Application
Cover Letter with CV as an attachment Cover Letter with CV typed after the letter An resume embedded cover letter!
Navigation University main website (change language
in case of European) Go to Departments Listing People or Faculty or Research Groups Mail to people relevant to your research
interest Mailing to 50 appropriate persons is
equivalent to 500 blind e-mails!
After you get a positive reply?
Almost 80% of your work is done! Try to guess what your work will be, where
you fit in? Review as much literature as possible. Study the background of the research
group/company Reply to the related person in a very
appropriate manner, consult people before replying also.
Don’t dare lose it! You know it! I know it! Its rare!
Information Sources
www.sectorpages.com Fortune500 listings
Sectorwise listings SURF, REU – USA (Caltech, Penn etc) May contact your Campus Associate for
more information
Last but not the least …
PRAY TO GOD!LUCK IS INDEED A FACTOR!
ALL THE BEST!
Financials
USA ($) Airfare : $ 1500 Living : $ 600 Food : $ 400 Insurance : $ 100 Application Process : $ 400
Europe (€) Airfare : € 700 Living : € 500 Food : € 300 Insurance : € 100 Application Process : € 0
$2900
€1600
Questions?
