Have a job or internship reference check coming up? Here’s how to ask someone to be your reference
During your internship or job search, you may be asked to provide a potential employer with a list of references. “Reference checks” usually happen at the end of an interview process, to which employers typically refer to the references you provided to carry out a “professional background check”. It’s a way for employers to fact-check information gathered from your resume and interview answers, and gain additional context about your work performance, skills, and fit for the role.
Making Internships Work For You, Whether You’re Applying or Hiring
In hopes of helping students navigate a competitive internship market and convincing more employers to start internship programs to meet the demand, here are practical ways to make internships work for you – whether you are applying or hiring.
Top Career Tips and Resources From 2024 to Take Into 2025
Whether you’re beginning your internship or job search, looking to ace your interviews, making the most of networking opportunities, or thinking of your career journey longer term, we’ve got you covered!
From internships to job offers: financial and career benefits of internships during college
A first-generation college grad, Elaine Fernandez completed five internships during college to explore fields like finance, marketing, and real estate. With her college degree in hand without any student loan debt, Elaine is now an engagement financial advisor. She is sharing her college and career story and her advice for the next generation of college grads.
️ 🎙️Panel: Insider Tips for How to Land the Internship and Launch Your Career
This panel brings together talent and HR professionals, hiring managers, and former and current interns from across career fields to share insider tips for finding, obtaining, and succeeding in internships.
What is the STAR Method and how can it help with your job and internship interviews?
The STAR method is a useful framework to provide a straightforward, impactful answers in your job and internship interviews.
Seven types of job and internship interviews: what to expect and how to prepare
What to expect and how to prepare for phone screens, individual interview (or 1:1), panel interviews, group interviews, video or recorded interviews, teleconference interviews, and technical interviews.