[HN Gopher] Ask HN: How to stand out while searching for an inte...
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Ask HN: How to stand out while searching for an internship
Hi, I'm currently looking for an internship as the last step
before getting my diploma and I was wondering what could make me
stand out from other applicants. I'm taking the traditional route
with LinkedIn Jobs, Indeed, etc, but I feel like my resume doesn't
even reach a real person and I had no luck so far. Are there ways
to connect with employers in a more productive and different way?
If someone could share their experience I would really appreciate
it. Thanks (I'm in software development)
Author : jeeep
Score : 6 points
Date : 2022-10-11 20:28 UTC (2 hours ago)
| joshxyz wrote:
| portfolio projects are the best
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| for designers it could be dribbble stuff
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| for devs it could be github stuff
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| everyone can write things on a resume but i want something more
| tactile, more tangible, more itneractive. something that
| communicates your pursuit of your curiosity.
| mooreds wrote:
| I recently had a convo with someone looking to break into
| software development. I ended up writing an essay on three ways
| to stand out: https://letterstoanewdeveloper.com/2022/09/19/ways-
| to-stand-...
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| The tl;dr is that there are tons of ways to stand out, you just
| should pick one and work at it.
| tipsytoad wrote:
| I've just finished an internship this summer, I'd say the #1
| thing that makes you stand out is some kind of personal project
| in something you're interested in -- beyond the usual tutorial
| crud app.
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| Every company I interviewed with said it was the thing that stood
| out the most about my CV, and it gives you an interesting subject
| to talk about in interviews.
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