Work hard to connect with everyone, listen and learn, says Sharmadean ReidThere was a firecracker of an intern, Emily, at a friend’s startup who showed incredible chutzpah by writing her own job description and salary and presenting a business case to management on why she should be hired. That’s what it takes. Have you shown your potential employers that you are hungry for a role?While I spend a lot of time convincing people to join our teams, I also won’t hire anyone who doesn’t really want to work for us. I applied for a competitive internship when I was 19 by photocopying a fashion editor’s shoots, handcrafting them into pop-up books that brought the shoots to life and posting them to him with a handwritten note. Sure enough, he called me the next day and offered me the internship. Continue reading…
Source : theguardian.com
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