Writing a Cover Letter for an Internship
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- Writing a Cover Letter for an Internship // Learn how to structure your cover letter (especially as a student with little to no experience yet).
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Just checking in to say that I got the internship. Thank you and God bless!
Yesss - congrats! Love it and thanks for looping back to let me know! 😊
I loved your video. I think I spent an hour watching it because I was taking notes of EVERYTHING you said, lol. Thank you so much!!
I LOVE hearing that. Way to go with the notes! 👊
I love how you structured the video, very helpful thank you!!
Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for the positive feedback!
So simple yet very powerful
Very helpful video thanks for the guidance!
You bet!
Thank you so much for this tips! they helped me a lot!
That's a great video Jenna, that's really helpful, keep it up 💖
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Good content! And beautiful eyes too!
Thanks so much! Glad you found the video helpful!
For creating the second paragraph, would you suggest talking about how I got the experience regarding their requirements specifically or would you just suggest saying that you meet a certain requirement because of your part-time position working {example}. thanks this would help clear things up!
Much appreciated
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for all of these advice! One question though: as for the research done on the company, should I refer directly to my analytical skills by openly stating that I could potentially improve the conversion rate of the company's blog articles/social media posts in my cover letter?
Thanks so much, keep on doing such amazing videos.
If you have experience improving conversion rates and that is relevant to what the company is looking for in this role, then yes that's great to include in a cover letter. Quantify with specific examples where you can!
what if I shadowed someone? would I be able to put that in my cover letter?
If it’s relevant to the position you are applying to, for sure! Just be sure to be specific about the experience you had and tie it back to what the company is looking for using keywords from the job description.
The Intern Hustle understood :) thank you!
You have said examples of cover letters are available on your website but when reaching there you put it money on it. It's bull shet and I can't believe it.
No one is forcing you to buy it. I’m running a business and I have products and services for purchase. I put out a ton of free content for this community every week, but you are welcome to consume elsewhere if you don’t value it.
Got the internship. Thank you!!
Yesss!!! Way to go!
Where you find internship ?
This is literally so much better than any other cover letter video - sincerely, a college student in his final year of study
So glad you found it helpful!
WOw thank you so much! You make writing cover letters make sense! This is the first time I've felt that writing a cover letter actually has value! Thank you so much for teaching us and explaining it so well!
I love comments like this! SO GLAD you found the video helpful 😊
oh my god this was the best advice for cover letter ever! this is so structuralized and you are delivering the points really clearly. will come back with good news with your powerful tips!
Can't wait for your follow up with good news! Glad my video helped!
Well, on the way of starting my cover letter. Great video! Thank you for structurally dividing it and clear explanations of each paragraph.
That's great - glad to hear you're getting started! Thanks for the positive feedback 😊
Thank you for this. I've been submitting a cover letter that is far form the format you suggested in this video and I have improved it dramatically without spending too much time on it.
Love that you put these tips right into action!
From which country you are making this video
I'm a brasilian trying to get an international internship and this video helped me a LOT!!! Really!!!!! Thank you so much for sharing us your tips and teach so well all the "step by step" about cover letters!
So glad to hear it. Thanks for watching 😊
You might want to check this out th-cam.com/video/OomRZRBZDf8/w-d-xo.html
I followed these tips (plus tips from other sites) and ended up with a good cover letter, infact in one of my job interviews one of the interviewers did praise me on my letter because he felt I had written it just for them and it was not generic. I am newly graduated and the job was for a position as an environmental inspector.
Alas, I did not get the job. They went with "someone more experienced" is what they told me when they turned me down some days later. But it turned out to be a lie! I checked a few months later, they had hired a young man, who had also graduated same year as me. I should have not looked, made me feel so dumb and the way they lied made me lose respect for them. Well, atleast I have a great cover letter!
Do not lose hope! There's always other companies or jobs looking for someone like you!
Can you share your cover letter with us i really need some inspiration
Bad part is we have to customize and personalize it to each company we apply to, and I am planning to aplly to like 50 positions. WHO HAS TIME FOR THAT :'(
If my major is the actual concern of the company then also should I mention my schooling?
Hi! You want to include what is most relevant to the company. As I mention starting around 4:12 in the video...if your major is relevant then include it in the first paragraph.
@@TheInternHustle Thank you!😊
Hi, I enjoyed this video, how would you go about researching about a company? Like what questions specifically would search
Glad you found the video helpful! I have company research worksheet within my Cover Letters That Convert guide that covers specific questions. You can purchase that here: www.theinternhustle.com/coverletter and I also cover how to research a company in this video: th-cam.com/video/y1YGLw5--Ro/w-d-xo.html
I have a question A company providing internships in both HR and market analyst. And I'm currently doing an HR internship in another company and I want to apply for a market analyst in this company should I mention about HR internship in my cover letter and my resume? Also, I'm fresher in college
Pull the most relevant experience from your HR internship that would apply to what the company is looking for in a Market Analyst. Definitely OK to reference your previous internship experience, just keep it relevant to what the company is looking for to help yourself stand out.
That's pretty good. The best part was your explanations with examples.
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching 😊
Going through step by step was incredibly helpful. Thank you! :)
Glad to hear it! 😊
GREAT VIDEO! Very informative, cohesive, and practical, thanks for sharing the knowledge (:
Thanks for watching! Glad it was helpful! 😊
I'm writing this comment before I will write my cover letter for my internship this semester. Thank you for your advice!
You've got this! 👊
This is so helpful as a writing major who is having to apply to several internships with cover letters right now! Thank you for this.
You're so welcome! Good luck with your internship applications and cover letters!
I'm on the fence of writing my cover letter directly inside the email, so not as an attachment. That's because I'm doing kind of an open application (they don't list internships but have lots of open positions) for a quite modern/progressive company. Is this a terrible idea? I feel like people tend to be more drawn to a well-formatted mail than to open an extra attachment...
This is incredibly helpful! Clear explanations and up-to-date advice. Thank you! 🙏🏻
This is so insightful, Thank you so much.
It's my first cover letter and I am really very hopeful with the outcome.
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Everything was super easy to understand, thank you!
You're welcome! Thanks for the feedback 😊
This video is literally perfect.
Glad you liked it!
Great content, clear and crips with amazing examples.
Appreciate you! 😊Thanks for watching.
Extremely useful video and information which was mention there! Thanks for sharing and good luck in the future growing
Glad you found the video helpful, and thanks for taking the time to comment! Let me know if there are other topics that you would like to see me cover in the future.
I was just preparing my applications to apply for a position, and i learned from your video how i should write cover letters and even realised my mistakes on my previous cover letters.
English is my second language, but i understood you very well ,
You gave examples, you were not too fast ...
Thanks so much.
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So glad the video helped! Thanks for the great feedback. :)
You are a pleasure to listen to! Thanks so much for all of this useful info. I liked how you made note of outdated conventions. I was stressing out over what address I was going to put on my cover letter, the company I'm applying to is headquartered in Germany and has labs all over the US. Glad I can forget about that now! 😂
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching 😊
Our success is always in the researches we do not do! lol Great tips. Tks!
Hi from Japan.
I am trying to apply for an apprenticeship in Ireland.
So when I write my cover letter to an apprenticeship, should the tips of writing be same as the ways you mentioned on this video?
Yep - Should work for an apprenticeship as well! Remember to express how you can be of value to them.
Thank you so much, Ma'am !! Really helpful !!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching 😊
this taught me a lot... thanks so much
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching 😊
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge of cover letters. It helped me a lot.
You're welcome -- Glad it was helpful! ❤️
Great video-! Although I am confused about the location of "the date", as you said to insert it in the top right corner of your cover letter, but your visual example had it in the left.
Glad you found the video helpful! I say top left at 2:31. Overall, where you place the date doesn't have an impact on your cover letter. Focus on the content and showing how you can add value to this company.
Which font is appropriate?
Wow. That was pretty helpful. Thank you!
Glad to hear it! I just released a new cover letter resource today that you may be interested in. You can learn more about it here: www.theinternhustle.com/coverletter
You are great and so in a cover letter your address is not necessary ??
I don't bother with full address anymore as most people are going to contact you by phone or email. If you want to add something, your general location (like city and state) should do the trick.
I mean in a cover letter there is no problem if you dint put the address were its going?
If you’re sending over email, I wouldn’t bother putting the company’s address. It’s an older practice that is no longer necessary.
@@TheInternHustle alright thanks i got it
@@TheInternHustle and what of the cv writing do you have any video??
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge of cover letters. Could you make a video of cover letters for a mentoring, for the position of mentee, please? Greetings from Ecuador
Hello, I am thankful for the video :) However, Im struggling with the 2nd paragraph and more accurately 'research'. Im not sure what do you mean by referencing articles? What they should be concerned with? Im applying to oil and gas companies :)
do you put the date for when you wrote the cover letter or the date for when you applied for the job?
I would put the date you submit everything.
A great video! thanks a lot! the order you suggest makes writing the cover letter so much easier.
Happy to hear it! Thanks for watching 😊
Hey pretty hope u r doing well
I really appreciate your informative videos u doing great
M really interested to apply for CERN summer internship ,nd doing bachelors in physics ,m so worried how to write a gud cover letter for this internship,Can u plz help me to write my CL for this internship.waiting for ur reply
What if I am not in school at the moment but I have actual on the job experience from a radio station? Any tips? I applied to Disney and they turned me now :(
Is it ever okay to just write the cover letter in the body of the email instead of attaching as a pdf?
It feels kinda weird to just send them a blank email with a bunch of documents, because anything you wanna write in the email body will probably be in the cover letter as well no?
thank you so much for this video.....
You bet! Glad you found it helpful.
i work as intern at big company for almost tow years ...in a customer experience field also as contact center do you think that is good start for making them know that i want to move forward to sales field at your sales trainee ship ?
This was very helpful! Thank you!
Glad to hear it! 😊
Please don't hit enter couple times after date. There is a better way. Great video :D
Can u share a sample cover letter, which u have written for any company
You're awesome. Fun to listen to and very insightful tips. Thank you.
Hello there. How many words on average should an ideal cover letter be?
Is it appropriate to reference a previous intern in the same company in my cover letter?
I'm gonna do my internship and I'm hopeful this works out, thank you
YOU ARE AWESOME!
Thanks for the love, and thanks for watching! ❤️
I am trying to work up both the courage and the preciseness, regarding asking for internship at my fav company (still a masters student). This video is really helpful! I already have a pretty good cover letter, but in this case I want tp reach out to a specific person in the company via email. I just hope I will be able to express myself in a way that will capture them. I'm actually very scared to mess it up:(.
I have no real work experience but I have worked on many projects (environmental engeneering) during my bachelor and masters. I wonder whats the smoothes ways to connect to these projects in a cover letter or personal email?
Thank you for your great videos!
Glad you found the video helpful! In this case, do your research on this specific person and figure out what their potential pain points may be and how you can add value to them/make their life easier. Paint the picture for them with examples from successful projects you've worked on. I have a resource coming out soon that goes deeper on all of this. Make sure you're subscribed to my email newsletter so that you get notified when I release it ➡️ theinternhustle.com/interninspo
you are great
Thanks for your kind words!
Thank you for this awesome guidance, I always had a struggle with getting my cover letters to be unique !
You bet! Glad this video helped!
Thank you so much. This is so helpful
Glad it was helpful! 😊
Nice Video! It helps a lot!
Glad to hear it!
should it be single spaced?
Thanks a lot❤
You bet! Thanks for watching 😊
Thank you!
You bet! 👊
Why do you beat around the bush🤷
Thanks a lot God bless you
Thank you so Much!
Thank you so much
No, I do not have the experience, what if they didn't give a job description. Just the email only.
When there isn't a job description do your best to research the company and speak to their company mission and values. Show them how you are aligned to those values and express a genuine interest in not only the role, but the company.
Thank you that was quite helpful
@@ntokozomonoko Awesome - glad to hear it!
Nice
Thank you so much! I've applied for a front-end developer internship program in an innovative digital media company and this video helped me a lot! The examples and little creative solutions for problems that many candidates with no experience would face were really helpful. Thank you again!
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Thanks for this video, very helpful, I do have a question though, would it be a good idea to include a failed entrepreneurship experience on the cover letter and resume?
Glad you enjoyed the video! You want to include what is most relevant to the company you are applying to. If there is a relevant story from your experience in entrepreneurship or you want to explain a gap in other employment on your resume because of the time you spent on the entrepreneurial endeavor, then it could make sense to include it.
What is the dot space should i put?
Not sure if I understand your question. If you are referring to the space-holder dots I have on the sample cover letter around the 3:34 minute mark of the video, that is what the rest of the video is all about. I walk you through how to draft up the content to fill in those space-holders, using your own experience, etc.