PHASE 1 of your internship programme for Year 3 has began. For those who are interested to look for your internship companies may begin NOW!
Deadline for your internship confirmation must reach me by 21 Nov (Fri). The earlier you may let me know the better it will be.
Once Phase 1 is over, school will allocate internship company & interviews. We will be unable to accept companies found on your own.
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Tourism Internship PHASE 1 procedures:
1. List down prospective companies that you are keen to seek interviews in.
2. Seek approval from your internship coordinator, he/ she will advise if those companies are appropriate or not.
3. Once approved, approach companies for interviews. You may cold call them. Appropriate persons to approach are typically HR dept for larger companies or senior managers/ general managers in smaller companies.
4. Prepare a set of cover letter and resume (on tips on how to create them, pls refer to the ‘Tourism Internship’ folder.
5. You must confirm the internship position for yourself which includes the position, job scope & allowance. SP documentation will be provided to you once you confirm the above.
The deadline for your submission on your allocated company is 21 Nov (Fri).
Period of Internship is from 30 Mar - 16 Aug 2009 (20 weeks). No variation of the above period is permitted.
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Resumes & Cover Letters
Do start preparing for your resume and standard cover letters for your upcoming application. You need to submit them soon. There are much resources in the BizIT Lib, some available as follows:
1. School Libray books
Résumé writing made easy : a practical guide to résumé preparation and job search 378.311 BRO
Designing the perfect resume / by Pat Criscito 378.11 CRI
There are even more books available in the MAIN LIBRARY. So go look for it!
2. Websites
http://jobstar.org/tools/resume/index.php
http://www.rileyguide.com/letters.html
In fact, do a search on resumes & cover letters at the ELISER or internet search engines, you will find loads on examples and resources.
The above information is posted by Chih Wee on Blackboard under the TTP folder.
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