Yeah it is a cool internship, and the view on the Sydney Opera House is too bad as well

Don’t worry, keep looking! I was still going to class during these 6 months, so that was alright..

You’re right about the contacts bit, I should’ve added that somewhere. Still not sure where that fits 100%. LinkedIN provides an interesting service, I guess a semantic way of finding jobs. But at the same time, I hesitate to add or contact strangers on LinkedIN and other social networks, except if it is for a specific purpose, i.e. they place an advert or I’m a really-really big fan of the biz. I generally approach people that know me somewhat as it’s always a risk to refer someone for a job and I’m sure there’s 100s of 1000s of people approaching strangers for this purpose everyday.

6 months! Wow! I hope it was a good internship and that my search won’t last that long.

Sorry to contradict your predictions, but I’m quite keen on job applications, couldn’t help dropping a line

I like the way you put things, I couldn’t agree more on job applications being similar to a combination of consulting/sales.

I would add to that something: contacts matter! Of course, it’s obvious, but I have seen how the situation evolved in just a few years. People don’t hesitate to get back in touch with “connections”, alumni networks grow tremendously, and now, social networks (linkedin, viadeo) play such an important role.

From my own recent experience (6 months looking for an internship), I have never used my computer so intensively than for getting in touch with people, companies, researching connections/relationships, dig in the “social graph” to find opportunities…

Anyway, good post!

Cheers