Are you applying for internship with a recommendation from your University addressed “To Whom It May Concern?” Stop it. As a University representative, your work is to support your students to thrive post your University. A brief lesson on career growth is critical. And it starts with guiding them on how to identify the ideal companies that they need to join to transform their careers. I need Internship A lady, about 25 years of age was introduced to me by one of our managers. “She is a student of cyber security and digital forensics. She is applying for Internship.” As…
How to turn rejection in your career into an advantage
All people have at one time in their lives faced rejection. The important thing is to understand the cause of the rejection so that you may work on fixing it. Is the rejection a reject of lack of requisite skills, qualifications and experience or due to laziness and general poor attitude towards work. Or it is just tribal or a racist rejection? To turn a rejection into an advantage, focus on the root cause of the rejection. That is why it is important you always seek to meet the person in the company that rejected you to determine why they…