Basics: Information and Network: 

Here are a few ideas on what to look into when trying to find opportunities

• Mission statement of the company
  • Look on linkedin
  • Look on  
• What does the organization do?
  • Look on the organizations’s career page 
• Org values
  • What can you find on the company’s website?
• What’s it like working in the organization?
  • What have you found from alumni 
  • What have you learned from people who work 
• What is the organization focused on dealing with right now?
  • Have you found anything about the organization on the news? 
  • Does the organization have a blog or articles featuring it or its people? 
• Roles – what are internship and entry level roles
  • Look on Linkedin
  • Look on the company’s career page
• Other relevant information you found about the organization

Now, identify what your value add to this organization is

• What inspires you about this organization?
• What interests you about the roles or work they do? 
• Where do your values align to the way people interact or the mission the organization? 

Use these for the next stages 

Now, Find Opportunities to Apply to

• Careers page – find the place where the organization announces opportunities to apply to
• HR department – can you call someone on HR to help you if you can’t find their careers page?
• Alumni – how much have you heard from alumni about opportunities in this organization? 
• LinkedIn or other job sites – if the organization doesn’t have a page