How to land your dream internship through Kalibrr

There comes a stage in every college student’s life wherein you have to start looking for internships. Finally, after many years of building upon your course’s theoretical knowledge, you get to apply it! For many students, looking for internships is an exciting and meaningful experience that serves as their first step into the corporate world.

Internships are students’ signposts that mark their entry as future professionals. Therefore, they are great opportunities to try out fields and industries to understand better what job functions and responsibilities they possess. They are meant to guide students in their career development and exploration as they are exposed to practical fieldwork and training relevant to their courses.

As this is students’ first touchpoint with corporate, it is vital that they undergo this structured learning experience with a platform that guides them- from the initial search into internships, to standing out as a candidate, to making applications, and finally, to landing an internship. As a fresh graduate and student-friendly job platform, Kalibrr offers all these!

With HR-based direction and a user-friendly job board tailored to its jobseekers’ needs, Kalibrr stands to be the best avenue for students to land their dream internships. In this article, Kalibrr will guide you on how to maximize the use of its platform to let your internship find its way to you!

Of course, the first step is to make a Kalibrr jobseeker account. You will be asked to provide an email and password. Upon completing your account signup, the site will direct you to Kalibrr’s job board. From here on out, you can choose to do either of the following:

1) You can get a jumpstart into job-searching and pin the internship job posts that interest you. To quickly filter your job board and get relevant job recommendations, you can use the tools underneath the search bar and customize your queries!

First, choose your LOCATION from the list- there are many options if you’d like to work from a specific location. Or, if you’d like, you can also look for remote positions or positions abroad! This feature is the beauty of Kalibrr. It provides you with both local and international opportunities, even in the comfort of your home -made possible thanks to remote work!

Next, edit the Job Level and tick the box Internship/OJT. If you’re a graduating student looking for a position you can eventually move into after college, you can also check the Entry Level/Junior, Apprentice box. Then, proceed with Employment Types. It depends on your schedule- if you still have academic units, you can opt for Part-Time or Contractual, limiting your internship to a specific period.

After job functions and levels, you can choose from a range of educational attainments and requirements for education. For internships, they don’t require you to have a finished degree already so this part can be optional. On the other hand, some companies might be looking to take in interns with relevant education to the position, such as “Students Enrolled in a course pertinent to Marketing, Communication, and Advertising,” for example.

The last three elements, “Company,” “Salary,” and “Responds Fast,” are optional, but they are there to enhance your job-seeking experience ultimately. As stated, Kalibrr equips you with the tools to be fully in control of your job searching- we just make it easier for you! These three elements ensure that you get the internship you want. If you are looking to apply to a specific company, you can choose from the many corporate brands available on Kalibrr.

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You can now browse through numerous listings that fit your criteria in the search bar. Of course, if you choose to do this step first, we recommend using the feature “Save this Job” before applying for the internship job listings that caught your eye. You still have to set up your profile!

2) If you decide to skip the job board and go on first to build your profile, you can now start inputting all the information, skills, and experience to make you an attractive candidate to your future employers! It is recommended to fill in all the sections fully, but it is not a requirement!

Make sure to complete the Contact Information part with your updated information and contact lines. Verify your number- this is just a formality in ensuring that the details you provided are correct! This section is crucial because these are the lines through which employers will contact you regarding your application, besides Kalibrr’s messaging tools.

The following sections, such as Salary Expectation and Work Experience, are not prerequisites to be filled up, especially if you’re still a student. However, if you have a set goal for allowance in your internship, you can set it there. Moreover, if you already have past work or internship experiences, you can put them in this section! Instead of work experiences, you can choose to add other profile sections, such as seminars and training, affiliations, awards and achievements, and volunteerism. These can definitely beef your profile up despite a lack of work experience!

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After those sections, you can now move on to the Education part and list your educational attainments, starting from the most recent and relevant one. You can see these tips as you go along per section as you are guided through the efforts of building your professional profile on Kalibrr.

We now move on to the Skills part. Now, this section is your chance to shine because you will be listing your best qualities- such as your soft and hard skills and your level of mastery over them (Basic, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Expert). As a student, you have been building these skills through the various projects, papers, researchers, and events you have made and gone through during your years of studying.

In listing soft skills, they are the traits that make you an effective worker and leader in the workplace. You can include problem-solving skills, creative thinking, leadership, teamwork, communication skills, conflict resolution, organizational skills, and listening skills.

On the other hand, hard skills are the technical and specialized skills you have acquired through your courses, training, and hands-on experience. These can include data analysis, writing, research, graphic design, multimedia editing, social media marketing, and Microsoft Office Suite use knowledge.

As students, most of these skills will range from basic to intermediate proficiency, and that’s okay! Internships offer a lot of room for growth, and it is through them, that you will be able to improve your skills and learn some new ones. Just make sure that you list both the hard and soft skills that will be relevant to the internship position you are applying to.

After filling these sections up, Kalibrr will ask you for your resume. As a student, the best type of resume format to use is a functional resume, which is the kind that highlights your skills and strengths rather than your experiences. For a guide on formatting a resume as a fresh graduate with little to no experience, you can read our Kali-dulthood 101 article for resume samples and cover letter templates!

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After finishing your profile and saving the jobs you want, it is now time to do Kalibrr’s ultimate goal: to be the platform that gets you that dream internship! You can now start applying to the jobs you saved and await the company’s responses. Once you have finished each step in the application process, you can update and manage your job searching progress in the Applications tab.

Companies will message you through the Messages feature of Kalibrr and proceed to contact you through other channels, using the details you provided in your profile. After that, the rest won’t be entirely up to you- Kalibrr would still be here, with its social media accounts and blogs, giving you advice on how to sparkle like the beautiful candidate you are! Use Kalibrr Advice as your fountain of knowledge as we give you tips and lessons regarding excelling at doing interviews, writing resumes and cover letters, and conducting job seeking. For all the stages you will go through in your application process, Kalibrr offers guidance.

Our purpose is to give you the best job-seeking experience. With Kalibrr, you will surely achieve your internship goals! So, what are you waiting for? Create an account with us today, and we will hold your hands all the way through your internship-searching process. That’s not a promise. It’s a guarantee!

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Kalibrr is a recruitment technology company that aims to transform how candidates find jobs and how companies hire talent. Placing the candidate experience at the center of everything it does, we continue to attract the best talent from all over, with more than 5.5 million professionals and counting. Kalibrr ultimately connects these talents to companies in search of their next generation of leaders.

The only end-to-end recruitment solutions provider in Southeast Asia, Kalibrr is headquartered in Makati, Philippines, with offices in San Francisco, California, and Jakarta, Indonesia. Established in 2012, it has served over 18,000 clients and is backed by some of the world’s most powerful start-up incubators and venture capitalists. These include Y Combinator, Omidyar Network, Patamar Capital, Wavemaker Partners, and Kickstart Ventures.

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