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  • 22-09-2014 9:00am
    #1
    Mandzhalas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭


    I am currently 4 months in on my marketing internship. Its small company, without dedicated marketing department, or anyone trained in marketing except me. In these 4 months I have learned nothing, neither I have been assigned any tasks to do. I am totally ignored, especially if anything related to marketing comes up. Our company is runned my micromanaging CEO. He is affraid to give anyone responsibility on any level. He is the only person that can make decisions.
    This internship is waste of my knowledge, skills and company's human resources, electricity. It defeats purpose of internship- me gaining practical skills of marketing.
    I have been begging my management x4 times a week to give me environment where I can learn anything. That includes launching new website and working on digital marketing side of it. I was promised it to be launched on second week of my internship. That left as a promise, and I give up asking month ago. I want to change internship to company who will actually care about my presence.
    In last month I have sent well over 30 CV's for marketing internships. Not jobs - internships. Not a single reply... Do employers not want "free" labour???
    I have put extensive hours developing my CV- I am confident that my CV is at its best. Every CV and cover letter is customized to each particular internship offer.
    What the hell I am doing wrong?


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  • #2
    R.D. aka MR.D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,643 ✭✭✭R.D. aka MR.D


    Hey,

    I don't mean to offend you because I know typing a post on a forum is usually different to when we write business letters etc. but I'm going to guess that English is not your first language.

    Have you had anyone proofread your CV and cover letters for mistakes?


  • #3
    Mandzhalas
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭Mandzhalas


    R.D. aka MR.D wrote: »
    Hey,

    I don't mean to offend you because I know typing a post on a forum is usually different to when we write business letters etc. but I'm going to guess that English is not your first language.

    Have you had anyone proofread your CV and cover letters for mistakes?

    Yes your right. English is not my first language, but I am working on it.
    My CV was proofread by 3 different people


  • #4
    tenifan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 523 ✭✭✭tenifan


    Try to get face-to-face with an employer who has an outdated website or no social media presence. Bring along a laptop with a site you worked on before, or an example of your work. Set out what you'd like to do for them during a 6-month internship.


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