There is one crucial step that applicants for an international internship should really prepare for. Most of the time this is one reason why the intern do not get the jobs of the internship slot. We often ask where we went wrong with our applications when we see our applications as the perfect one for the vacant job slot.
References.
May I ask what your bases in choosing your references are? Have you used any rubrics or any system to screen your references?
Yes. Most of the time we are in hurry in the preparation of our applications that we most of the time chose references according to who we know. Well, of course we can not put references that we do not know but these references should be able to highlight your strength and downplay your weaknesses.
Reference checks are the one of the most crucial step in the hiring process. If you are applying for a volunteer abroad vacancy, a job or an internship placement then you should be aware of the fact that your character reference could do their job well and is willing to do it.
Another factor for choosing your character reference is that: they should be willing enough to field off questions to your advantage point. For hiring managers really are quite adept at throwing unexpected questions to your references.
So just a thought, it is indeed handy to rub elbows with the big boss or the who’s who in the school campus. For they can say a word and give their opinions that can offer your most rooted post in a silver platter.
Your references should also be willing to give their mobile numbers and numbers that they can be reached even on holidays. For some hiring managers just go to the next applicants when they find that the references they had called is not available. So it also helps to give an almost 24/7 available contact numbers.
They are hiring you for international jobs the more that you are more careful with your references.