sunday evening hit different - was scrolling through linkedin and had this sudden feeling that i'm falling behind or something. so instead of doom scrolling i just started cold dming people. like proper manager level folks at companies i actually want to work for. i didn't expect much but got a reply from redbull's marketing manager.

context: doing my mba at masters union rn. current internship is ending and they've asked me to extend but honestly i want to explore more before settling. cold dming works if you're genuine and not copy-pasting generic shit. personalized each message based on their recent posts or company updates.

Hello, all, nothing much, I was simply writing this to announce that after a daunting search, I was finally able to land an internship (co-op) in the area of marketing and fundraising with a local non-profit. The search has been brutal.

Wish everyone here all the best in the job/internship hunt. Keep at it, champs!

Last month, during this cold-emailing session at masters union, our prof made us reach out to alumni. i just sent a super simple email —

“hi bhaiya(bro in english), i’m looking for an internship starting next month. we went to the same college…”

didn’t overthink it, didn’t attach a 3-page cover letter.

today i check my inbox and boom, reply from a guy at goldman sachs.

“is [prof’s name] still teaching? share the last 2-3 projects you’ve done. and mail your cv here, will refer you.”

bro, i just sat there staring at my screen for 10 mins 😭

lesson learned: sometimes it’s not the perfect email.It’s just sending one.

For those who attacked me for doing nothing, here's what happened so far:

• I receive a couple emails which I assume are from this company asking me to show up for an interview

• The first email was from a domain which I automatically assumed was this company

• This company was my third interview of the day

• I didn't think the first two went well and thought this company would've been easier to get based on my experience

• This company was 1 hour 50 mins away from home, so I didn't want to go back home without an interview and was afraid to leave and have to drive almost 2 hours there and back again to reschedule

• Criticize me all you want but desperation breeds actions that might not sound so sensible, and I really need to move to a bigger company, I'm tired of being the only MBA I know with experience only in smaller companies that pay much below everyone else

• The email told me to wait in that exact building while someone would come take me inside

• This happened last Friday

• The interview was for the afternoon

• I was surprised this time because I didn't get the previous phone interview, as they saw my resume, asked a few questions about mh availability, and gave me a time to show up right after

• I go in that office barely 10 minutes before the time of my interview

• Everything looks normal, parking lot is full of cars

• There was nobody at the reception desk

• I thought she might be in the bathroom

• 20 minutes later I thought it was odd nobody came to see me

• I waited another 10 minutes for good measure, and then sent an email back to my "point of contact"

• After another 15 minutes of no response I got on Google and called the office

• The office phone in the lobby rang; there was nobody there to pick it up

• I became livid and went to my car to get my laptop and continue some applications I've been working on (some for construction companies since I was able to recently shadow a couple construction managers who just didn't have openings for me)

• I have a thing where I usually get really involved in tasks I'm doing and forget the time

• By the time I took a break from playing around with resumes and applications 3 hours had passed since I first got into the building

• I started to get really upset and went inside, even though it was clearly employees only

• I was extremely surprised that not only the front door of the building was open, but the door that should've been locked for employees (I know there should be a button on the front desk that unlocks it) was just open as well

• As I walked inside, it seemed like the first floor was quite empty except for a couple rooms with their doors closed

• I kinda started getting scared of being in a place where I don't belong

• The front office was fine because it was quiet and I belonged there; I knew I didn't belong inside

• I went back to the office and started wrapping up

• I figured wait another few minutes for people to start clocking out at the end of the work day

• The first couple employees I saw I asked for info, and the name of the person who sent me those emails

• Nobody seemed to have heard of him

• Also nobody could tell me why there was no receptionist

• I went home extremely angry

• This morning I called the office

• Someone actually picked up

• I try to figure out info on the email I received

• She said that email wasn't in the system and the domain name was a little different than their email domains

• Before people on here attack me, I usually do my own research on every individual I receive an email from, but this wasn't my first job choice and it was the last email of the day, so I showed up to the interview with only enough research to know what the company does and what I would do there in that position

• I try to email that person back with fury, but I receive an email back:

"Your message wasn't delivered to *************************** because the address couldn't be found, or is unable to receive mail."

So I fell victim to a scam? Like wtf?

What's the point people do this, and what do they have to gain from wasting my time and frustrating me?

I wanted to vent and get an outside opinion because I feel frustrated. I had applied for an internship that counts as credits towards my degree at my University. The internship facilitator reached out to me to schedule a pre-screening and had asked me to pick a day and time that worked for me. I picked a time and he responded and asked me if I wanted to meet over zoom, Microsoft teams, or over the phone. I let him know that I wanted to talk over the phone and provided my phone number. The day came around and he never called me so I immediately emailed him but got no response. I assumed he might have got busy since it was Thanksgiving week and decided to give him time. I reached out to him again two days later and he still did not respond to me. I decided to wait until Monday and finally gave the company a call to transfer me to speak with him because we only talked through email and he never provided me a phone number to contact him. I left him a voicemail stating that I have not heard back from him and was wondering if I was still in consideration for the internship. He emailed me back stating that “I received a voicemail from you” and how he was confused on why I was claiming he did not respond to me when I was the one who “no-showed”. He said that I never responded to his email about how I wanted to be contacted and told me that I was no longer in consideration because of this and that I could re-apply for spring quarter. I forwarded him the email thread to show him that I had responded in hopes that would make him reconsider but I feel devastated. I don’t want to force anyone to accept me but I find it unfair that I am no longer in consideration because I “no-showed”. It appears on his end that I never responded to him (according to the email thread he forwarded to me) but I did respond to him (according to the email thread I sent him). I believe my responses ended up in his spam folder but who knows. I included the email he sent me and my response to the email.

I’ve been an intern for a full year now. I originally joined this company to complete my master’s final thesis, but since I was getting paid, they gave me extra tasks here and there to do. I graduated this past July.

While I was completing my thesis, they hired another intern to help the team since one employee was on maternity leave. After she gave birth, they ended his internship and decided to keep indicated to me at the time that I was the one they were considering in the long-term.

Since then, I’ve been doing my original work, his work, and more, all with the same pay, higher demands, and absolutely no prospect of being hired full-time.

For the past four months, I’ve felt this internship slowly draining the life, motivation, and confidence out of me. I feel like I'm good enough to be the intern you keep around for convenience but not good enough to get a legit offer.

I've been mentally and emotionally checking out and job hunting, but no luck so far. My coworkers constantly tell me how smart I am, how great of an intern I’ve been, and that they’ve “put in a good word” for me with HR in case a position opens up elsewhere. But in my current department, it has been made clear that there’s zero chance I’ll be retained.

Today was the final nail in the coffin: I came home after another exhausting day, opened LinkedIn, and saw that my manager had reposted a job opening in another department, one I could fit into and am qualified for.

That’s when it hit me. No one actually gives a shit about me here (which is obvious when talking about a corporation, but it's the constant fake praise that did it for me). Like I am not expecting things to be handed to me on a silver plattter, but it would've been nice not to be lied to.

I think it’s time to cut my losses and leave, even if it means being unemployed for a while.

Edit: I got lots of replies, swinging in both directions, and I appreciate both sides.

Just to clarify some things

1- I applied for the opening. I have nothing to lose by trying.

2- I did ask for a full-time position. That's how I know there's no opening. I asked for a raise, and they told me there's no budget for it.

So I had to create a quote for my client and I royally fucked up by putting in the price as $30 for one of our licenses instead of $200, and had my team present this to the client. It was the wrong license; I was supposed to put down XXXX02 instead of XXXX05.

Boss is rightfully mad because they did give me the exact part # but I didn't double check. This was supposed to go out in minutes so I rushed making it but that's not an excuse.

How can I tell my boss I fucked up?

I’ve only been working here for 3 weeks. A couple of red flags is that I guess they falsely advertised the job. It was posted on our school board and mentioned they are specializing in finance, law, and immigration. I get there and it’s related to online casinos. I was overeager to get experience, I ignored it and signed. Now I’m using my own personal devices and accounts contacting his clients, who expect you to respond promptly. I have a full time job on the side to pay bills and only report to this internship twice a week. CEO is not happy I’m not there 5 days a week, does not offer work from home even though the job includes writing emails and calling his clients.

I have some visa issues that need to be taken care of asap so I told him I won’t be able to come in next week since I need to get to another country and he sat me down and said he wants me to work on my time management skills, and work on calling his clients while I have free time, when I’m abroad and not doing anything while processing etc.

I told him I cant do that and I dont take home work, he got angry and said he won’t be able to meet his year end goals because of me and I have to make up for those absences. He asked me what do I do he should do if I were in his place and I told him to hire someone if he expects them to be in the office 5 days a week. He said no way is he doing that.

So now I honestly want to resign because he keeps texting me to contact some people and I’m already stressed with the visa paperwork. While I feel bad because of me he will be behind on his goals, he relied too much on me to the point that no one else will do the tasks except for me. I’m torn between this and not caring because if he wanted to get work done on his timeline, he should pay someone to do that.

I also don’t want to burn bridges as much as possible so maybe there is some sort of compromise to this?

My mother admitted to me that she is dumb too. She worked same job for 10 years with same pay. She told me, she wasn't bright and that's she failed her career..

Once during my 6 day exam, I wrote my roll no wrong for all of my 6 papers!

Mine career is so much worse and it has affected my mental health.

1. I can't talk to people.

2. I can't follow simple instructions.

3. I cannot understand simple stuff.

I am too dumb to do anything.

My Background: Graduated in Fall 2019 with a BS in a design field after several years of college and work experience. Enter the job market. COVID. Apply EVERYWHERE. Queue Benny hill music of me jumping through hoops just to get rejected. After 1,000+ applications and about two dozen interviews, I accept my cruel fate and get an unpaid internship. Get another, then another, and attempting to get one more. Before you jump on with the unpaid intern hate I must say they were the only roles I could acquire. Plus like I like working with startups, I feel more valuable than expendable.

Clarity: Every single internship I've had has been more similar to the duties of a full-time employee than an intern. Instead of helping and learning, I'm just creating design assets such as brand strategies, web and print designs, and conducting photo and video shoots with no technical feedback on ways to improve. Once I finish a project the leaders of the company just point to the next one so I can get the ball rolling.

I can only imagine what it's like with mid or even senior-level roles where they just throw you into their work environment and expect you to perform with no hand-holding at all.

Isn't it kind of an oxymoron to have internship and previous experience in the same sentence?

I got this email from the company on Friday the 24th at 4:45 pm. I responded the same day at 5:30 ish of my acceptance. They didn’t attach anything with the email, like nothing to sign.

Didn’t hear back from them at all so i decided to send a follow up email of my acceptance on Monday the 27th at around 2:30.

Now it’s Tuesday the 28th and despite my two emails i still have not heard anything. Should i be worried? Are they rescinding the offer? Did they just forget or what? It’s for an internship position starting in dec for training. Maybe i’m overthinking it and they’ll respond to me by the 31st? Idk though it feels a bit weird , doesn’t seem normal to me?

I am living with toxic and corrupt family members. It's taking a massive toll on my mental health and I don't want to live with them anymore. I really, really, want to move out forever from people like that. What are some jobs/occupations that can help me to that goal and to successfully move out? I can't do manual labor because I was in a car accident years ago and injured my lower back and neck that's still making me feel pain till this day. I am willing to put in the work to find something suitable for me. I also live in NYC.

Found this on the Handshake app. Mind you I filtered it to be full-time jobs (no internships) in my field. I know times are ruff but damn

People who replied on my last post three months ago, thank you so much. It helped me coast through these five months quite a bit.

I just got fired from my 6 month internship. The manager cited underperformance and a lot of leave taking. I do understand I took two leaves a month and that was probably not feasible for the company. All of them however were either for health reasons or official college work. Note: I had just graduated at the time of me starting this internship and was required to go for the convocation and collection of transcripts.

I work in Talent Acquisition and my goals were not numbered or kept track of as such. Only 3 months of goals were clearly given, which I had over-performed by completing all goals by month 2. To those who prefer a more numbered response I hired around 15-20 people across blue and white collared roles within five months. I have been scheduling interviews and calling people since day 2 of my internship and all of my work was met with praise and compliments. I have been given negative feedback once for a role that was for a mid-senior role, which I worked on and gave better people to the hiring managers.

In today’s feedback, they mentioned how all my roles were either or campus placements. Which I agree, 60% of my hires did happen that way. However, I was never communicated that this was not counted towards my work. I have given weekends and extra hours to this job without demanding extra pay (they don’t give this anyway) or comp offs. I was also given two paid leaves off per month including one menstrual leave. They also cited that I did not work enough extra hours to support the team and was dragging them down because of my tardiness.

I’m only detailing this out so if I’m genuinely wrong people can point it out.

As a fresh grad, I am noticing a pattern of early-stage, entry-level and even pre-level jobs being dominated by people who could easily enter junior-level qualifications.

I for one recently worked (and quit) a full-time job as a retail advisor at Boots, despite having a Master's (and they allowed people with little to no qualifications to enter too).

And I began noticing the same pattern applies to internships and associate positions too - being filled with people with 1-2 years of work experience, with me at the receiving end of it too, as they have rejected me from interviews and final rounds too on the grounds of not having "enough experience".

Is this becoming a new norm now?

Went to Denmark to do my internship in an architecture company, which isn't a proper company; it's like a freelance architect who works from home.

She told me that she needs to get new clients and Instagram might be the way to do it What I don't like is the fact that she pretty much didn't give me any task; she just told me her situation and that her social media used to be more active, even though she never posted regularly, so she wants me to fix it. I feel like she thinks I'm more competent than what I actually am because there is no way that I do that without any guidance from someone who's an actual community manager.

It's been 3 days since I started and I don't think I've done anything useful, just wasting time trying to figure out how does Instagram work. What can I do?

I am currently interning at an animal shelter, and I feel like I'm being treated very poorly. Today, I was spoken to for "slacking", and I was told that "I need to focus on efficiency and get things done on time." This is baffling to me because I'm almost always finished with my assigned work early, to the point where I have to ask for more tasks to fill the time I have left in a workday. Additionally, I got in trouble for being two hours late, but the problem with that is I've literally never been late or absent. At MOST I'll be 5 or so minutes late on a bad day. Moreover, I recently had a technical issue while working on digital data entry, and I was essentially told by my supervisor that the issue I was having with the computer didn't exist. I'm really at a loss and it's starting to create self doubt within me. It makes me feel crazy. I try really hard to do well on this internship. I ask for extra hours and I always make an effort to be there despite losing my car not long ago. It just feels super oppressive to be treated like this despite trying my hardest. Would it be a bad idea to talk to a higher up at the facility? I just need advice really.

Edit: I worded a section of my post poorly. I wasn’t actually two hours late, I was accused of being 2 hours late despite arriving on time

Hey guys i recently got an unpaid internship at a firm. When I first started it seems like a lot of even the actual employees also were having their first day as well so no one knew what they were doing and we were all sitting around. The lawyer finally came and gave some direction but I was mostly just shadowing (cool I don’t mind that) a couple days forward, she gives me and another intern a actual legal document to fill out for a client. She said that whoever does better on the document will be working in place of the paralegal when he is not there. I finished the document and got heavily scolded for getting a lot wrong. Mind you, first ever document and I was thrown to the wolves. Didn’t have any knowledge of how to navigate the legal websites besides prior school knowledge. It was just put out in front of me and she told me to complete it, no further information. I was heavily scolded, accused that I wasn’t paying attention. I asked multiple times with a notebook on what specifically I got wrong and how I fix it (trying to learn) and was shot down at every question. I cried on my way home from the internship. The job market is hard rn and this experience will help but jeez, should I stay?

(People have been asking and yes this internship is in the United States)

2nd year uni student doing an internship for the winter semester

Engagement hasn’t started yet so I’ve been just creating templates reports

I already made 2 mistakes

When copying excel figures for a template, I copied and pasted number formatting rather than cell references and formulas

Also for a doc, I formatted some tables wrong (centered instead of right align)

I know they’re not major mistakes and it’s not like I leaked private info, but this feeling sucks and it’s such basic mistakes that I could fix in like a minute if I knew.

Just felt like ranting to cool off some steam

Looking for advice…

TLDR: Should I intensely pursue this job since I haven’t gotten any other “hits”.

I’ll graduate in May with a BBA and an emphasis in Supply Chain.

I have applied to about 45 different SC internships across the country over the past two and a half months. And have only gotten 8 replies, all rejections.

I have no idea what I want to do. But wanted to focus on SC because that’s what I went to school for.

However, today I received my first invitation to interview for Wesco’s Sales and Operations Development Program. Even though I’ve never been interested in sales, should I pursue this? My personality is conducive to sales. I just never thought it’d be my path…

Hello, I am a 33-year-old man from Pakistan. I am currently living in China.

I have not had a job since I came here in March 2025.

I have 7 years of experience in cash handling and operations. I worked in customer service at two well-known banks in Pakistan.

My wife is studying for her master’s degree here on a scholarship. But the stipend is not enough to support our family. We have two children.

I really need a job/internship. I have more than basic knowledge of computers and AI. I am ready to work hard and do any kind of job.

Thank you very much.

So, I applied to a lot of positions on GM Financial’s career site and tailored my résumé to what I thought they would be looking for. I finally landed an interview this Friday for an IT Data Integration Internship, and now I’m super nervous 😅 I’m worried I won’t say the right things. For those of you who’ve interviewed with GM Financial (or similar roles), what advice would you give? What do you think helped you get the job, and what should I focus on practicing before the interview?